An easy way to figure how many misting nozzles you can safely use per misting zone

How to get an estimate of how many misting nozzles per zone you can use. To get a good understanding of how many mist nozzles you can use per zone with your mist system, you have to do a little groundwork first. This is not a 100% accurate method, but will work for you to [...]

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Troubleshooting your DIG misting timer

Have you programmed your DIG misting timer and it just won’t start for you? Well, here is a video I did that shows the most common reason.

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How to program your DIG 510.075P misting timer

Although the DIG 510 series of misting timers have been discontinued, here is a video to help you program one if this is the timer you own. Although the timer in the video is a DIG 710 series, the programming is exactly the same. The one difference is the 710 uses one 9 volt battery [...]

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How to program your DIG 710.075P misting timer

Need help programming your DIG 710 battery operated misting timer? Check out this video.

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Digital misting timers that use batteries

Most misting timers available today are not suitable for misting your cuttings. It gets real interesting when you are looking for a timer for irrigation or misting that runs on batteries. The biggest benefit to a battery operated timer is quite obvious; electricity is not needed. This allows the propagator to have misting beds far [...]

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DIG 5006-IP propagation/misting timer

I absolutely love the DIG 5006-IP timer! Here are my top 6 reasons the DIG misting timer is better than Intermatic type mechanical timers when used to control your misting system: Digital timers include the 24 hour timer, interval timer, and transformer in one small unit. You need to purchase a 24 hour timer, interval [...]

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Which misting timer should you use when no electricity is nearby?

A battery operated misting timer of course, and the DIG 710.075P digital misting timer works great for just this scenario. The 710 series timers are a great choice for those misting beds that are just too far away to safely run electricity or you just cannot afford to have it done right now. Unlike the [...]

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Digital misting timer

What is a digital misting timer? A digital misting timer, also known as a misting controller, uses digital technology to operate the misting solenoid. These timers differ from the older mechanical misting timers in many ways, a few being: There are no moving parts They are more accurate They take up much less space They [...]

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The DIG 710.075P battery operated misting timer

The DIG 710.075P is my personal favorite when it comes to inexpensive, yet extremely reliable misting timers that run off batteries.  Why? The timer has been proven to be reliable by professional plant propagators The timer is more accurate than other battery operated timers I have seen The timer will last an entire growing season [...]

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