Directions: B. Arrange the steps of Cleft Grafting. Use numbers 1 to 5.
A. Remove the leaves of the scion and the rootstocks.
B. Cover the scion and some part of the rootstock with ice bag and tie the joint tightly
with scotch tape. After a week the scion begins to grow if it is successful but, if it is
not no bud will come out.
C. Cut off the top of the rootstock and slit it to form a cleft.
D. Choose a pencil-sized mango seedling as root stock. Choose other mango variety of
the same size as the scion.
A good scion is from a mother plant that is already
bearing fruit.
E. Make a wedge - shaped cut to the scion. Insert the scion into the cleft of the
rootstock.​