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["Idell Weydemeyer" <iwgarden@earthlink.net>]

I have used Parafilm M for many years .  (we by rolls of it to sell in
pieces at our scion exchanges).  I like it to keep in the moisture and use
it to wrap the entire scion . Since i do not take it off, if I have lost a
tag, I can tell from the state of the film if it is a 1, 2 or 3 year old
graft and then can  look up in my records and do a process of elimination
for identification .For strength,  I use florist stretchy green tape to tie
the join and the scion area and leave a longish tail on it  of several
inches -- works very well since I can see and easily find a graft  in the
summer in the leaves. The green tape is taken off at the end of the year.

Idell

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From: nafex <nafex-bounces+iwgarden=earthlink.net@lists.ibiblio.org> On
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Subject: Re: [nafex] Grafting Tape Choices

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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