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Grafting Techniques for Watermelon1

Kent Cushman2

Abstract

HS1075, "Grafting Techniques for Watermelon," describes and illustrates four methods for grafting watermelon scions onto squash, pumpkin, or bottle gourd rootstocks and lists the advantages and disadvantages of each method. It explains splice graft, side graft, approach graft, and hole insertion graft techniques. Please see the pdf at the following link: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/HS/HS33000.pdf.

Footnotes

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This document is HS1075, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date October 3, 2006. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Kent Cushman, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, 34142.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.