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[Bob Bors <bob.bors@usask.ca>]

I also use parafilm. It’s so clean and easy and most important it works. I teach students in classes and they often get a 7% success rate.  When I learned with rubberbands I got less than 10%take!   We’ll never go back to rubber bands.

 

 

Dr. Bob Bors

Assistant Professor

Head of the Fruit Program

University of Saskatchewan, Plant Sciences Dept.

51 Campus Drive, Room 2C02

Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7N 5A8

 

Fruit program website:

http://www.fruit.usask.ca

 

 

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Justin West
Sent: April-09-10 7:10 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Complete coverage of scion with Parafilm

 

 When I bench graft I tend to use either a whip and tongue or use grafting pliers.  I then wrap the union with one inch parafilm starting from the bottom up, then dip the rest of the scion in grafting wax to seal it completely.  buds break through that just fine, it cannot dry out, and it saves cost vs using parafilm on the whole scion.  I learned this method from Martin Crawford of the Agroforestry Research Trust in Devon UK and have been using it successfully for years.  He, incidentally, has a book coming out this week on Edible Forest Gardening.  I can recommend it to anyone implementing high diversity small scale food production around their home. https://secure.agroforestry.co.uk/publs2003.html
Justin West
NJ