P: 60
T: GRAFTING JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA VARIETIES WITHOUT POTTING THE UNDERSTOCK.
A: Thomas B. Kyle
H: It is not my intent to tell you the details of how to graft junipers, but I thought that some of you, especially those who are primarily growers, might be interested in our method of grafting junipers without potting the rootstock.
At one time we grafted on a large commercial scale. We filled several greenhouses with potted grafts for sale to other wholesale growers. Now we just grow a few grafts for our own planting.

When we discontinued grafting, we were limited for case space, so we started grafting bare-root. We planted the bare-root grafts directly in the field rather than in frames, and we found that a lot of the tender roots would die.
 
It was decided that the simplest procedure would be to wrap the seedlings and that the simplest wrapper would be a paper handtowel. If you were planning to ship these grafts, it would be necessary to use better paper.

The roots are packed in peat, wrapped with paper-towel, and the top tied. We have used a mixture of hall peat and hall soil, however,