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Amen to the use of parafilm

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ginda Fisher
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 7:58 AM
To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters ; 
Louis Pittman
Subject: Re: [nafex] prafilm M and buddy tape results

Exactly. Paraffilm is clean and easy to use, I have a lifetime supply, and I 
see no reason NOT to wrap the whole scion. Much easier to do that than to 
also fuss with a sealant.

I'm sure lots of different grafting methods work. I like paraffilm because 
it's so easy. It cuts with scissors or a sharp knife, and I apply it with my 
fingers. Cleanup is just throwing away the little paper backer.
--
Ginda
typed with Swype, who knows what I intended.


On April 26, 2020 8:47:29 AM EDT, Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu> 
wrote:
> Is it 'overkill' to wrap the entire scion with Parafilm,  as opposed to
> just sealing the apical end?
> I don't know,  but I have no intention of backing away from wrapping
> graft
> union and scion, in its entirety, particularly for nut tree grafts.
> It's quick to do...I feel better about longterm protection against
> scion
> dessication, and buds push right through a couple layers of fully
> stretched
> Parafilm.
> Some pecan/hickory and walnut grafts I made on 6 March are just now
> beginning to open buds, nearly 2 months later.  Would they have dried
> out
> in the interim if not fully wrapped?
>
> Again, maybe not at all necessary for apples/pears,  and I rarely do
> any
> stonefruits - but I wouldn't attempt nuts, oaks, persimmons without it.
>
> It's 'cheap insurance'...I can buy a 2"x250' roll of Parafilm M for
> less
> than $20...enough to do at least 750-1000 typical pecan or pear grafts
> here.
> And, it's not at all messy; strips of Parafilm in my grafting kit don't
> spill or stick to stuff.
>
> Lucky Pittman
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 8:27 PM sherwin <sherwindu@att.net> wrote:
>
> > On 4/25/2020 7:40 PM, Idell Weydemeyer wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Comparison of use or not of Parafilm or buddy tape.
> > >
> > > In Santa Rosa, rootstocks were grafted for a later plant sale for
> the
> > > redwood California Rare fruit chapter.--probably over 50- maybe up
> to 80
> > > plants. Not sure if the pots were 5 or 10 gallon ones.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "In general looking at the prunus grafts from our March  8 event, a
> > general
> > > observation.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The grafts that are looking great and doing quite well, seem to be
> all
> > the
> > > scions where the tips were covered with parafilm or buddy tape.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The grafts that didn't take or are quite slow were from scions
> where the
> > > tips were not covered with parafilm/ buddy tape."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Idell Weydemeyer
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >    Idell,
> >
> >     Not sure what you mean by the 'tips'.  If it is the end opposite
> to
> > the graft end, I usually paint that end with wood sealer.  If there
> is
> > no sealing of the outer tips, like with a sealant wood filler, the
> > moisture will escape out that tip and dry out the scion.  Where I
> make
> > use of tapes like Parafilm is around the graft union where the graft
> > itself exposes a large part of the cambium to drying out.  I see no
> need
> > to wrap the entire scion, since the bark around it should prevent
> drying
> > out along it's length.  Wrapping the entire scion may not be as
> > effective as just closing off the end with a sealant.
> >
> >                 Sherwin
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