How to Make Your Own Rooting Hormone

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How to

Make Your Own Rooting Hormone

By

Marilyn Pokorney

When

starting a new plant from a leaf or stem cutting, the cutting will be more

likely to form roots and create a new plant if a rooting hormone is used.

While

commercial rooting hormone can be used there are organic homemade versions that

work as well.

To make

rooting hormone soak the yellow-tipped shoots of a weeping willow tree in

water. A tea made from the bark of a willow tree is also effective. When using

the shoots or bark soak them for 24 hours prior to using.

Some

people have found that using honey makes an effective rooting hormone as well.

Leaf

cuttings:

Any

plant with leaves such as African Violet, Geranium etc. can be propagated with

leaf cuttings. Using a sharp knife cut off a healthy leaf at the point where it

joins the stem. Insert the cut part, called a petiole, into the rooting

hormone. Place the end into a small container of light potting soil in which

you have made a small hole with a pencil.

Making

a hole prior to planting assures that the rooting hormone will not be brushed

off the cutting when you plant it. Perlite, Vermiculite, and/or water-soaked

Sphagnum moss can be added to potting soil to make the soil light. Make sure

the leaf is leaning slightly so that the new plants will have plenty of light

and not be shaded by the leaf.

Stem

cuttings:

These

are treated just like leaf cuttings except you cut off a stem with several

leaves instead of just one leaf. Remove the bottom leaves, leaving a few at the

top. Proceed as with the leaf cutting.

In both

instances cover the pot with a plastic bag or inverted glass jar. This will

keep moisture from evaporating and keep the cutting from wilting. Keep in a

warm location with diffused light but out of direct sunlight. When there is indications

of growth after about 3 to 6 weeks, transplant the new emerging plant into a

new pot of potting soil.

Continue

to keep a humid environment for about 2 more weeks until active growth begins.

*About The Author:* Marilyn

Pokorney is a freelance writer of science,

nature, animals and the environment. Also loves crafts, gardening,

and reading. Website:

http://www.apluswriting.net

 

 

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aSoaringHawk writes:

 

 

yellow-tipped shoots of a weeping willow tree in water. A tea made from the bark of a willow tree is also effective. When using the shoots or bark soak them for 24 hours prior to using.

Some people have found that using honey makes an effective rooting>>

 

Thanks for the wonderful tips. I'm going to try the Willow method, today.

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