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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Re: Doc Farwell's grafting seal

I wrap chip buds with strips of plastic.  The easiest type is just to cut some about 1/4 to 3/8 inch wide from a plastic freezer bag.  With a little practice you can wrap the chip leaving just the bud protruding.  Wrap it by going over the starting end a couple of times, then when you are done, tuck the end under a loop, such as with regular budding.  When the buds grow and the shoots are 2 inches long or so, slit the plastic with a sharp blade and just leave it - it will fall off as the shoot grows.
-Lon Rombough
> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:47:38 -0700
> To: <herenorthere@lycos.com>, "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Re: Doc Farwell's grafting seal

> What methods do people use to keep chip bud grafts from drying out?  I have
> been trying this grafting technique for the first time and don't have a
> method yet for sealing the graft.
> -Mark Lee, Seattle
>
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> Subject: [NAFEX] Re: Doc Farwell's grafting seal
>
>
> I have less grafting experience than most people on the list, but I bought
> Doc Farwell's this year and think it's great stuff for an amateur to have on
> hand.  I wrapped a number of bark grafts and whip grafts with parafilm and
> used Farwells to seal the ends of the parafilm and any exposed cut wood.  I
> can see it would be excellent for budding, but haven't done any with it.  I
> had tried some whip and tongue grafts on apples, using only Farwells to hold
> the grafts, but that was a complete failure.  If I had to give up either
> parafilm or Farwells, the Farwells would have to go.  But it's nice to have
> both.
> Bruce Wittchen
> Zone 6 CT
>
>
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