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["Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>]

Ginda
  When I wanted to be assured of a near 100% take of something I may have 
had only one chace etc. I would use this method. Especially the last few 
steps.
        Gordon
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----Original Message Follows----
From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
Reply-To: ginda@concentric.net
To: gc_nofs@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [nafex] parafilm results
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 20:47:22 -0400

Thanks.  I did that on a few.  I used the masking tape both because I
wasn't sure how well the tuck would hold up, and also because someone
had suggested "shading" grafts done with plastic bags, and I had the
masking tape handy since I was using it to label the grafts.

Ginda

Gordon Nofs wrote:
>
> Ginda
>    Just take the end of the wrap and stick it under the last wrap and 
pull
> like you would a rubber strip, it holds as well.
>      Gordon
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>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
> Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [nafex] parafilm results
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 22:11:35 -0400
>
> Just checked the plastic bag grafts again, and many have started to
> push.  I did them quite late, after an unusually warm spell, and before
> our current unseasonably cool stretch, so the late growth is probably
> from the timing, not the technique.
>
> So far, my vote is for plastic bags.  I used supermarket produce bags
> cut into strips an inch or so wide.  It's a little stretchy and easy to
> wrap tight and apply pressure.  It's pretty easy to tie off at the end.
> The stuff is free.  Because there's no adhesive, I expect it to be easy
> to remove.  Very few of the grafts have dried out.
>
> I did tie many of them off with a bit of masking tape (not free, but
> cheap).  Can't tell yet if that makes a difference.
>
> Ginda
>
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