Westland Organic Rooting Gel, 150 ml

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Optionally, try dipping the soaked ends of your cuttings in honey before planting them in the ground for an additional layer of protection from fungus and bacteria. If you are not a fan of synthetic options, have a look at the natural solution and what common products that you have at home can help to growth healthy roots. Also, depending on the type of the plant, you can have greater chances to improve root growth if propagating cuttings in water. However, you may prefer the gel or liquid type of rooting hormone, As mentioned earlier it usually comes down to the personal preference of a gardener. Everyone has their own opinions even when it comes to growing plants. If you don’t have distilled water on hand, boil tap water and wait for it to cool to room temperature before mixing in the crushed aspirin.

Chop the shoots so they are just a few centimeters long and place them into a glass jar. If you are using a glass jar, the rate is going to be one third of the jar filled with Willow branches and two thirds filled with warm water. Close the jar with the lid. However, it can be poisonous to humans if you don’t read the entire label before use. It can cause eye and skin irritation and if you breathe in the powder, it can cause upper respiratory tract irritation.After cuttings are soaked in a solution of aloe vera rooting gel, they should be planted in soil. To root aloe vera, cut them at a 45-degree angle. Insert the cuttings into the potting medium and wait for seven to fourteen days for the cuttings to form roots. Alternatively, you can use aloe vera rooting gel in water to propagate plants. So, as you know powdered forms of rooting hormone have the best shelf life. This is also known as one of the best rooting hormone for cuttings. The remarkable gel in these pots contains everything softwood plants need to develop abundant healthy roots from cuttings – no need to add rooting powder, no need to feed or even water, just put your feet up and let Gel2Root take care of your cuttings. Peat-free, each single-use pot will root up to 3 cuttings.

Willow tree bark has two active ingredients for root growth: salicylic acid (SA) and Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). Salicylic acid has antibacterial and antifungal properties meaning that it is going to kill fungus and bacteria affecting root growth. Dip the cut end into Clonex rooting gel before placing it into a rooting plug, right after the cutting is separated by the mother plant. The only downside is that powdered rooting hormones require a bit of extra time during propagation as we will need to separate some to prevent contamination then dip your cutting in water before sealing the cutting with the powder.It is a region of a seedling stem that is important at the beginning stages of a new plant’s life. So, human saliva can be used to improve rooting of the cuttings but it is not a rooting hormone itself. Can I use aspirin as a rooting hormone? Let’s start by looking at the active ingredients. In both HydroDynamics Clonex Rooting Gel and Garden Safe Rooting Hormone powder the active ingredient is indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). The first option contains 0.31% of IBA and the powder comes with 0.1%. Both products identify the rest of the composition as ‘Other Ingredients’. Powder rooting hormones have the best shelf time. Gardeners often prefer this type of rooting hormone because it lasts longer. The most popular among the three types is the gel form of rooting hormone. This is the most convenient type of rooting hormone. You may use the honey mixture for the next two weeks if you stash it in a container and keep it somewhere with no light.