I like to believe I do. When a customer emails or calls I immediately go into problem solving mode. I put myself in my customers shoes and listen to what they are trying to explain to me. I imagine that their problem is my problem and what I would do to fix it. Having an ...…
I recently wrote an article for another website that explains why you should not use water that has gone through a water softener to mist or irrigate your plants. The article ended with a brief explanation that a benefit of bypassing the water softener to water the cuttings and plants is that the softener will ...…
The next item on the list you will need when starting your plant propagation nursery are licenses. Before starting out, it is a good idea to find out which licenses you will need. Every state differs on which licenses you need so the following is a basic explanation of two you may be required to ...…
The fifth item needed to start a plant propagation business is the actual misting beds to root your cuttings in. I touched on the rooting media you need for the misting beds in part 4 and will explain how to construct a misting bed and a few tips when building one that will greatly aid ...…
True story: a few days after I built my first misting beds it rained for two days, and we received about an inch of rain. I went out to look at my beds to see how they fared. They looked great! I had used very course sand for my rooting media because it was very ...…
Rooting cuttings is actually quite easy when using a misting system. Prior to misting systems, nursery owners and plant propagators had to use other methods such as…
Now don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with using an Intermatic timer. In fact, I own a few myself; one controls my hot water heater, but if you are looking for an Intermatic timer to control your misting system, you may want to think again. Although mechanical timers like the Intermatic timer have ...…
As fall arrives and winter is right around the corner, you need to begin to think of exactly when to take apart and winterize your plant propagation misting system. Turning it off to prematurely may damage your cuttings, too late and your misting system itself may be damaged.…