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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

How about for cleft grafting on arm sized trunks?
What do you all use?

Robert

"Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu" <Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu> wrote:
>  
> Karen wrote:
> i've never used parafilm for grafting this time of
> year - in the NW  
> it seems to really help to seal all the wounded
> surfaces of a new  
> graft with something that really keeps the rain out
> and the tree/ 
> scion's moisture in. would parafilm really cover well
> enough on a  
> cleft graft or topworked tree, or does it only work
> on whip and  
> tongue style unions (smooth ones with out weird
> lumps...)?
>
> OK, confession time for me, too.  I'll admit,
> Parafilm doesn't work all that well when sticking on
> cleft grafts of relatively small scionwood - as you
> might do when reworking an older apple with
> relatively
>  large-diameter branches.  But, it works
> great for bark grafts with scions considerably
> smaller than the stock, 4- & 3-flap 'banana'-type
> grafts, simple splice & whip & tongue type grafts,
> and even cleft grafts where the rootstock is not more
> than an inch or two in diameter,.
>
> Lucky
>
>
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