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  • From: "Idell Weydemeyer" <iwgarden@earthlink.net>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Need source for parafilm
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:37:30 -0800

Hi-- yes the parafilm alone is not really enough--birds knocked off 3 of my
grafts one spring. I now do a short wrap at the join with green stretchy
floral tape-- narrow kind-- and keep it on for a year. I can find my graft
more easily in the canopy that way too.

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ginda Fisher
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:31 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Need source for parafilm

I keep my roll in the garage, and it's lasted for years, now, with no
visible aging.

I find I get better takes if I bind the graft together with a rubber band or
something first, and then wrap with Parafilm. Just the Parafilm doesn't
give a tight enough bond, at least the way I've used it. But Parafilm is
far and away my favorite "coating" for grafts. It's fast and easy to use,
works very well, and there's no prep or clean up to speak of. Getting the
"grafting compound" off my fingers was a major hassle, and keeping wax soft
enough to work with in the field was pretty much impossible. Plastic bags
and masking tape didn't keep the twig moist enough (especially not masking
tape.)

happy grafting!

Ginda

On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Bob Hartman wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Here is where I have purchased it from. It will last you the rest of your
life. Just keep it in the refrigerator and it will keep for a very long
time.
> http://sargentwelch.com/search.asp?ss=Parafilm+M&x=9&y=6
>
> I use it when I graft my stone fruits and it has increased my number of
takes tremendously. I highly recommend it.
>
> Bob
> Western Washington
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Angermayer
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:41 AM
> To: NAFEX
> Subject: [NAFEX] Need source for parafilm
>
> I'd like to try some parafilm M, to see if I can't increase my percentage
of
> graft takes. Does anyone know of a good cheap source to get a few rolls?
> Does it have a shelf-life?
>
> Mark
> KS
>
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