To: <herenorthere@lycos.com>, "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Re: Doc Farwell's grafting seal
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:47:38 -0700
What methods do people use to keep chip bud grafts from drying out? I have
been trying this grafting technique for the first time and don't have a
method yet for sealing the graft.
-Mark Lee, Seattle
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Subject: [NAFEX] Re: Doc Farwell's grafting seal
I have less grafting experience than most people on the list, but I bought
Doc Farwell's this year and think it's great stuff for an amateur to have on
hand. I wrapped a number of bark grafts and whip grafts with parafilm and
used Farwells to seal the ends of the parafilm and any exposed cut wood. I
can see it would be excellent for budding, but haven't done any with it. I
had tried some whip and tongue grafts on apples, using only Farwells to hold
the grafts, but that was a complete failure. If I had to give up either
parafilm or Farwells, the Farwells would have to go. But it's nice to have
both.
Bruce Wittchen
Zone 6 CT