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[tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>]

I was just checking my '05 grafts, and the rubber splicing tape is starting to
split, I think because we've had more sun than usual in the 4 or is it 5 
weeks since
I grafted.  This gives me slight concern, because many of the grafts have not 
grown
as fast as usual, and I wonder if the mending/mended graft unions will be
self-supporting by the time the rubber tape gives up.  (But, I tend to find 
things
to worry about, which by season's end, weren't ever a problem!)


--- Del Stubbs wrote:

> I find the electricians splicing tape will rot off only if exposed to sun.
> Yesterday I
> was grafting plums with it and regretted I got the 3m type with a cloth 
> mesh strip
> seperator - it is quite clumsy to remove - next roll I'll get the 
> no-seperator
> type.
> WhatI like best about splicing tape is how stretchable it is. I prefer it 
> over
> clear
> tapes because I often want black to help get another couple degrees warmth.
> Steve, regarding Ure - so far it is my healthiest looking pear at 6 years, 
> do you
> mean it
> takes even longer than other pears to fruit? What northern pears bear 
> sooner?
> thanks, Del
> 
> 


                
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