On 27/01/2014 18:47, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Indigo" wrote

Christine Walkden was demonstrating taking cuttings on a recent 'Great
Garden Revival' episode and said she tends to use vitamin C tablets
dissolved in water instead of hormone rooting powder when it was
necessary.

I don't generally use any hormone powder for the relatively small number
of cuttings I do, as it goes off and I end up throwing most away and
regretting the purchase. I wondered if anyone here had tried the vit C
method and if you'd recommend it to increase 'strike' rate?


As I usually only take cuttings from Pelagonium Doris Moore I never use
rooting powder.
Years ago, when the Co-op used to give gardening lectures I went to one
all about cuttings. The talker swore by pushing a corn seed into the
stem. He had a scientific explanation for it. Considering that the Co-op
(at that time) sold rooting compound I guess he was very brave, or foolish.