On 08/07/2013 22:51, David Hill wrote:
On 08/07/2013 18:58, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 08/07/2013 14:09, David Hill wrote:

It means removing a narrow sliver down just one side of the cutting,
remove
the outer layer of bark but not going right through, its not an exact
science and some experimentation is usually required to find what works
best, same for mist units the settings that work best vary and also
change
during the year.

One thing you will find of huge benefit is to shade the mist unit
with thin
white polythene to prevent sun scorch

Try doing some other easy subjects as well as your Alders, that way
you will
know if the mist unit settings are ok but the timing for the Alder
cuttings
needs adjusting, or if the easy stuff fails the settings are wrong!

My mist propagotion unit is in shade on the north side of my house
(because of lack of space on any other side) so scorch is not a
problem. I have the settings on maximum wetness, and the first
cuttings went in on Friday, and they are still alive. Lacking advice
on what "wounded" meant I simply dipped the ends into rooting powder.
I wait to see what happens!

Michael Bell


Do you actually bother reading the replies?
you say "Lacking advice on what "wounded" meant"
Look at the first 2 lines of this post.
What don't you understand?

I think you owe the OP an apology. He posted on Saturday (6th) asking
what "wounded" meant. Charlie replied on Sunday. The OP replied early
today with "...and the first cuttings went in on Friday, and they are
still alive. Lacking advice on what "wounded" meant, I simply dipped the
ends into rooting powder". So he had already made his first cuttings on
Friday, before he asked what "wounded" meant.


Had the OP acknowledged Charlies reply, it would have been one thing but
he posted a day after he had done the cuttings, so he doesn't seem that
bothered about getting advice, remember that this has been going on now
for more than 2 years.

Whether or not he takes the advice he gets is not the point of the
criticism you made in your first post. You berated him for not reading
the replies. It is /you/ who is not reading the replies.

Now you are criticising him again, again incorrectly: "Had the OP
acknowledged Charlie's reply...".

Charlie noted (as well as his comment on what wounding meant): "One
thing you will find of huge benefit is to shade the mist unit with thin
white polythene to prevent sun scorch". The OP replied "My mist
propagation unit is in shade on the north side of my house (because of
lack of space on any other side) so scorch is not a problem". So he had
read Charlie's reply and noted it. He lacked the advice on wounding
/before/ Charlie's reply, that's why he had already dipped the unwounded
cuttings into rooting powder, as he had done that before Charlie's
reply. What do you find so hard to understand about that?

--

Jeff