Mango plantation

[srinivasanka]

My questions are

1.What is V grafting in mango plants?Is it better than conventional side graft?If yes how?

2.What is the distance to maintained between plant to plant if the plants are hybrid V graft?

3.What is the requirement per plant per day if the plant is irrigated by drip irrigation?The plants that I am planning to procure are 2 year old plants from a good nursery who are practicing V grafting technique.

Please revert asap.

Thanks

 

[Ashwini]

Hello

MAngo plants are propagated commercially by cleft grafting (V). Mango tree saplings respond well to cleft grafting, and scion wood and sapling should bond and knit together in one to two years. Its always better to use cleft grafted plants.
Harvest mango scions, using sharp clean secateurs, from mature, year-old branches that are healthy and relatively straight. Each should have at least three buds and measure between an 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch in diameter and approximately 10 inches in length. Wrap the scions in a damp paper towel and place them in a resealable plastic bag until they can be grafted. create the cleft in the root stock sapling: cut across the top of the root sapling trunk in a V-shape on a 45-degree angle and approximately an 1 1/2 inches in depth.
Retrieve the moist scions from the plastic bag and cut the bottom ends of two scions with your knife at a 45-degree angle into a V-shape that fits snugly into the cleft in the top of the sapling.
Melt grafting wax. Snug the two scion ends into the opposite ends of the cleft and paint on the warm grafting wax to cover all exposed wood on the scions and the sapling.


Spacing varies from 10 m x 10 m, in the dry zones where growth is less, to 12 m x 12 m, in heavy rainfall areas and rich soils where abundant vegetative growth occurs. New dwarf hybrids like Amrapali can be planted at closer spacing. high density planting m x m.


Regards
Ashwini

 

[srinivasanka]

thanks.Can you please give the water requirement for newly planted 2 yr old plants?