Re: rooting hormones

I have a recipe for willow water at home - came from Heronswood I think.  I
think this is a great idea if you're doing these things frequently, but I
haven't been so i figured it would just lose strength sitting around, so not
be worth making.  The "until they root" part, I would think means that, once
you see the roots , you know the rooting powers are at strength in the
water.

BTW - I'm dividing the 500ml of Clonex with several other MGs in our
propagation group.  I could never use that much myself.  where would I put
them?

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] rooting hormones


> Keep me informed. Since gibberellic acid is used to encourage seed
> germination, as well as fruit set, I wonder if spraying the business
> end of cuttings with one of the tomato-set GA products would work. My
> messing about with GA spray has produced varied results. It set,
> probably, 100 fruits on the Barbados cherry, but it seems to have
> killed off two large branches on a natal plum when sprayed on those
> flowers.
>
> Incidentally, this is what was reported on another list recently about
> "willow water"--keep fresh-cut willow twigs in untreated water until
> they root. Once they root, replace them with cuttings you want to root.
> That "until they root" was new to me, and could make a difference.
> Gonna try with some Barbados cherry cuttings as soon as I find a
> suitably aesthetic container to add to Ms. Fatma's water-rooting shelf.
>
> And, no, I'm not hung up on the Barbados cherry. But I do want two or
> three more bushes and the one I have needs very much to be pruned.
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2005, at 1:14 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
> Center wrote:
>
> > Do any of you have a preference on rooting hormones?  I've used
> > Rootone for
> > years, my bottle is pretty old which might explain some failures. I
> > did use
> > some Dip'n'grow once; seemed to work ok.   I was brousing ebay and
> > found
> > someone in UK selling fresh Clonex at a very low price compared to
> > what's
> > available here, so I'm going to give it a try.
> >
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