Grafting course – full day

Grafting joins two plants: a rootstock, which provides the roots, and a scion, taken from the variety to be propagated. It makes it possible to reproduce a variety true to type and, through the choice of rootstock, to adapt the tree to your soil and climate. On the farm, we graft all our citrus trees low onto Poncirus rootstocks that we sow ourselves: low grafting gives them full hardiness and a vigorous trunk that needs no stake. This course teaches you how to graft your fruit trees and citrus trees.

The course day runs from 9:00 to 16:00. In the morning, from 9:00 to 12:00, the group may also include participants booked for the morning only: up to 8 participants per day, morning and full-day participants combined.

Grafting courses take place four weeks a year, for late-winter, spring and autumn grafting: the third week of February, March, April and September, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, excluding public holidays. Choose your date and the number of participants in the booking calendar, then pay for your booking with your order. You receive a confirmation by email as soon as we receive your payment, then a reminder the day before the course.

• Times: 9:00 to 16:00
• Dates: Third week of February, March, April and September, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, excluding public holidays
• Group: Up to 8 participants per day, morning and full-day participants combined
• Location: At the farm, in Peslières, in Livradois-Forez; exact location given by email or by telephone
• Language: French
• What to bring: Outdoor work clothes and suitable footwear
• Booking: Online, from the day after tomorrow up to 18 months in advance
• Cancellation: Full refund up to 30 days before the course, 50% from 29 to 8 days before, no refund within the last 7 days; you may send a person of your choice in your place
• Withdrawal: No right of withdrawal: leisure activity provided on a specific date (Article L221-28 12° of the French Consumer Code)

Course programme

Understanding grafting: rootstock, scion, compatibility between species; choosing, collecting and storing scions; basic skills: cutting, fitting the scion, tying and protecting; the main grafting techniques and their seasons; grafting citrus low onto Poncirus, as we do on the farm; checking that grafts have taken and caring for young grafted trees.