organic rooting hormone ?

[seaofcrystal]

plse tell me how to make a homemade rooting hormone medium

 

[Storm Crow]

Easy way....

Easy way....

Get some willow twigs. Cut them up into one inch chunks. Put the chunks in water overnight. Strain and use the water to start your cuttings. Renew every day or two depending on how warm it is (bacterial growth). Willow is normally chock full of rooting hormones, and when it gets damaged, it goes into high gear. - Granny

 

[seaofcrystal]

so when i have the water do i just put the cuts in there and leaf it till they shoot roots , or soak it for x amount of time and then plant them ?
how long before the cuts shoot roots ?

thanks

 

[Storm Crow]

I just take a ceramic cup (no light to the roots), fill it to the brim with willow water, cover it with foil, poke a hole in the foil with a pencil and pop the cuttings in the holes. Use a sharpie to label the clones, writes fine on foil. To change the water I just lift the foil, cuttings and all, then wash the cup with plain water, no detergent, before refilling it. I set mine in a window sill by day and a well lit grow cabinet by night. Time of rooting varies with temperature and strain. - Granny

 

[Amber Trich]

or you could use raw honey



I've also had excellent luck with straight water

 

[Relik]

Are we talking hormone or medium?

Willow twigs contains a natural hormone (salicylic acid) which indeed helps rooting.
Raw honey has anti-microbial properties, it won't directly help rooting but should prevent disease. Water works fine too as a rooting medium, as does coco or perlite (both I consider neutral - provided the coco is well rinsed).

Peace

 

[Guest]

I have rooted plants with no hormone organic or not. The success rate is higher with hormone.

 

[seaofcrystal]

thanks alot , will try it and experiment a bit
cheers

 

[filimagno]

i'm an organic fanatic and i use to run like this usually:
plastic cups filled with areated soil (bentonite,pomice,zeolite+large,medium peat)
added with an inoculum powdered who contain all these microorganism:
glomus (various species of endomycorrizae)
streptomyces (ryzobacteria)
pseudomonas (ryzobacteria)
bacillus subtilis (ryzobacteria)
trichoderma (harzianum + viride)saprophyte beneficial fungies
_______1kg each 150 litres of soil ______________________

plus i use to spray within an algae cold extract from ascophyllum nodosum which is contain several hormones and vitamins involve in the roots development like:
auxines
cytochines
vit B groups
amminoacids
oligosaccarines

if the humidity is fine and the temperatures too, there's no possibilities of failure within this complete diet ...plus the work of the microorganism who act like a booster and prevention from damages or pathogens like fusarium or sclerotinia.

ciao ..fili

 

[filimagno]

ah ...i forgot ...4-5 days root are sprouted with this method...and f**k out the hydro methods!!!

 

[Suby]

Wow Fili I need to find a grow shop like yours, sounds like your cokking with more spices than I can find

What is the brand of this innoculum, it sounds insane?

I have varied my methods in cloning over time, friends have a willow tree so I've been dying to try this out.

Suby

 

[seaofcrystal]

that is fast , i love this , going to do this with my next batch of clones defnitly
cant wait
thanks

 

[Guest]

Make sure you use a branch with plenty of new growth.Just stating the obvious.peanut and strawberry plants have also been used for this.

 

[Guest]

BTW has anyone tried kelp extract?

 

[filimagno]

BTW has anyone tried kelp extract?

i wrote it :


plus i use to spray within an algae cold extract from ascophyllum nodosum which is contain several hormones and vitamins involve in the roots development like:
auxines
cytochines
vit B groups
amminoacids
oligosaccarines

this is perfect what in the usa is called KELP