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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Parafilm sounds like it might be worth trying for me next year, too. I have 
had some good results with whatever grafting tape Raintree offers used on 
chip-buds, and electrical tape on whip and tongue. The electrician's tape 
needed to be sliced midway thru summer (shady side) to make sure growth 
wasn't restricted. For what it's worth,           Dave Liezen 

> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:42:28 -0500
> From: cgarriss@garriss.net> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Parafilm
> 
> Thanks for all the information,  I will definitely be giving Parafilm a try
> with my next grafts.
> 
> As always this list is a great resource,  particularly for those of us that
> have relatively small resources and small spaces.  I look at, and read,
> basically every post even if it something I don't have any immediate need
> for.  Thanks.
> Chris
> On Dec 8, 2011 4:24 PM, "Lucky Pittman" <lpittman@murraystate.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Chris,
> > I was taught to graft using Parafilm - and use it on virtually everything 
> > I
> > graft.
> > But, as Hector indicated, tensile strength is not its strong point - and 
> > it
> > will degrade somewhat as UV light affects it, so, I always wrap with a
> > budding rubber in addition - though with fast-callusing stuff like
> > apples/pears, sometimes I just over-wrap the graft union with a couple of
> > layers of masking tape.
> >
> > Lucky
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Chris Garriss
> > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:07 PM
> > To: Nafex
> > Subject: [NAFEX] Parafilm
> >
> > Does anyone have comments / instructions of any kind for using Parafilm in
> > grafting?  I've never used / attempted to use it, and someone has offered
> > to give me some to try.  I'd really appreciate any input or experience 
> > that
> > anyone has.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
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