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  • 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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