User manual VICTORINOX SWISS ARMY GARDEN MULTI-TOOLS

[. . . ] If your multi-tool has a manufacturer's defect covered by our warranty, we will either repair or replace it, at our option, without charge when it is returned to a Victorinox Authorized Dealer or sent to: Swiss Army Brands, Inc. Box 897 65 Trap Falls Road · Shelton, CT 06484-0897 Unscrew the cutting edges of the Harvester. Apply a few drops of oil where the blades contact each other. [. . . ] Customer Information · 1-800-442-2706 Only when you see the name Victorinox® stamped on the blade can you be assured you have the Original Swiss ArmyTM Knife. GARDENING TOOLS Budding Instructions Budding is a form of grafting on shrubs and woody plants that enables a new plant variety to grow on mature rootstocks. Thus several varieties of apples, for example, can be "budded" onto one tree. It is a simple technique that inserts a bud shoot under the bark of another shrub or tree. The bark is cut open with a Tcut and detached with the bark remover. Season to bud a plant: In early to mid summer Harvester 1. Cut off a stem from the shrub or tree variety you want to bud. Trim away the leaves, leaving the leaf stalks on the stem. Immerse the stem in water until it is needed. Take care to remove the thorns from the rose stem before trimming leaves. 5. Examine the base of the bud carefully and remove a sliver of wood in the center. Remove it with the tip of the knife. Gardener 5. Holding the leave stalk, take the bud and slide it into the T-shaped slit on the rootstock. When the bud is secure, trim the excess bark and tie the bud onto the tree. Next, cut the rootstock with your Victorinox grafting multi-tool as shown. First, using the arched part of your tool, gently cut a small horizontal no deeper than the bark surface. 0. 75" (2 cm) beneath the horizontal cut, gently cut bark in an upward motion. The final should look like T-shaped slits in the bark. Close your knife, and with the base of the knife, gently peel back the bark slightly. Note that since tree sap flows most freely in the summer season, the bark should separate freely from the tree. [. . . ] Grafting Whip grafting is one of several grafting methods. This grafting technique is used for ornamental plants that do not respond to budding, and also used for grafting a variety onto a rootstock. Another method of grafting, Cleft grafting, is used to put another variety onto a fruit tree to provide a pollinator. [. . . ]