R - KN1

Hey, I found something that might help my eccentric friend with his grafting project. :weedpoke: I don't understand the orientation of the cuts / grafts, though...the bold section. (This is from the old Marijuana Botany by Clarke.) Can you figure out what he's trying to describe? I can't picture it. Maybe this has been de-bunked, because I'm not too thrilled at the prospects for a second scion's survival higher up the same stem without a recovery period. Until I understand the technique he's describing, at least...thanks...:thumbsup:

Grafting of Cannabis is very simple. Several seedlings can be grafted together into one to produce very interesting specimen plants. One procedure starts by planting one seed ling each of several separate strains close together in the same container, placing the stock (root plant) for the cross in the center of the rest. When the seedlings are four weeks old they are ready to be grafted. A diagonal cut is made approximately half-way through the stock stem and one of the scion (shoot) seedlings at the same level. The cut portions are slipped together such that the inner cut surfaces are touching. The joints are held with a fold of cellophane tape. A second scion from an adjacent seedling may be grafted to the stock higher up the stem. After two weeks, the unwanted portions of the grafts are cut away. Eight to twelve weeks are needed to complete the graft, and the plants are maintained in a mild environment at all times. As the graft takes, and the plant begins to grow, the tape falls off.