Success StoryStudents Learn Apple Grafting Techniques



Students Learn Apple Grafting Techniques

Author: Brian Jeffiers

Planning Unit: Johnson County CES

Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home

Plan of Work: Home and Consumer Agriculture

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Despite a decades-long history of apple production, Johnson County no longer has any commercial operations. With the recent establishment of a major orchard just across the line in Martin County, there is new interest in exposing youth to apple production as a potential career. The science department at a private school invited the ANR agent to conduct a workshop with his students to teach them about grafting apple trees from cuttings. Nine students from grades 5 through 12 participated, learning proper methods for selecting and collecting scion wood, choosing rootstocks, completing the grafting process, and caring for completed trees. The students and their teacher all reported they had gained new knowledge about how apple trees were propagated.






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