Cloning Machine - Anybody use one??

[FrankP999]

Hydroponic stores sell devices they call "cloning machines". They hold numerous cuttings above a tank of water with a pump that makes a spray/mist of water directed toward the bottom of the cuttings. The water spray pump is on a timer so the cuttings are not exposed to a constant spray of water.

From what I hear, people use these devices to clone "herbs".

Has anyone used one of these devices to start softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings? Specifically, I want to "clone" some japanese maples- the mother plant maples are on a grafted rootstock (yes I know the reason specialty maples are grafted onto a stronger rootstock.) The ones I have are A.p. Arakawa and A,p. Shishigashira

Thanks

Frank

 

[bonsai barry]

Maybe no one has ever used the machine, but I'll bet more than one faithful Bonsainut has used the herb.

 

[Klytus]

My mother used a small white and green one for her Brugmansia for a single growing season.

It saw no use last year.