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Distilled-water Mist Chamber for Propagating Greenwood Cuttings

A misting chamber utilizing distilled water may prove practical where tapwater is unsuitable for propagation of plant cuttings. Such a chamber (fig. 1) was built at the Southern Hardwoods Laboratory, Stoneville, Miss., where sodium and iron compounds in the tapwater quickly clog nozzles and coat greenwood cuttings, sometimes killing young shoots. The chamber, which has a standard humidifier as its major component, is also useful in other applications requiring control of mist composition- -nutrient and fungicidal solutions, for example.


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Author(s): Robert E. Farmer, Jr.

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 59 (1963)