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  • From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ultrasonic fogger
  • Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:04:18 -0500

Interesting. So this fogger roots cuttings in misty air. Sometimes the roots formed under such conditions are different from the kinds of roots that develop in soil or other media; as a result, the transfer to soil or other media may not be successful.

Has anyone used this device successfully or otherwise. Do you get quicker rooting? Is the transfer to soil successful? Does it work with dormant cuttings as well as with softwood cuttings?

Lee Reich, PhD

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A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
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On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Ernest Plutko wrote:

Mark,    I bought the cloner on E-Bay for $74.99.  Look on E-Bay
under the category  CLONER.  The one I bought is on the first page
and is called AEROPONIC BUCKET the one with with 12 holes.  Sold by
HYDRO-WEST. Picture is there.  Let me know if you want more pictures
and I will take a few pictures of the cloner and send them to you. I
want it to clone cherry plants.

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From: piper33@verizon.net
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ultrasonic fogger
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:08:19 -0600 (CST)

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Ernest,<br>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?<br>-Mark<br><br><br>Feb 23, 2010 09:31:44 PM,
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 3px
solid rgb(102, 153, 204);">I sent for an ultrasonic fogger but have
not received it yet.  It is<br>covered with teflon to help prevent
minerals from sticking to the<br>transducer.  Minerals will
precipitate from the water onto the<br>crystal when ultrasonic
vibrations are sent into water.  I have a<br>cloner which uses water
spray on the stems to help form roots.  I<br>used it with mixed
success for two years with rose cuttings.  Success<br>is good the
first few times I used it.  Then success went to zero<br>when mold
struck.  I tried 1 teaspoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide per<br>liter of
deionized water and success went back up.  Looks like
mold<br>presence builds up after use.  I change the water every few
days and<br>carefully wash the equipment with hydrogen peroxide
solution one a<br>week.  I have another cloner I recently bought
which is better made<br>and has finer water sprays than the first.  A
3.5 gallon black bucket<br>with a cover with holes using a
submersible aquarium pump with a<br>manifold which has four spray
heads.  Cuttings are held by foam plugs<br>in the lid holes.<br><br><
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