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GRAFT VEIN ON OLEA EUOPAEA
by STEFANO DEFRAIA

I own an olive from the twisted trunk, with two veins active, who have no desire to issue gems.
It insists instead to generate suckers at the base, which continue to eliminate.
I can not perform a graft through hole, because the plant, between the two living veins, presents a dry part, therefore, the grafted branch not would weld in the two sides, leaving the hole open on one side.

Olive with two active veins that do not emit gems.

Olive - suckers useful for grafting.

Detail of the furrow beside the vein where it will be placed alive sucker

So I decided to graft a sucker along the edge of the vein alive, that if "attack" will make it active again; .. Then I can remove the sucker from the base, leaving him stuck along the vein.

.The purpose is to restart all the old vein: if the new vein grafted takes hold, will work the old vein and knowing the olive, will soon issue new gems along the trunk.

Vein graft - suckers that will be grafted

the suckers and the vein are "debarked" so that their vascular changes come into contact

Vein graft - fixation with push pins and mastic

I used an elastic band from grafter to wrap the suckers at the base; it is very convenient and I use it as a agglomerating, but in this case was put to prevent the sprig emits gems in that stretch.

Vein graft - fixation with push pins and mastic

Il pollone viene mantenuto in posizione dalle puntine e tutto viene ricoperto con mastice cicatrizzante.

Vein graft - fixation with push pins and mastic

.. If all goes according to plan, it will be able to select and delete the grafted vein that is located on the edge, obtaining the plant as it was before, but active.