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how to promote root growth from clippings
Hi all,
I have heard that there is a commercially available hormone or something that can be used to make clippings from trees and plants grow roots. Does anyone know what it is? I want to take some clipping from my trees and grow a few sapplings. Thanks! |
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how to promote root growth from clippings
"LEPS-L" wrote in
m: Hi all, I have heard that there is a commercially available hormone or something that can be used to make clippings from trees and plants grow roots. Does anyone know what it is? I want to take some clipping from my trees and grow a few sapplings. Thanks! You can get rooting hormone from most nurseries. You can also find it on the web, just search for rooting hormone. Rooting isn't always easy, you may want to search for instructions for the particular plants you want to root, some do best with green wood, some with last year's wood, some depend on the time of day or year that you cut it. I have had best results using the water crystals as a medium, they let lots of air to the rooting area, and provide lots of water too. Sean ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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how to promote root growth from clippings
On May 4, 4:13 pm, "LEPS-L" wrote:
Hi all, I have heard that there is a commercially available hormone or something that can be used to make clippings from trees and plants grow roots. Does anyone know what it is? I want to take some clipping from my trees and grow a few sapplings. Thanks! Rootone F is easy to find, works okay. Stick cuttings in water, then Rootone, then into 50/50 vermiculite / perlite medium. Keep moist, under humidity dome to slow transpiration through leaves. Plan for failure rate in cuttings you have no experience with by sticking more than you need. If cuttings fail to root in 1 month, try airlayering, where you strike roots before severing the branch from the mother. You could also tip layer, where you bend the branch down and bury the end, weighting it down with a stone. You could also bury an entire branch if it's flexible enough, producing a long chain of daughters. Neither of the last two methods requires hormones, just patience. I did a privet hedge by digging a trench in fall and filling it with sand, then stuck it with 6" end cuttings. Come spring, all were rooted and ready for transplanting. |
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