Four words: rubber electrician's splicing tape. It will
change your life. If you know to give a pre-stretch before doing the
wrap, it is the best. I've tried parafilm, but parafilm is harder to
find in small amounts for the hobbiest, and parafilm also does not stretch
& bind as well as the rubber tape.
Rubber tape does not need to be
split nor removed later. It is WAY easier to use than any of the
flowable coatings. The only disadvantage-- it would be awkward for
grafts of stock & scion of greatly different diameters. Also, it
barely works in damp conditions, but I for one take along paper & pencil
for notes, and I prefer dry conditions for that too.
> From:
Lucky.PIttman > To: nafex > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:22:28
-0600 > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grafting wax > > One word.
Parafilm. > No muss, no fuss, no need for coating your hands
with > oil(what would that do to impede callusing?), no need > for
any sort of heater or messy brush. > I've not used Doc Farwells, and
while it's probably > not a significant concern for anyone grafting
fruit > trees, I have a friend who's a propagator for a large >
west-coast nursery that turns out thousands of > Japanese maple
graftlings every year, and she told me > they used Doc Farwell's ONCE
and would never, ever do > that again - you could still see that
god-awful > yellow splotch at the graft union 5 or 6 years
later. > Not aesthetically pleasing. > > Fresh, steaming-hot
cow manure was used with great > success, 'back in the day'. I still
mean to give it > a try. > >
Lucky > > > _________________________________________________________________ Connect
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