6 grapevine nurseries have tried our new organic grafting wax this summer : Viveros Rafael Gandia in Spain, 13 Jul. Pantaze in Montenegro, Ioannis Politikos in Greece, SC Jidvei in Romania, Kunszolo in Hungary and Pépinière Philippe Borioli in Switzerland. We asked them to send us some feedbacks and photos of the trial.
Excellent appearance, adherence and elasticity
On a small survey, participants of the trial have rated different criteria :
Wax visual appearance was rated between neutral and nice comparing to other waxes
All nurseries qualified the smell as “nice”
Adherence criteria obtained an excellent score (4,6 out 5)
Elasticity was rated as good (4,2/5)
A lower melting temperature than classic wax : sufficient for callus protection ?
If all of the nurseries found the wax was as easy to use as classic wax, they also found out melting temperature was lower. For most of them, the wax provided sufficient callus protection when planting with moderate climate. However, it seems the wax cannot resist high summer temperatures and provide sufficient callus protection when planting lately.
In conclusion : a wax very similar to conventional wax… but organic !
Although nurseries are still waiting for digging before setting final conclusion over global grafting success rate, all of the nurseries agreed that this organic wax has potentially the same performances than conventional grafting wax. This organic wax could therefore be a green alternative to conventional wax !
To be continued…
Trials have now started in Chile 🇨🇱 and New Zealand 🇳🇿 : here is a bunch of grafted grapevines ready for planting !