Propagation: Propagating/Grafting Roses, 1 by billgrubbs

billgrubbs wrote:
I have read everything I can find on bubblers and aeroponic systems and it appears to me that if more oxygen is better for the rooting process, then an aeroponic system would be better than one where the roots are constantly submerged in a bubbler. Even with the airstones creating lots of bubbles, it is still no where near the oxygen they would get hanging in the air with water spraying on them either continuously or every few minutes. I love the idea of rooting in sand and plan to build an intermitent misting system this summer and start rooting cuttings in sand, but this aeorponics system described on this site caught my attention. It just looked like something I need to try.

I wonder if the people who were building these bubblers a few years ago and discussing them on this site still use them or if they have gone on to other adventures. I have included a picture of my bubbler that is sitting on a water bed heater. You will also see plastic shoe boxes where I have put the rooted rose cuttings. I felt they still needed a sheltered environment until they become established in the dirt.