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["C. Waite Maclin" <waite8@gwi.net>]

Excellent suggestions, John. Snowing like the very dickens here in  
Portland. Waite
On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:54 AM, John Bunker wrote:

> I   know that many people use damp paper towels, wax etc.   I have  
> never found these measures to be necessary. We store large amounts  
> of scionwood in plastic bags with no moisture at all and no wax.  We  
> generally use large thick black garbage bags.  It might be that the  
> accumulated moisture from all the wood keep them from drying out.   
> We store the bags at 35 - 40 degrees.  I also store a few sticks of  
> this and that from time to time and in small plastic bags with no  
> wax or moisture.  Again with no ill effects.  When we store wood in  
> the refrigerator or root cellar, we triple bag it.  We have never  
> had mold problems.
>
> Snowing up here again today.  Three feet on the ground.
>
> John Bunker
> Fedco
> trees@fedcoseeds.com
> www.fedcoseeds.com
> PO Box 520
> Waterville ME 04903
> 207-873-7333
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2011, at 7:40 AM, david.maxwell@dal.ca wrote:
>
> > I suspect that there is more belief than science involved, and that  
> > I may trigger strongly held
> > opinions, but I would like to seek the collective wisdom on the  
> > best way to store scion wood.
> > I have always put a little bit of moist paper towel over the cut  
> > ends, put them in a Baggie, and
> > stored them in the fridge until spring.  I have recently had strong  
> > objections that this will result
> > in the scions becoming mouldy because of the humidity, (and indeed  
> > they do sometimes
> > develop a surface growth of a white mould, but this does not seem  
> > to affect the takes, or do
> > the scions the slightest harm).  It was suggested that the better  
> > way is to dip the ends in
> > some sort of wax to "seal" them, and then store them dry. Will they  
> > dry out like this, and will
> > the drying not kill the scions just as surely?   Any thoughts or  
> > advice?
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C. Waite Maclin
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Portland, Maine 04104
(207) 773-1314