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of the 'Nearing' frame. This has to be the easiest way to propagate plant
material! The bows are from a poly house framework. The boxes are made
from pressure treated southern yellow pine. A little framework for the
covers and some opaque plastic for the top cover, fill with the right 'media'
and you've got more room than you can fill with cuttings. It's 14' wide,
20' long and allows room to wotk around the cutting boxes (this is mostly
done on the knees). The front gets closed up in the winter so that there
is some protectiion and it doesn't get blown apart in Feb./March gale force
winds. I found out the hard way the first year! Poof... no more frame!
It got blown apart in a two day storm. |
 The
clutter of cuttings in one of the three 4' X 12' boxes. In here are about
300 cuttings of azalea, elm, false cypress, boxwood and Japanese maple
(a few different species). In a decent summer most of the cuttings will
root in 3-4 weeks. We allow them to over-winter in here then either fielld
plant or pot-up rooted cuttings in the late spring. |
 This
little Hinoki cutting was stuck in late July. This is it's
'baby picture' in mid October. Not a bad bundle of roots for 2 1/2 months
of almost no care except to check for the right amout of moisture in the
boxes... eh? |
 Before
closing it up tight for the winter we pack all of the potted cuttings (from
the previous season) inside. They go around the sides of the boxes and
inside of one that isn't being used. The covers get slid back to open the
tops of the boxes. |
 Front
closed up tight, it will 'rain' inside due to the temp variation. The 'sandbags'
are made from Typar fabric and filled with fine slag. |
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Measured Plans for building
your own Nearing frame |
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