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Looking for small misting system

Posted by robynb Zone9 (My Page) on
Thu, Aug 20, 09 at 15:50

I am building a box for propagating roses using a domed skylight for the top, so it will be approximately 40" x 50". I want to put in an automatic misting system, but all the ones I'm finding are for bigger greenhouses. Does anyone know of a small system for sale somewhere?

Thanks!


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RE: Looking for small misting system

The best value in mist systems is at Dripworks. Look at their Greenhouse Kit. It comes with lots of tubing, all the fittings, and 10 mist heads, but you don't have to use all of them.

Connie

(you may have to scroll down on the link below.)

Here is a link that might be useful: Greenhouse Kit


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Thank you, Connie!!

That looks great. I really appreciate it, I've been searching online without much success.


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RE: Looking for small misting system

Here is another option I posted about a couple of months ago. It worked for me.

I would switch to the 0.5 gallon per hour (GPH) misters though.

I had mine in a sand bed which received full sun from morning until some time after lunch. The misters ran 24 hours per day since I never found an economical timer that would come on for a few minutes many times per day.

You will need to watch that mold doesn't grow on your cuttings.

Good luck.


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I put a number of cuttings into a sand bed 2 weeks ago. Used Rootone powder and placed an Arizona mister (blue in color) on them 24 hours per day. They receive full sun through around lunch or early afternoon then are shaded from the afternoon sun.
This is the link to the FAQ http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/rosespro/2003063646004668.html

I have recently found some misters -- 0.8 GPH -- which are supposed to work on drip irrigation equipment. http://www.dripdepot.com/1163.html Other misting heads can be found here http://www.dripdepot.com/search.html?id=5Q69A3Ke

Because the AZ mister has only 2 mist heads which shoot out at 45 degree angles, I expect to stake 1/2 inch irrigation line in a rectangle around the sand bed, place the 0.8 GPH mister heads about 2 feet apart so that the cuttings will have the mist regardless of wind direction (the sand bed is on the edge of a field with no sides or top to block the wind).


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RE: Looking for small misting system

How did things go for you Robyn? My misting bed has been the best thing for me. I use it almost daily. I had no idea that the misting heads I bought this time around would cover 4 feet each. I may just extend out the misting bed this weekend. My main problem was, after doing cuttings the old way, I couldn't bring myself to believe that the misting system would be better at rooting roses than I am. Boy, I was wrong!

I would say I have had 95% plus root so far. For a while, I was checking my plants more than I was without the misting system, once I let it do its thing tho, wow. It will more than have paid for itself after the very first use!

I guess my goal of having 1500 to 2000 roses is very possible! I have a mist-a-matic, got it last Sept? They now have the electronic leaf both are kinda expensive, but save me a lot of time. Now I just need to find bulk perlite!


 
 

 

 


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