To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] flowers on new grafts / pears
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 05:29:34 -0700 (PDT)
I find the electricians splicing tape will rot off only if exposed to sun.
Yesterday I
was grafting plums with it and regretted I got the 3m type with a cloth mesh
strip
seperator - it is quite clumsy to remove - next roll I'll get the
no-seperator type.
WhatI like best about splicing tape is how stretchable it is. I prefer it
over clear
tapes because I often want black to help get another couple degrees warmth.
Steve, regarding Ure - so far it is my healthiest looking pear at 6 years, do
you mean it
takes even longer than other pears to fruit? What northern pears bear sooner?
thanks, Del
> Tanis--I used your electrical tape suggestion when I topworked a Ure pear to
> something that might actually fruit. 25 out of 25 takes. It sure was easy
> to use. Suggestions from anyone on when to remove the tape?
> Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI