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24 years ago some fine person in Nafex turned me onto rubber splicing tape
for W&T grafts, I personally can't imagine anything more suitable. I've
done probably 1500 grafts with it. The rubber is very stretchy, seals to
itself, gives great support when overlapped, and even sun-rots in case you
forget to remove it. '3M Temflex Splicing Tape' is one brand, about $3 at a
big box store. Del Stubbs, n MN

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 8:08 PM Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu>
wrote:

> I have used Parafilm M for 25 years...do not like the Parafilm 'grafting
> tape'.
> That said, I use Parafilm ONLY to seal in moisture...It does NOT provide
> any significant support strength, so I always overwrap the graft union with
> at least a couple of wraps of masking tape...or, more frequently, masking
> tape and then a rubber band.
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 6:19 PM sherwin <sherwindu@att.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Many of the orchardists I know use non-breathable grafting tape with
> > reasonable results.  I usually use Parafilm because I think it allows
> > the graft to breath.  Is this an unnecessary reason to use Parafilm?
> > Other grafting tapes can also be applied easily, so why use Parafilm?
> >
> >                    Sherwin Dubren
> >
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