Budding Tape Perforated 1" x 2-3/4

5 Stars

Theodore Pino from CA wrote (December 18, 2016):

I used to use Parafilm­® and talked all my friends into it that used to use vinyl for grafting. I was low on Parafilm­® and thought that I would try A.M. Leonard's Budding Tape. It is absolutely wonderful. I use it on my stone fruit trees and my twenty plus varieties of avocados. Almost all my grafts take now and it is so easy to use. When I compared the price of this with the price of the other I wondered if it was worth the difference. The answer is a resounding "YES!". I use substantially less and it applies so easily. I have been grafting a lot lately and haven't used up my first roll. I bought two more just to have on hand so that I can give it to my friends. It has controlled stretch and doesn't break easily. It seals that grafts tightly and secures it well.

5 Stars

Har Mahdeem from FL wrote (October 09, 2016):

When putting grafts of several different varieties on large mango trees in customer's yards, in southeast Florida, my grafts wrapped with cheap white tape tended to die. When I switched to Buddy Tape, the number of successful grafts went way up, making my activity commercially viable.

5 Stars

T. Wahl from IA wrote (June 13, 2016):

"this budding tape is so good, and so different from the competition, that its correct brand name is ""Buddy Tape,"" because one feels that it is one's buddy inincreasing graft takes and in usually eliminating opening of the tape during aftercare."

5 Stars

Har Mahdeem from FL wrote (June 13, 2016):

"this budding tape is so good, and so different from the competition, that its correct brand name is ""Buddy Tape,"" because one feels that it is one's buddy inincreasing graft takes and in usually eliminating opening of the tape during aftercare."

5 Stars

Kenneth from IL wrote (October 14, 2011):

I like the product and can see that all the buds have calloused but due to drought conditions in our area this year, some buds did come through but grafts are still alive.

5 Stars

Linda K. from IN wrote (October 01, 2011):

Tape is easy to work with. Perforation sections are just the right length. A nice width also. I used the tape to bud roses. One rose bud has popped right through, most have not. I have left the bud intact as recommended. If the bud had not popped by next spring, I'll remove it.

5 Stars

Pace Gardens from MI wrote (September 24, 2011):

I use it for Cornus, Acer and Ginkgo grafts in the spring. It is easier to use than the grafting rubbers I have used for years.

5 Stars

I raise and sell Japanese Maples. from FL wrote (September 23, 2011):

I have used this for a few years and find that it does everything you say it does. I have better success rates with BT25 and I dont have to worry about it slipping out of my hand like the rubber band. For me it is easier to work with than the rubber strips.

5 Stars

Patsy C from RI wrote (September 23, 2011):

have used it for budding roses. Much easier than using the heavy rubber bands recommended by many rosarians (my fingers can't do that). Very simple but I don't find it to be particularly biodegradable either.

4 Stars

Mark from MO wrote (September 23, 2011):

An excellent product which is what we use for the greenhouse grafting of several "challenging" genera such as Juglans, Castanea and Quercus. Holds up well in warm greenhouse environment, and with the perforations, lends itself nicely to the size of rootstocks/scions we use.

4 Stars

Tim H. from VA wrote (March 21, 2011):

Excellent product. We get two apple bench grafts out of one of the perforated strips. Excellent seal. No girdling. I have seen another non-perforated "parafilm" on the market, however, which is much less costly. Plan to try the latter and compare--will switch if the product is similar, except for the perforation.

5 Stars

Patrik S. from NM wrote (March 19, 2011):

As we graft through hundreds of trees, we've been having some fun teasing ourselves about the end of buddy tape. What would we do? Grafting strips - hard to get rubber, plus that rapid unwind. Hemp twine - just try that out. Buddy tape is something you quickly get used to doing by feel - the perforations give you the right length, it stretches by warmth and pull to adhere to itself, and it tightly braces that graft union. It's ideal excepting if your fingers are cracked and it gets a little too hot. It seems there might have been a run on buddy tape this year, so the back-order put us in a race against the season. We'll be making sure to stock up for whatever the future brings.

5 Stars

Kevan B. from NC wrote (March 18, 2011):

Works good on summer t-buds and dormant chip buds. After the bud takes, I use a razor to remove from the understock the following spring, so I might dispute the claim that it self-deteriorates.