By Dwayne
Be sure to visit the Mistkits store for all your misting system needs.
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By Dwayne
Junipers With ‘Strange Fruit’ Can Harm Apple, Crabapple Trees
The disease’s common name — cedar-apple rust — reflects its two-plant life cycle.
Released April 8, 2010
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Some junipers – including Kansas’ native Eastern red cedars – are now developing what appears to be strange fruit.
The structures are actually brown, brain-shaped galls. In spring, these galls [...]
By Dwayne
I sometimes get calls from customers in a panic because their misting system or some component of it is not working correctly. Most times they have hundreds or thousands of cuttings being rooted that are in danger of dying if the misting system is not fixed immediately.
A recent call prompted me to write this list [...]
By Dwayne
I like to think I can solve all my customers needs when they call. Truth is, sometimes I can’t. Or so I thought…
I had a customer call saying she was having trouble with her DIG misting controller. Very strange since she had purchased it just a week earlier and I had programmed it and tested [...]
By Dwayne
Although a euonymus alatus (Burning Bush, Winged Euonymous) is a beautiful plant when it’s leaves turn a fiery red in the fall, that is where the plants good qualities end. Here is a list of 10 reasons you should not plants this invasive shrub in your landscape.
It has escaped from ornamental plantings into urban and [...]
By Dwayne
Now that we know what the smell is and why my water softener needed to be replaced, I will explain what my plan of attack is.
About 6 months goes by after the new water softener is installed when I get the rotten egg smell. Oh yea, I forgot the water heater needed an new anode [...]
By Dwayne
The last post explained a bit about why my hot water smells. This post will explain why I had to replace my water softener.
About 6 months after chlorinating the well, the smell was back. At that point I figured the anode rod in the hot water heater was completely gone. Before I could figure out [...]
By Dwayne
Here is the scoop:
When I purchased my house in 2004, it had an iron filter/water softener installed under the house. This was my first experience with this system so I knew very little about them, but I soon learned that it would cycle on and off each evening, so I assumed it was doing what [...]
By Dwayne
Now don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with using an Intermatic timer. In fact, I own a few myself; one controls my hot water heater, but if you are looking for an Intermatic timer to control your misting system, you may want to think again.
Although mechanical timers like the Intermatic timer have been [...]
By Dwayne
I just ran across a book that I think every gardener, landscaper, homeowner, plant propagator, and plant lover should have. It is called What’s Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?): A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies and I thought I would pass along my opinion.
With this book, you [...]
By Dwayne
I recently wrote an article that explains why you should not use water that has gone through a water softener to mist or irrigate your plants. The article ended with a brief explanation that a benefit of bypassing the water softener to water the cuttings and plants is that the softener will not have to [...]
