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[Hélène Dessureault <interverbis@videotron.ca>]

Tanis,
Yes. I have used it in one instance with good results. This is another use
of parafilm which I have tried and found helpful. You have to find the
damage tree as soon as possible and cover it with a wide band of parafilm
and hope for the best. Instead of drying out, the tree is able to make scar
tissues.
Hélène
----- Original Message -----
From: "tanis grif" <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] parafilm request--THANKS


> I got so many replies to this, I have to say enough & many thanks.
>
> Some related off-list discussion was about using parafilm to wrap damaged
trunks,
> for example, if you had some mouse- or rabbit-girdling but perhaps not all
the way
> through all the cambium.  Wrapping w/ parafilm should help prevent the
remaining
> cambium from drying out & dying.  Yes, no?  Can others describe their
attempts at
> this?
>
>
> --- tanis grif <> wrote:
>
> > Are there different kinds of parafilm, or does the M stuff lose its flex
after a
> > few
> > years?  In the past, hort friends have given me parafilm to try, saying
it is THE
> > ticket for budding & grafting, but and each time the parafilm was more
like a
> > tough
> > wax than a stretchy rubber.
> >
> > Would anyone consider sending me a small sample of the parafilm which
has been
> > discussed recently, enough to try a few grafts?
> >
> > A couple reasons why I like the rubber splicing tape is because I can
always find
> > it, in at least one hardware store, and $2-3 is 80-90 grafts.  Never
seen parafilm
> > on any store shelf, and it sounds like even the smaller amounts
available is for a
> > lot of grafts!
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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