Re: Cloning Machines

Hello, all.

I can't prove it, but these "machines" seem to be a low-end copy of technology I first saw offered from an Israeli firm. With superfine mist in a sterile environment, no rooting hormones are necessary and root production is abundant. As the water become more like rain, the "secret" devolves into ordinary propagation of the sort anyone learns from books. Stick it, keep it warm and wait.

Best

Paige Woodward
paige@hillkeep.ca
www.hillkeep.ca

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
To: "Perennials" <perennials@hort.net>; "woodies" <woodyplants@hort.net>; <propagation@hort.net>; <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:33 AM
Subject: Cloning Machines


I was just looking through Charley's Greenhouse catalog and they now offer
Cloning Machines. I guess I'd heard of cloning but never thought of it as
being a system available to the home user. But they do have a small one
that handles 8 cuttings. Says: "the process involves continuous spraying of
a cloning solution (root growth stimulant) onto your stem, root or leaf
cutting...process is highly effective. Roots appear in 3 to 10 days and
cuttings ready for transplant in 7-21 days with a healthy, well-developed
root system....Practical, easy to use design with true aeroponic
(oxygen-rich) mist application to ensure fast rooting and optimum results."
Has anyone seen these units? anyone used anything like this? (if you have
a Charley's catalog, it is on page 81) I can't access their website from
here but the salesperson says the website has more detailed info.

I realize simple cuttings done the old fashioned way are a lot cheaper, but
I'm not always successful at it - more failures than successes. Those that
do take don't have a really good root system and it's easy to lose them over
the first winter. I plan to try a different rooting medium this season in a
closed container which has been ultra successful for tender perennials; I'd
like to see if it will work for woodies. If it doesn't do well, I'm
thinking about a cloning unit.

Any input would be appreciated.
(cross-posting in the hopes of getting any response)

Kitty

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PROPAGATION


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PROPAGATION
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index