Why I Graft With Parafilm 

DUDE Just discovered your channel. I moved to the Rockies at 8,500 FT elevation fully off grid having to haul in all of my own water.... The first day I broke ground I started planting shit. Grabbed all the wild medicinals and edibles from around the area and replant them on my property. Kept all of the wild berries on my land Saskatoon bushes chokecherry trees.... Planted 5 rootstock apple trees and a pear tree. Turns out I thought I was growing apple trees but apparently I either grabbed suckers or rootstock from an orchard and for the last 4 years I've been watering them and lugging water in here for them they've never flowered or produced apples and it's my understanding they would never have so this year I did honey crisp and honey crisp red Scion modified cleft graphs on all of them. I don't know if I put too much parafilm tape on them or if the buds will be able to pop through or not but I do see at least one is budding and it's been 2 weeks. This is a whole learning process for me but I started a food Forest early as early as I could. I just keep planting stuff in the ground every day! Learning more everyday 10 years up here fully off-grid a mile snowshoe back into the woods. I look forward to looking more into your channel it's how I built my house RU-vid tutorials😂 Keep up the great work man thanks for the info! 😁✌️

Thanks for the info!

I have also had good luck using two layers of the different tapes. First wrap the graft and the scion in parafilm to make it watertight so nothing dries out. Then wrap just the graft contact section with electrical tape, pulling as tight as possible to really clamp down on the cut to make sure the cambium layers can transfer the sap between them. Some people use rubber bands to do the clamping action and tie it off. But with electrical tape I do not have to fiddle around trying to tie anything with my big fat fingers. :)

Good old days when starting this stuff and i bought a "grafting tape" that was basically some cling film haha - parafilm is the good shyt

To aid the elasticity of the wrap put the piece in direct sunlight for about 15 min

my big question is will wrapping parafilm alone cause scion to overheat in full sun? 🤔 I have a feeling although it will act like a greenhouse first.but then "steam" will escape by punching thru parafilm thus cooling down the scion? 🤔🤔

Thank you for the video! Do you think, I can also use to seal the wounds of my bonsai when I cut bigger branches?

can you cut tape by length, like if i buy 4 inch wide one, can i cut it into 4 pieces of 1 inch ? Will it start tearing? will it be useable? hopefully u understand me :D

Nice work. I'm looking for that parafilm tape but I have not found it, do you have an internet site link where to order? Thanks

What brand?

How wide is the parafilm you are using, thanks

why the electrical tape?

What is the brand

Not breaking tip, fold it once and you'll have double layer of Parafilm and will not be so easy to break.

Great, but those things are pretty expensive!