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- From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--parafilm
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:31:20 -0400
On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 4/7/2009 1:45:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, interverbis@videotron.ca writes: I've tried a lot of things to keep my grafts from drying out. I bought some grafting compound (part of a grafting kit when I first started) and it worked well but was incredibly nasty to use. I've used beeswax, which works okay if it's warm enough for it to be soft, but it is generally colder than that when I want to graft. I've used strips of plastic bags and masking tape, with so-so results. I tried using parafin, which works really well for bench grafting, if you leave a little pot of it on a hot plate, but is impractical for the field. Now I use parafilm. It looks like it might be strong enough to bind the graft, as well as protect it from evaporation, but it's not. Every graft save one bud graft that I tried that way has failed. But if I bind the graft with a rubber band and then wrap parafilm over it I've had good luck. Parafilm is expensive to buy, but it's incredibly easy to work with, and lasts for years on a shelf. And if you are a home grafter, one purchase will probably last your lifetime. I've never heard of anyone refrigerating it, although it you live in a very hot climate and don't have A/C it might be helpful. Before I used parafilm for grafting I used it as a lab technician, and we left it on the shelf there, too. Ginda |
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[NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question,
Erdman, James, 04/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question,
Lon J. Rombough, 04/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question, Erdman, James, 04/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question, Jolyn, 04/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question, Hélène Dessureault, 04/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question - storage life, Shambeda, 04/10/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question,
Jwlehman, 04/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--parafilm,
Ginda Fisher, 04/08/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--parafilm, dmnorton, 04/08/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--parafilm,
Ginda Fisher, 04/08/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Grafting--Doc Farwell's question,
Lon J. Rombough, 04/07/2009
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