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Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees

From: "Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:10:43 -0600

Tom wrote:
>Do they say what purpose this serves? Would the wax from a toilet seal
>work just as well (a lot cheaper).

The purpose is to seal the wound to keep bacteria, fungi and moisture out.
The wound will callus over then. I would think that any malleable wax would
work. Beeswax is easy to work with and has some antibiotic properties, I
believe. This is just a guess.
Doreen

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[nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Doreen Howard, 03/22/2001
- Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Thomas Olenio, 03/22/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Doreen Howard, 03/22/2001
- Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Gordon Nofs, 03/22/2001
  - Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Ginda Fisher, 03/22/2001
  - Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, jim, 03/22/2001
- Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Gordon Nofs, 03/23/2001
  - Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Thomas Olenio, 03/23/2001
    - Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, dwalsh/wchase, 03/23/2001
      - Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Ed & Pat Fackler, 03/23/2001
- Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, Lon J. Rombough, 03/23/2001
  - Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees, dwalsh/wchase, 03/23/2001
  - [nafex] Growth Regulators, Tom Olenio, 03/31/2001