bud stick

noun

, Horticulture.

1. a shoot of a plant from which buds are cut for the propagation of that plant.

Example Sentences

Procedure: Cut the patch bud from the bud stick with the bud in the center of the patch.

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Figure 13 shows a bud stick of the present season's growth from which the leaves have been cut.

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For this reason it is desirable to have the bud stick of the same diameter as the stock.

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The buds at the end of the bud-stick are discarded, the plump, hard buds near the middle of the stick being the most vigorous.

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