Rooting Hormone? Yeah, sure!

[Random Usr]

Used to be that every garden shop (here in Sweden) had 2 or 3 different kinds of rooting hormone: Liquid, paste and powder. Well, I went around town today and found that nobody had it. NOBODY! I guess that I'll have to whip a batch of willow water for my next cutting project. Is there a lack of rooting hormone in your country too?

 

[armetisius]

I have noticed that about the only thing available locally is a .1%Powder compound.
I just order mine by the net recently though; so, I had not noticed until the other
day when I went to replace a bottle that was destroyed by my dog.

 

[M. Frary]

Can get it at the local hardware.

 

[LanceMac10]

I have noticed that about the only thing available locally is a .1%Powder compound.
I just order mine by the net recently though; so, I had not noticed until the other
day when I went to replace a bottle that was destroyed by my dog.

Has the dog gotten larger? An extra ear, perhaps?

 

[Geo]

He put down roots. Gonna stay awhile.
They say Honey works.

 

[Smoke]

You can do the same thing as willow water with a plain aspirin dissolved in a quart of water. Depending on species, hormone is mostly not needed. What is needed is good medium and time and anything will root.

 

[aml1014]

You can get rooting hormone almost anywhere where I live

 

[Random Usr]

You can do the same thing as willow water with a plain aspirin dissolved in a quart of water. Depending on species, hormone is mostly not needed. What is needed is good medium and time and anything will root.

Someone on YouTube said the same thing, "mostly not needed", and I was wondering if maybe the benefits are not all that great to begin with, and perhaps that's why I couldn't find any today ... no one uses it anymore?

 

[Geo]

Probably just good for anti fungal properties. Other stuff can do that.

 

[Random Usr]

I have noticed that about the only thing available locally is a .1%Powder compound.
I just order mine by the net recently though; so, I had not noticed until the other
day when I went to replace a bottle that was destroyed by my dog.

Some dogs just don't appreciate bonsai.

 

[Lewiscarnes]

every store I go to has it. If you have any hydroponi stores in Sweden you will find some new gel hormone. Max grow shop is in Sweden I believe.

 

[Geo]

LOL!

 

[Txhorticulture]

It isn always necessary but it is necessary for some species and almost always speeds up the process. The stuff at the hardware store is either the weakest concentration of IBA talc sometimes also has weak concentration of NAA with it.

For woody shrubs and trees stronger IBA concentration is almost always better. I use hormOdin 3. Which I think is 8 times the strength of the regular IBA talc.

Also some plants don't like the additional NAA compound. For example dirr books says it seems to be inhibitory for Acer palmatum.

But yeah what smoke said is kinda true if you can keep the cuttings froM dessicating or rotting long enough, and at the right temperature long enough, most things will root eventually. But that can be tricky without an elaborate setup

 

[Txhorticulture]

Oh there is some research about willow bark that shows how and why it works. I don't know the basis of the aspirin thing, how it is supposed to work, and am skeptical.

 

[Stickroot]

Used to be that every garden shop (here in Sweden) had 2 or 3 different kinds of rooting hormone: Liquid, paste and powder. Well, I went around town today and found that nobody had it. NOBODY! I guess that I'll have to whip a batch of willow water for my next cutting project. Is there a lack of rooting hormone in your country too?

Willow water is GREAT!
It is actually the best freshest hormone you can use, fresh has a lot to do with it due to active enzymes!
If you can use it, don't even look for hormone!

 

[Stickroot]

Someone on YouTube said the same thing, "mostly not needed", and I was wondering if maybe the benefits are not all that great to begin with, and perhaps that's why I couldn't find any today ... no one uses it anymore?

Yeah if you want mediocre roots months from cutting!

 

[Random Usr]

every store I go to has it. If you have any hydroponi stores in Sweden you will find some new gel hormone. Max grow shop is in Sweden I believe.

Well I'll be damned! I couldn't find any Max grow shop in Sweden but the search for it did lead me to an assortment of several Hydroponic products in a near-by shop called ”Ebboflod”: products such as BioBizz Root Juice, Clonex, Ghe Bio Booste Rootr, Hesi Root Comlex, and Root Excelurator …. none of which I've ever heard of before. But since it's now after hours, I won't be able to contact them until tomorrow to see if they are still doing business.

Thanks a ton for sending me in the right direction!

 

[Geo]

Oh there is some research about willow bark that shows how and why it works. I don't know the basis of the aspirin thing, how it is supposed to work, and am skeptical.[/QUOTE/]

Either it is the acetosalic(sp?) acid, or maybe some, as yet mysterious; constituent of willow bark. Could be. When you synthesize stuff, you end up with a partial enchilada. Eat food high in vitamin C , or choke down ascorbic acid?

 

[Geo]

And what is the aspirin dose? " Plain aspirin" doesn't say much. Down here I can get it in 1000mg tabs.

 

[Random Usr]

I think I'll have a look at this hydroponic shop tomorrow and keeps my eyes on the willow trees near-by. We have a large pond/lake 5 minutes walk from my place called "Pildammsparken" - "The Willow Pond Park" where the whole lake is surrounded by willow trees.