From: "Mark and Alisha Fehringer" <markandalishafehringer@peetzplace.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] coverage of scion w/ paint
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:01:57 -0600
Last spring I asked on this list if anyone had used latex paint as a
grafting sealant. No one had any information, so I gave it a try. I
grafted apples and pears using mostly whip grafts and bound the graft with
rubber budding strips. I then painted the budding strip and the entire
scion, including buds, with a good heavy coat of plain ol' interior white
latex paint. I suppose I got 80-90% takes. In my previous attempts to
graft I bound the graft with tape, and used grafting wax to seal only around
the graft and cut end of the scion and got around 5% takes. In my dry
climate, the scions dried out before the grafts could take. I like the
budding rubbers because they stretch and keep pressure on the graft as it
heals. I painted the rubber strip because the sun breaks the rubber down
before the graft fully heals.
Mark
Northeast Colorado
[NAFEX] coverage of scion w/ paint,
Mark and Alisha Fehringer, 04/11/2010