Propagation: Propagating/Grafting Roses, 1 by Stake

Stake wrote:
G'Day
The first place I would look is the rose section of DG then a local rose society along with your botanical garden (if you have one). Usually people who have the knowledge will share it even a commercial rose breeder might be willing to share the basics. I assume you know the sexual parts of the plant and the functions of each if not a simple botanical book will show you the parts or ask a kid that has botany as a subject at school. Bill will have to answer for himself but I see no reason to offend because the info is for all and Bill can still ask his own questions and better still you might ask a question that he forgot or hadn't thought of.
The photo Bill is of some of my knives. From top to bottom, My budding knife, Grafting knife and a combination budding and grafting knife. The brass piece on the back of the top knife and the bump on top of the blade of the bottom one are for lifting the bark so the bud can be slipped under it in a T bud operation, some times in the right conditions the bark will lift when making the T cut and the bud will slip in without the extra effort. Professional budders from the US do not use the lifting pieces whereas Europeans do and I found here that sometimes yes and others no. Must be climatic conditions affecting the plant, I think
Regards to All particularly Billgrubs