When to remove wrapping on apple graft?

[Barkslip]

@marknmt

@barkslip mixes parrafin and mineral oil, irrc, and dips his scions. But then, he does them by the hundreds, at least, and I do a dozen here and there.

I mix water and paraffin and beeswax, fyi. I’ve got it down to the perfect consistency. If you were to search Dax’s Wax Recipe or I’ll post it now:

Waxing scions vs parafilm, vs au naturel

Waxing Deciduous Dax’s Recipe Box of paraffin wax from grocery or hardware store. Cut the box in half. That gives you (8) pieces. Cut those in half. You now have (16) 1 oz pieces. For 1 gallon: 1 piece (1 oz) For Field Grafting: 1 piece (1 oz) + .25 oz. Beeswax Heat wax + water to 180F and allow to drop to 160F. Once at 160F start dipping quickly if temperature cannot be kept. A 1.1 liter deep fryer is the best way I know to dip scions. Fill with water leaving 1" of the reservoir at the t…

You really don’t want to wrap scions (ever) after they’ve been grafted. Always do it before. You can certainly (have the bud and wood parafilmed in advance) but do the cuts and after all held together then cover the union (carefully) with a wax tape or whatever type of “Johnny Wax” you use. For me, I stretch parafilm “sideways” to make it very thin and to create a situation where I’m not putting pressure on the union when finishing up the parafilmed, graft.

Dax