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  • From: Ed Mashburn <ribes60@currants.com>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] winterkill
  • Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:18:17 -0500

At 02:10 PM 12/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Donna,
>
>>>
>kind of antitranspirant available that is supposed to help with that. It
>slows down the plants growth (actually a good idea in Florida's
>unpredictable winters) as well. If you could find out the name it would
>probably be worth having to deal with your Minnesota winters.<<
>
>You may be talking about "Wiltpruf". They have a website at
>www.wiltpruf.com, with a list of distributors. I just got some and
>applied it to a few fig trees, but won't be able to report on it's
>effectiveness 'til spring. The website has some interesting product
>information, and the stuff seems like it might have some applications in
>grafting also.
>
>Happy Holidays,
>
>Bob
>

I have used "Wiltpruf" in the summer when rooting softwood cuttings of
gooseberries and currants. I strip most of the leaves off and dip the
entire top of the cuttings in a solution of wiltpruf. I think it helps
prevent wilting.



Northumberland BerryWorks
707 Front Street
Northumberland, PA 17857
Phone: (570) 473-9910
WWW.currants.com
Ed@currants.com

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