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Ernest,
Please give a more detailed description of the aquarium pump + bucket set-up for cuttings and how it works. Where did you purchase this cloner?
-Mark


Feb 23, 2010 09:31:44 PM, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
> I sent for an ultrasonic fogger but have not received it yet.  It is
> covered with teflon to help prevent minerals from sticking to the
> transducer.  Minerals will precipitate from the water onto the
> crystal when ultrasonic vibrations are sent into water.  I have a
> cloner which uses water spray on the stems to help form roots.  I
> used it with mixed success for two years with rose cuttings.  Success
> is good the first few times I used it.  Then success went to zero
> when mold struck.  I tried 1 teaspoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide per
> liter of deionized water and success went back up.  Looks like mold
> presence builds up after use.  I change the water every few days and
> carefully wash the equipment with hydrogen peroxide solution one a
> week.  I have another cloner I recently bought which is better made
> and has finer water sprays than the first.  A 3.5 gallon black bucket
> with a cover with holes using a submersible aquarium pump with a
> manifold which has four spray heads.  Cuttings are held by foam plugs
> in the lid holes.