My mist tent to recover bare root plants

[Jsvand5]

Have a bunch of new stuff from Puerto Rico. The only things that were bare rooted were two quenepa's. They seemed to not handle that well. Dropped every leaf. I'm thinking they will recover fine eventually though.
The grafted rambutan was not bare rooted but for some reason all of the leaves turned crunchy in transit and have since dropped. A little more concerned about this one since I don't know why it handled the shipping so poorly. It does have a new shoot popping out just above the graft though.
Surprisingly the durians came through the trip looking perfect. Just have them in the tent to hopefully give the grafts a better chance of taking. One graft is actually pushing leaves already but i am assuming this is just from stored energy in the scion since it has only been a little over a week since the graft was done.

I have a little $5 ultrasonic fogger that turns on for 30 mins every 2 hrs. Seems to keep the humidity really high. I'm hoping this works better than just bagging everything.

[Mark in Texas]

Wow, nice job!  Thanks for sharing.  I assume you air it out once in while?

[Ethan]

Nice job JSVand,
pretty awesome if the durian grafts take!

[cbss_daviefl]

One of my quenepa's is down to about 50% leaves, the other probably lost 25%.  I think the packages must have sat out in extreme high temps to be in such sorry condition after only 3 days of travel in soil. 

Your mist house has me searching for equipment to build a larger version.

[murahilin]

One of my quenepa's is down to about 50% leaves, the other probably lost 25%.  I think the packages must have sat out in extreme high temps to be in such sorry condition after only 3 days of travel in soil. 

Your mist house has me searching for equipment to build a larger version.

I've had bare rooted spanish limes mailed to me on a few occasions and they seem to always lose a majority of their leaves but they recover quickly if kept in very high humidity. I used to cover them with a clear plastic bag in the shade for a few weeks and then gradually cut holes in the bag to acclimate the tree to the humidity outside.

[Jsvand5]

One of my quenepa's is down to about 50% leaves, the other probably lost 25%.  I think the packages must have sat out in extreme high temps to be in such sorry condition after only 3 days of travel in soil. 

Your mist house has me searching for equipment to build a larger version.

Those little foggers work amazingly well. Can't beat it for $5. I have a little computer fan in there to move some air around too. I would bet if you used 2 or three it would do a good job on a much bigger green house.

Must be heat I guess with the plants. Maybe they sat out in the sun at some point in the trip.  I'm sure they will come around. Was really surprised the rambutan took the trip so poorly. The soil was moist and I had tape over the pot to keep the soil from getting disturbed but I guess that didn't help.

[GwenninPR]

I think Jay's Rambutan did the same on transit.  But I think he says his is doing better now.

[TropicalFruitHunters]

Yeah...died way back after dropping every single leaf.  Of course, if I were a plant that just went thru the shipping ordeal this one did, I would most likely drop all my leaves too!  My box was completely flattened and bent almost in two.  If the plant had been a little more mature with stiffer branches, it would not have made it intact.  Love the USPS.  Could luck John.  Hope each plant comes round.

[Doglips]

ya, how are you keeping the tent from turning into a mold farm?

Looks like slick way to get humitiy.

[Jsvand5]

Never had a problem with mold unless the plants are dead. It dries out slightly during the periods when the fogger is off.