How to Graft Muscadine
- 1). Cut a scion from the prior year’s growth on the host plant with a budding knife. Scoop the wood from behind the bud, cutting a wedged shape from the muscadine plant.
- 2). Cut a “T” into the rootstock’s bark, making the vertical line 2 inches long and the horizontal line 1 inch long. Fold the bark flaps back, keeping them intact with the trunk.
- 3). Insert the wedged scion into the “T,” fitting the back of the bud scion flush with the trunk of the rootstock. Fold the bark over the scion, leaving the bud poking out of the bark.
- 4). Wrap the grated area with grafting tape, keeping the bud exposed.
- 5). Remove the tape 2 to 3 weeks after the graft has healed and new growth has appeared from the scion.