I know you can make your own rooting hormone dip with willow branches. But can you make it with other rigorous rooting plants such as mulberry bushes by soaking their branches or roots in water for a while? What about kudzu?
Hardiness Zone: 6b
By PHILLIP WOLF from Michigan City, IN
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I prefer to use honey as a rooting hormone, and it helps to keep rot from setting in also.
Blessings,
Robyn
For the make rooting powder :
1) Buy a can of root hormones. This hormone is called indole butyric acid. This is a powder composition.
2) Buy a pack of baby powder from the pharmacy!
Robyn, do you mix the honey with water first, or use it undiluted? Thanks, Nica
Honey are sometimes adulterated. How do I identify quality honey
I dip the tip of my cuttings into honey. This works as well as any purchased rooting hormone. jjs w palm fla.
bsvgs - dip the ends of the cuttings in honey (no water)
How long should i dip in honey? Overnight or until rooting is visible?
you dip the cutting into the honey after you make the cut....you then need to put the cutting into a growing medium such as Rockwood cubes or a product I use called root riot......they are sponge like blocks that hold moisture and support the cutting while it roots....the roots actually grow right through the blocks and you can plant them directly in soil.
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