Re: [nafex] Re: Bud Grafting

["Gordon C. Nofs" <gcnofs@hotmail.com>]

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Lucky
  I have bought Parafilm In smaller batches, Also in a 1 inch roll. It may 
have ben Leonards. I don't have the info now. I got it about 4 or 5 years 
ago.
      Gordon


>Parafilm is an excellent material that does not have the potential to
 >start fires and cause either human or plant tissue to be damaged by high
 >wax temperatures.
 >The problem seems to be the difficulty in obtaining small quantities of
 >parafilm cut into 1/2 inch strips. The parafilm obtained from medical
 >supply outlets is 4 inches wide and the cost is prohibitive unless
 >people pool their money to purchase a roll and somehow divide it.

Claude,
Carolina Biological Supply (they're probably on-line, but I have a catalog
- toll free #800-334-5551), sells a 2"x250ft roll - price listed in my 1996
model catalog was $16.60 - probably higher now, but I'll bet not a great
deal more.

I usually cut off 4-inch pieces, then cut these lengthwise into 3 or 4
narrower strips.  A 250 ft roll will do a LOT of grafts - I've been using
the same roll for the last 5 years & it'll hold out a while longer, yet.

I've had good success wrapping t-buds on persimmon, mulberry, apple & pear
with Parafilm, then overwrapping with rubber budding strips, but have had
NO success whatsoever trying t-buds or 'coin purse' buds with pecan,
hickory, or walnut budwood handled in the same manner.
My best success with the nuts has been a 'coin-purse' bud, wrapped with a
rubber strip, then enclosing the budded portion with a piece of plastic,
kind of like enclosing it inside a bag - wrapped at the top with a piece of
budding strip, closed at the bottom with masking tape,which also serves as
a date/variety marker so I can know what variety and when I budded it, so
that I can open the 'bag' at the appropriate time.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY


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