The difference of layering and budding is:
Layering- the branch is bent down to the ground and covered with soil with its tip exposed. Roots will then grow from the covered branch, and a shoot grows from the exposed tip. The shoot( new plant) can then be cut off from the mother plant.
Budding- it is also like grafting. A bud from the branch of the desired plant is slipped into a T-shaped slit in the bark of another tree. The stem just above the bud graft is then cut off, making the bud graft the main stem of the tree.
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