Re: Cloning Machines

Thanks to all of you on the propagation list for input.    I'm going to keep
plugging away at less expensive methods.  Last year, some friends mentioned
using sweater boxes and I found an all clear one and tried it.  Worked
extremely well, mych better than the hassle oc saran wrap wound around
chopsticks.  I also switched to a lighter medium, 1:1 perlite vermiculite
for that container.  However, I didn't try any woodies in it.  so that's
what I plan to try this year.  I always did woodies in 1:1 canadian peat /
perlite with some success, but just not enough.  Perhaps I need a fresh jar
of rooting hormone, too.  If money weren't an issue, though, I'd like to try
the machine just out of curiosity.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pacific Rim" <paige@hillkeep.ca>
To: <propagation@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:38 PM
Subject: 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"
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> 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
> >
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