Grafting black pepper plan can help avoid root borne diseases and enabling one get disease resistant plants.
In this technique, Brazilian forest thippali plants are used as a parental plant. These plants usually grow well in forests and they can be propagated easily in poly bags. It is best to do the plant grafting process in the February – march season. You will get 100% successful grafting in that season.
Grafting process
Cut black pepper cutting in a V shape and then make the cut in the middle of thippali plant. Then insert the black pepper cutting in thippali plant and cover grafted portion with plastic and grafting tap. Within 2 weeks you can observe the growth of new shoots in black pepper cutting.
After 2 months it can be transplanted on your farm. The branches, which are coming from thippali stem have to be pruned regularly.
