Hands holding twigs showing how to graft to create a new plant.
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 2 February 2014 Size: 110 KB Referencing Hub media

Grafting is a way of making a new plant. The plants do not grow from seeds. Grafting allows fruit growers to produce large plantings of the same variety.

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    Plant reproduction without seeds

    Not every plant grows from a seed. Some plants, like ferns and mosses, grow from spores. Other plants use asexual vegetative reproduction and grow new plants from rhizomes or tubers. We can also ...

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