To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] misting chambers
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:47:09 -0400
> This is a question for an expert, possiblyy Lon...
>
> In a misting chamber does it matter if your water is hard? What
about rain water, or water that
> has gone through a water softner?
Tim Boland used to work at Michigan State and is currently at Morton
Arboretum. Tim told me that the rooting % went way up for azaleas,
blueberries, etc. when they switched from well water (hard) to water
from a reverse osmosis system.