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  • From: derry&bill <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] wax temperature
  • Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:12:51 -0800


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Bill Chase & Derry Walsh
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] wax temperature


> Can someone explain what, if any, advantage there is to using wax
> grafting compounds that have to be heated? I've been using Doc Farwell's
> latex compound for many years and for me it's so much better than anything
> else, I can't see the point of having to heat wax. It goes on cold
(though
> the temperature outdoors should be above 40), it dries to a waterproof
> coating that is highly visible, never cracks, and stretches with the graft
> so you never have to break it off or renew it. It needs a half hour of
> drying time before it can take hard rain, but that's about all. I can go
> out and find grafts that are ten years old that still have some of the
> material on them.
> A jar of it lasts forever as long as you keep it where it won't freeze
> and make sure the lid is tight so it doesn't dry out. And it's a good
idea
> to clean the lip of the jar when you are done each time, so it doesn't
glue
> itself shut.
> I repeat, what is there about wax that makes all the work of heating it
> worth the fuss? I'd really like to know.
> -Lon Rombough
>
> I do 99% of my grafting on-site. I'd have to string together ten or
twelve
> 100 ft extension cords to get a heated wax pot to my nursery beds or the
> trees at the far side of the orchard or on the other side of the pond, not
> to mention the CRP bufferstrip where most of the nut trees are - it's only
> 100 ft wide, but close to a mile long. Parafilm is the only viable choice
> for me, though the Doc Farwell's grafting sealant others use would
probably
> be serviceable.
>
>
>


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