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Mar 1, 2014 9:45 PM CST
Name: Tim Hoover
Elysian FIelds, Texas (Zone 8a)
Beekeeper Ponds Region: Texas Seller of Garden Stuff
Hi Calin,
I know this is a very late response but yes, I do own this tool and have used it for many years. There are some draw backs to this tool. The primary problem with it is that the scion and the rootstock must be exactly the same size- about 3/4 inch grade. It creates an Omega graft (if you can think of the Omega symbol, you get the idea of the look of the graft). Would I recommend this to an average grafter? Probably not- unless you were doing a lot of Apple or Pear grafting with commercially graded/purchased rootstock. . I used to own an Apple nursery and found it to be ok- but mostly as a novelty. Frankly, I was much faster doing a cleft graft with the traditional knife. It is a useless tool if your scion wood is smaller than your rootstock- this is often the case.

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