Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Hormone rooting powder - sell by date??
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Sue" contains these words: "michael adams" wrote When this question was asked on Gardeners Question Time in 2002 two of the panellists admitted they'd stopped using it years ago with they claimed, no appreciable difference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/fshe...heetsq12.shtml On the link you quote, the third panellist, John Cushnie, said "I use it, great stuff! And so cheap it won't cost a fortune to re-stock." .... Indeed. But the two panellists I cited, Nigel Colborn and Bunny Guinness had previously used rooting powder, and then stopped. In the case of Nigel Colborn 12 years ago. And both claimed they found no difference in the results they obtained. John Cushnie on the other hand, gives no indication that there has ever been a time when he didn't use rooting powder. In which case if he's always used it, he has no way of knowing whether it's really effective or not. That's why I only cited the first two. michael adams .... I can also remember reading an article by Geoffrey Smith, who mentioned trying two trays of similar cuttings, one using rooting powder as per the instructions, and one tray without. IIRC he found no appreciable difference and concluded it was a waste of money. Some plants like forsythia, blackcurrant, buddleja, willow, root so easily and fast it barely matters how you trim them, what you plant them in or how much care they get. Ram untrimmed prunings in the garden soil where they fell, drop them in a puddle, and many will root. Others such as roses and clematis need more preparation and care. I use hormone rooting powder on any cuttings which are tricky enough to be going into a pot, an enclosed atmosphere, and any growing medium better than a shovel of neat garden soil. The smallest possible pot of powder (about the height of a green thumb) costs a couple of pounds in any GC, and will "do" many hundreds of cuttings over several seasons....trivial outlay and effort. Janet. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
rooting hormone query | Orchids | |||
rooting hormone query | Orchids | |||
Hormone rooting compound ? | United Kingdom | |||
rooting hormone | Gardening | |||
Shelf liife of rooting hormone | United Kingdom |