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Honey as substitute rooting Hormone
On Jan 27, 9:28*pm, Sean Straw wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:23:15 +0000, Eames wrote: For one of my college assignements i have been looking at propagation methods and came across an article that said that you could use honey as a substitute for your commercial rooting hormones. I'm a hobbiest beekeeper. Dunno about as a rooting _hormone_, but honey has natural antibacterial properties, and as such, may benefit the health of the cutting. It's been used as a wound dressing and to preserve broken teeth (really!). *I've personally used honey with success on bandages myself - no neosporin, etc. Note there's a marked difference between most store bought processed honey (much of which has been "cooked" to some degree), and "raw" honey (which is straight from the hive and run through basic filters, nothing more. *The enzymes in Raw honey will still be viable. For rooting, I've had good success with "willow tea" (I've got a willow tree, so this is a no-brainer). The sugar content would substitute for the sap lost when the cuttings are taken. |
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Honey as substitute rooting Hormone
The sugar content would substitute for the sap lost when the cuttings are taken. Really? How does this work? |
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Honey as substitute rooting Hormone
On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:37:49 -0800 (PST), Gunner
wrote: The sugar content would substitute for the sap lost when the cuttings are taken. Really? How does this work? I'm guess that someone believes that honey or sugar syrup equates to sap because it has a similar consistency. Seems to me, the part of the plant which would be uptaking fluid would already be in moist media (or directly in water). If you took a mid-branch cutting (i.e. there's an exposed cut at the top of the cutting), I could see a potential benefit to sealing that off with some grafting wax, beeswax, or other graft sealer, so that the cutting itself doesn't weep and expends less energy to scar over. That is, if you seal it off, you can put off the scar formation until after there are roots forming and the cutting is more equipped with energy/nutrient uptake to support the healing. |
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Honey as substitute rooting Hormone
On Feb 1, 12:39*pm, Sean Straw wrote:
On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:37:49 -0800 (PST), Gunner wrote: The sugar content would substitute for the sap lost when the cuttings are taken. *Really? How does this work? I'm guess that someone believes that honey or sugar syrup equates to sap because it has a similar consistency. *Seems to me, the part of the plant which would be uptaking fluid would already be in moist media (or directly in water). Then someone doesn't understand growth hormone & signal response, If you took a mid-branch cutting (i.e. there's an exposed cut at the top of the cutting), I could see a potential benefit to sealing that off with some grafting wax, beeswax, or other graft sealer, so that the cutting itself doesn't weep and expends less energy to scar over. That is, if you *seal it off, you can put off the scar formation until after there are roots forming and the cutting is more equipped with energy/nutrient uptake to support Don't believe there is a need for sealing the end of proper cuttings a |
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Honey as substitute rooting Hormone
On Feb 1, 3:39*pm, Sean Straw wrote:
On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:37:49 -0800 (PST), Gunner wrote: The sugar content would substitute for the sap lost when the cuttings are taken. *Really? How does this work? I'm guess that someone believes that honey or sugar syrup equates to sap because it has a similar consistency. *Seems to me, the part of the plant which would be uptaking fluid would already be in moist media (or directly in water). It should replace carbohydrates lost when the cutting was severed from its roots, helping it survive if it roots slowly. Not that I've had that problem, it's just a hypothetical. If you took a mid-branch cutting (i.e. there's an exposed cut at the top of the cutting), I could see a potential benefit to sealing that off with some grafting wax, beeswax, or other graft sealer, so that the cutting itself doesn't weep and expends less energy to scar over. That is, if you *seal it off, you can put off the scar formation until after there are roots forming and the cutting is more equipped with energy/nutrient uptake to support the healing. I'd toss the cutting, since without apical meristem, it's not producing auxins. |
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Honey as substitute rooting Hormone
On Feb 4, 10:29*pm, Father Haskell wrote:
On Feb 1, 3:39*pm, Sean Straw wrote: On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:37:49 -0800 (PST), Gunner wrote: The sugar content would substitute for the sap lost when the cuttings are taken. *Really? How does this work? It should replace carbohydrates lost when the cutting was severed from its roots, helping it survive if it roots slowly. *Not that I've had that problem, it's just a hypothetical. I get that it is hypothetical, and not a very accurate one at that. I'd toss the cutting, since without apical meristem, it's not producing auxins. Also not true! You need to review your subject matter more carefully. |
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