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"chaz" wrote in message
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I have Shultz's "TAKE ROOT" Rooting compound. I was wondering if there
are
any favorites or proven performers? I dont seem to have success rooting.

chaz

Rooting chemicals are based on IBA or NAA and some add a fungicide and
vitamins, some plants like the IBA and some like the NAA better.

What plant are you trying to root?
Are you using bottom heat?
Do you scarify woody stems?
Suberize?
Remove excess foliage?

I try to root anything I can, and I realize now I dont have a clue. What
would be a good resource on rooting fundamentals?

chaz

wrote:

Janice in
:

Friend said she saw an article about putting willows in water and
using the water from the willows to water plants you're trying to root
as it makes a sort of rooting hormone, and putting cuttings that will
root in water in with the willows and they'll root quicker. Don't
know how well it works. I think I caught the tail end of a program
that talked about simmering cut up chunks of young willow branches to
make rooting hormone.

i read that in medieval times, a grain seed was jammed up the slit end of
a cutting. this is said to work because rooting auxins are released by
the sprouting seed.

How about rooting the cuttings in a jar of wet mung beans?

also adequate oxygen at rooting area and very reduced (leaf)
transpiratoin are major requirements.

Keep the rooting bed warm.

wrote:

Janice in
:

Friend said she saw an article about putting willows in water and
using the water from the willows to water plants you're trying to root
as it makes a sort of rooting hormone, and putting cuttings that will
root in water in with the willows and they'll root quicker. Don't
know how well it works. I think I caught the tail end of a program
that talked about simmering cut up chunks of young willow branches to
make rooting hormone.

i read that in medieval times, a grain seed was jammed up the slit end of
a cutting. this is said to work because rooting auxins are released by
the sprouting seed.

How about rooting the cuttings in a jar of wet mung beans?

also adequate oxygen at rooting area and very reduced (leaf)
transpiratoin are major requirements.

Keep the rooting bed warm.

" writes in article dated Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:59:05 +0000 (UTC):
Janice in
:

Friend said she saw an article about putting willows in water and
using the water from the willows to water plants you're trying to root
as it makes a sort of rooting hormone, and putting cuttings that will
root in water in with the willows and they'll root quicker. Don't
know how well it works. I think I caught the tail end of a program
that talked about simmering cut up chunks of young willow branches to
make rooting hormone.

i read that in medieval times, a grain seed was jammed up the slit end of
a cutting. this is said to work because rooting auxins are released by
the sprouting seed.

also adequate oxygen at rooting area and very reduced (leaf)
transpiratoin are major requirements.

And darkness! Light inhibits the formation of roots in some plants.

-- spud_demon -at- thundermaker.net
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

" writes in article dated Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:59:05 +0000 (UTC):
Janice in
:

Friend said she saw an article about putting willows in water and
using the water from the willows to water plants you're trying to root
as it makes a sort of rooting hormone, and putting cuttings that will
root in water in with the willows and they'll root quicker. Don't
know how well it works. I think I caught the tail end of a program
that talked about simmering cut up chunks of young willow branches to
make rooting hormone.

i read that in medieval times, a grain seed was jammed up the slit end of
a cutting. this is said to work because rooting auxins are released by
the sprouting seed.

also adequate oxygen at rooting area and very reduced (leaf)
transpiratoin are major requirements.

And darkness! Light inhibits the formation of roots in some plants.

-- spud_demon -at- thundermaker.net
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.

In k.net "chaz" writes:

I have Shultz's "TAKE ROOT" Rooting compound. I was wondering if there are
any favorites or proven performers? I dont seem to have success rooting.

Olivia's Cloning Gel, watering with Olvia's Cloning Solution, and bottom
heating -- I've achieved near-100% success rates with my chile pepper
rootings using this combination.

Regards,
Greg

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In k.net "chaz" writes:

I have Shultz's "TAKE ROOT" Rooting compound. I was wondering if there are
any favorites or proven performers? I dont seem to have success rooting.

Olivia's Cloning Gel, watering with Olvia's Cloning Solution, and bottom
heating -- I've achieved near-100% success rates with my chile pepper
rootings using this combination.

Regards,
Greg

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In k.net "chaz" writes:

I have Shultz's "TAKE ROOT" Rooting compound. I was wondering if there are
any favorites or proven performers? I dont seem to have success rooting.

Olivia's Cloning Gel, watering with Olvia's Cloning Solution, and bottom
heating -- I've achieved near-100% success rates with my chile pepper
rootings using this combination.

Regards,
Greg

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