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>I've also been meaning to ask- my grandfather did a lot of grafting,
>and I would watch him. He used to dip the end of the part he was
>grafting into some white powdery stuff he got at the nursery. This
>was in the early 1960's. He told me what it was, but of course, I
>can't remember. He used this white powder to graft roses, also, and
>made beautiful varigated carnations with the same method. Anyone have
>any idea what the substance was?
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>Thanks,
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>Karen
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