Everyone of course!
I have a brand new book on the shelf that I will send to a lucky winner. It is by James Wells and is titled: Plant Propagation Practices.
Here is what I will do for you:
I will send the book to a resident of the US or Canada at absolutely no charge.
What you need to do for me:
Leave a comment outlining your plant propagation endeavors. Your successes, your failures, your methods, etc.
The rules:
The contest will end Aug 22nd at 6pm Eastern time. I will total the number of comments and ask my son to choose a number from 1 to whatever the total is. The number he chooses will be the winner of the book.
Once the winner is identified I will contact them via email (so leave a GOOD address when commenting!) and after receiving a reply, will send the book to the shipping address they specify.
My decision is final unless the original winner cannot be contacted and at that time a new winner will be chosen in exactly the same way and so on until the book has been sent. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 to participate.
Good luck!
Tags: Easy plant propagation, Landscape Plants, misting system, plant propagation, plants from cuttings, rooted cuttings
Leave A Reply (10 comments So Far)
Trisha
293 days ago
I run a little nursery in my backyard. We’re still in our 1st year so I experiment with new types of plants all the time.
Most plants root very well here as softwood cuttings in a shaded greenhouse with a misting system set up on a timer. I do a lot of hydrangea because theyre so easy, almost 100% success and they root in under a month. This wouldnt be possible without mist.
This year I bought a dozen or so new varieties of woody ornamentals. They all did well under mist. I also started cuttings of perennials, some of which I already had here and didnt know could be done by cuttings. Again under mist. Russian Sage and Penstemon rooted in a week! I even tried some Crimson King Maple Tree softwood cuttings under mist and its working!
Actually, I have the most trouble with cuttings that don’t like mist! Still trying to figure out how to do sandcherry and rose of sharon.
I love this site and my mist system. Thanks for letting us share and good luck on the book giveaway… congrats to whoever wins it!
Trisha
Dwayne
289 days ago
Hi Trisha,
Mist is great, isn’t it? It is hard to believe you can root softwood cuttings that easy and then make money selling them.
Thanks for letting everyone know how you are making out with your rooting endeavors.
Mike
291 days ago
I used a powerful submersible pump with micro sprinklers, the same type used for aeroponics except they are not enclosed
I use ph balanced water in the reservoir along with a float valve, and a regular light timer, the mist system is made from
pvc risers all around the sides of the pool I have to check the sprinklers once in a while
I use a 75(perlite)-25(vermiculite) mixture in a small kiddie pool about 4 ft , it has a drain hole in it to flush it once in a while,
I constructed a pvc frame about 3 ft high all around the pool, I hang shade cloth in summer and plastic in the winter. I am in Arizona(Phoenix)
it works great for most vegetable, that is what I like to grow, so this can be a success story I suppose.
Dwayne
289 days ago
Hi Mike,
Thanks for letting us know what you are up to and how it is going.
Good luck and have fun rooting!
Darlene
272 days ago
I am attempting to start a small backyard nursery. My husband has been out of work for almost 2 years and I haven’t worked in a long time. I love working with plants. Hopefully we will be able to move into a larger house with some property to plant more of a nursery when he gets back to work at apartment construction supervision soon. I use a homemade propogation box now which provides new starts with moisture. However, I hope to get more sucess with a misting system someday to be able to suceed with my Weeping Japanese Red Maple, Weeping Cherry tree, and Weeping Bald Cypress trees. I have tried to get then to start in the propogation box without any luck.
Dwayne
272 days ago
Thanks for the comment Darlene.
I use a Nearing frame besides my misting system with great success. I have not had too much luck rooting Purple Smokebush with mist but the ones I placed in the Nearing Frame have great roots.
Trisha
248 days ago
Thanks for the tip! The purple smokebush is one of my favorite plants in the garden. I had trouble getting them to root, along with that darn sandcherry. I’ll have to try the nearing frame. How often do you water your nearing frame cuttings???
Id like to extend my ‘greenhouse’ structure a little, so theres ‘end of the mist’ space plus a little space with no mist, but some humidity. Then test moving things around in there.
Trisha
256 days ago
Hurray, I won something!!!
I love your products and your blog!!!
I’ve been running your mist system for the 2nd year now and I gotta say its the most important thing in my little nursery. Without my mister none of it would be possible.
Whenever I see people on the board worried about the money, I try to assure them that its the best investment they’ll ever make. Its hard to understand starting out, I was there myself, but looking at it in retrospect, the value outweighs the cost 1000 times.
Thanks so much for your kit, your site and my prize!!!
Trisha