"Archimedes Plutonium" wrote in message
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Chuck wrote:

YOU REFRESHED MY MEMORY. I'm not suffering from ALZHEIMERS. THE
SPECIFIC
auxin is Indole-3-Acetic Acid but I-3-B acid woirks the same way. They
are
natural extracts but can easily be synthesized. I-3-B acid is easier.
Next
time try removing most of the leaves before transplanting. It works
better.

Chuck


I remove about 50% of the leaves on a stem for a "cutting". I am guessing
that
the leaves signal the bottom of the stem "hey, throw out some roots so
that I
can remain alive."


With fresh cuttings of flowers I've clipped off up to 70% of the foliage and
successfully rooted all of my cuttings.

Another problem is that I accidently have aphids in those cuttings.
Perhaps the
aphids may not kill the cuttings. Seems as though the honeylocust had some
on
and I just was not careful enough. Maybe I should scout around and
introduce
some ladybugs.

There are some soaps that are extremely toxic to aphids. Try one of them
too.

Chuck



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