The invention discloses a method for shortening the
juvenile period of apple
hybrid seedlings, comprising the following steps of: culturing
rootstock seedlings, culturing dwarf interstock seedlings, culturing apple
hybrid seedlings,
grafting seedlings at a high position, performing final-period management on trees and the like. According to the method, can be realized, and the semi-finished seedlings grafted at a high position after planting can blossom and fruit after growing to the 4th year, and have the fruiting
plant rate up to 20% in the 5th year and up to 40% in the 6th year. Traditional seedlings need 8-10 years of
juvenile period, so the
juvenile period of the seedlings is shortened by 4 years; and compared with a traditional method, the
plant rate after the juvenile period is greatly increased as well. According to the invention, measures of curing dwarf interstock seedlings early,
sowing seedlings, taking the high-position buds of the seedlings and
grafting the high-position buds to the dwarf interstock seedlings, and then planting, and other steps are adopted, and interstock
grafting is performed on the apple seedlings, thus greatly shortening the juvenile period of the apple seedlings, shortening breeding process and fruiting time, increasing breeding efficiency, and saving lots of field management cost and resource investment simultaneously.