[nafex] Grafting Tools
alexis at conev.org
alexis at conev.org
Sun Mar 18 15:01:41 EDT 2012
The Omega style grafting tools are a poor choice, at any price. The
knife bruises the tissue of the plant so badly that it make it much less
likely that the graft will take.
The Topgrafter is a much better tool, but costs about $430. Even it is
inferior to a knife. If you are grafting a lot of plants, or hardwood
plants like jujubes, the grafting tool might make sense. For the
ordinary person, a knife is better.
I teach propagation classes and at this point I simply give each student
a utility knife. It works pretty well, and is cheap. My preferred graft
is the saddle graft, and the utility knife is well suited to that. It
works fine for whip and tongue etc.
I have a topgrafter because I do a lot of outdoor grafting, and the
speed is helpful.
For small materials or when I want to make sure the graft takes, I use
schick injector blades, crazy sharp little blades, They make a great
saddle graft even on tiny material, but that kind of grafting is slow.
Very effective, but slow.
alexis
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