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  • From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] rubber constrictors
  • Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:00:48 +0000


Ouch. Have you ever tried grafting w/ rubber electrician's splicing tape? It seals against itself but also degrades quickly enough to free up the girth. After trying other tapes, wraps, straps, & grafting waxes, I now use R.E.S.T. only.

I only used rubber bands the first year, have tried cheap (75 cent) plastic electric tape from the farm store, is REST something special?
It would be nice if it came narrower than 3/4. Constricted grafts are one hazard of using seedling rootstock - where the idea is to bury the graft. The sun never sees the graft union. In the case of the pear the graft was not buried deep enough to self-root either. Del

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