Millie, Beerhog and Ron and I were talking about this this weekend..I owe you an email. BH says he has his misting system out in full sun thru the whole process and has 3 cuttings to a pot. I do know he's had real success with rooting. Hope he sees this and comments. How are the ones you moved out last week doing??

Kaye, my misting system is in full sun all day, but I have a nursery table set up on the East side of a very large old walnut, so that they get shade in the afternoon. Wish the tree was a bit smaller so that it could be mid-day shade with morning and late afternoon sun, but it's limbs are just too wide spread. It's handy to the greenhouse, water and the misting setup, so I want to keep it all where I will see it several times per day.

All that I moved out last week are on the nursery table and look fine...no wilting. I moved those with no new growth (Slater's Crimson China and one Sunsprite) to the nursery table and they seem fine. I tipped them out of the pot to make sure there were plenty of roots before doing that to them. I have 100% rooted if I don't mess up now. The old leaves are still dark green and healthy looking. Distant Drums, Archduke Charles, and La Marne have all either bloomed or had to be disbudded. La Marne bloomed out while under the soda bottles in the house.

Turning the misters upside down seems to be working well. I get a wider spray pattern and less soaking. Curious to know if Ron or bh ever get scalding on leaves in full sun? That's what it looks like anyway. Strange thing, it is only on one Blaze climber cutting.

Last winter I put 2 or 3 of the wimpiest looking cuttings to one pot thinking that they might not do anything... you can guess what happened..yep, three to a pot. The only ones I lost were one to a pot. That's Ok, I just recycle the potting mix...for growing, not for rooting medium.

My problem now is lime scale on the cuttings. End up looking like little stone plants, but hasn't killed one yet. Wish I knew if those Magnetic Water Conditioners work or not. Guess I should break down and buy a filter for the line.

Only time I get scalding is if the wind keeps the mist off certain parts of the misting area while the sun is direct and hot. Usually does not effect the rooting if the mist is replaced. I have even had them lose their leaves and they still do fine.

Blaze will loose it's leaves no matter what; has been my experience with propagating it. It's my husband's rose...he has mistreated that thing for years..no feeding, no mulch, no water except what it gets as over spray from watering veggie garden...forget the idea of spray, but the dumb thing just piles on blooms by the bushel every spring. He hacks and slashes at it with anything at hand....hummm...maybe we pamper too much. ;O)