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Old January 7, 2014   #141
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Originally Posted by aclum View Post
Hi Chris,
Besides the superglue thing ...
At (mostly independent) nurseries where tools and supplies are sold for grafting hardwoods, you will find some of the usual suspects such as knives and grafting tape - but you may also find beeswax. As long as you don't interfere with the cambian layer, placing beeswax around the graft and then enclosing with grafting tape is a good choice for slow or stubborn plants (e.g., Diospyros), and for plants that ooze a lot (e.g., Ficus).
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