Agriculture Reference
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Figure 3.4
Unwanted buds will turn into unwanted, crowded branches. Deal with them early.
disease resistance or to cope with hostile soil
conditions. It enables your chosen plant to
function - it is not the chosen plant itself. Be
ruthless (see Figure 3.6).
Desired
plant
passionfruit
'Nellie Kelly'
New growth from
graft union
Passionfruit
rootstock that
improves the
plant's resistance to
root rots
Figure 3.6
New growth is sprouting from the actual
rootstock. Rub it off now before it takes over the desired
plant grafted above it.
Figure 3.5
A few rubs of the thumb could have prevented
this superfluous growth.
