grafting wax

The joint is then taped around and treated with tree-sealing compound or grafting wax.

Tape around the top of the stock to hold the scion/s in place and cover with grafting wax or sealing compound.

Cut a tongue in each of the faces to be joined so that they interlock neatly, bind the joint with raffia and cover with grafting wax or bituminous tree paint.

Grafting wax is a composition of rosin, beeswax, tallow, and similar materials, used in gluing and sealing the wounds of newly grafted trees or shrubs to protect them from infection.

Bind with raffia or polythene tape or wind around with a 5mm wide strip of elastic band (this is particularly successful because it keeps pressure on the cambium layers to be joined and eventually falls away without cutting into the bark as the tree grows) and seal with grafting wax.