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[Gunther Ansari <guntheransari@yahoo.com>]

Dear Friends,

I am about to embark upon a major project of pruning a whole batch of "Never-Pruned" fruit & nut trees (Apple, Pear, Fig, Walnut (English / Persian)!

 

The timing is around the 20th to 30th February. 

 

As this would involve a lot of cuts, I plan to do some cuts this year, followed by more thinning out next year, same season!

 

I need your best advice on the recipe for a good "Seal-off" medium, that can be easily "concocted" and mixed (in a heated water-bath vessel)  as well as be effective against insiduous rot, Fungus and  insect / borer damage to the "exposed" cuts, before the Spring comes around. 

 

I wish to try the following mixture, as an effective & workable, but not too expensive recipe:

1. Beeswax-                                        1 part
2. Rosin Oil / Turpentine oil                   1/4th Part
3. Linseed oil                                       1/4th Part
4. Powdered Cinnamon (fine mesh)        1/8th to 1/16th part
5. Powdered Cloves                              1/16th part

I have put the "spices" as a necessity, due to the danger of Fungus growth especially due to seasonal (post snows) danger of dampness-triggered fungal and / or mite attack!

 

What would be your considered opinion?

 

Thanks & best regards

 

Gunther N. Ansari  

 

Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu> wrote:

> At 06:54 AM 2/11/2008, Rob wrote:
> >How about for cleft grafting on arm sized trunks?
> >What do you all use?
>
> Rob,
> That would probably be an instance where I'd use
>  Tanis' rubberized 
> electrician's splicing tape, and I might give the old wax toilet ring 
> gasket a try as a sealant.
> I first tried one(the toilet gasket) at a grafting demonstration I 
> put on for the local Master Gardeners class last year - it's 
> relatively easy to work with, doesn't require heating, but it is 
> sticky, and might, like Karen's beeswax/rosin/linseed oil product, be 
> a bit easier to work with if you oiled your hands to keep it from 
> sticking to them.
>
> Lucky 
>
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