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

Personal preference, Doc Farwell's latex grafting compound.  Nontoxic, it goes on easily with a stick or brush, can be diluted with water, doesn't get brittle when dry, stretches as the graft grows and remains in place for years at a time, giving you a bright yellow marker of the graft union.  Down side, it has to be applied when temps are above 45 F and needs a minimum of a half hour to dry before it can tolerate rain.
Don't ever let a jar of it freeze.
-Lon Rombough
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On Feb 9, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

<x-tad-bigger>Here I am again;</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Going to try some simple grafting for the first time. Pencil size wood.</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>I got tons of books, directions, knives, but here's the question:</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Grafting Wax  or  Tree Kote ?</x-tad-bigger>
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