Hello Friends!
Today we will gain some knowledge about Chemical Rooting Hormones & Organic Rooting Stimulants.
So, What is a Rooting Hormone?
Rooting hormones are chemicals or substances that help promote fast and healthy onset of
new roots.
They can be either synthetic chemical or naturally occurring or organic rooting hormones.
These are available in form of powders, liquids or gels forms and are an important stuff in
cloning process in gardening � cloning is growing a plant from its cuttings taken from
mother plant.
And one more thing, You must know is that most plant cuttings will naturally produce
their own rooting hormones after a short period of time.
Auxins are one of the main plant hormones that aid in the creation of initial root growth.
More specifically, indole acetic acid (IAA) is the natural auxin found in plants that
is responsible for natural root stimulation.
IAA is involved in just about every aspect of plant growth and development.
Most rooting products do not contain this exact IAA but rather a synthetic form of indole-butyric
acid (IBA) and/or napthaleneacetic acid (NAA).
These rooting hormone products come in different forms, each with their own advantages and
disadvantages.
The one you are seeing here is called Rooter and contains this IBA chemical.
This I got it for really cheap for about 250 bucks.
The link to purchase online is shared in description and also link at top right side of this video.
Make sure you get a sealed packed product and also check the bar code.
Then open the cork and see whether its sealed properly.
So this contains the indole butyric acid as the rooting powder.
Will share you the results of this in my future videos, whenenver I grow cuttings and see
which is better, whether organic or inorganic.
Now the organic powder, what we have been using till now is cinnamon bark powder which
is easily available in your kitchen or grocery store.
Its mainly used for its antiseptic / antifungal properties for propagating cuttings.
Also Honey is another excellent product used for fast rooting and has similar action to
the cinnamon powder.
Then lastly, how do we use these hormones in powdered form.
We have been doing these in propagating cuttings.
Please watch our videos on How to grow from cuttings in the Gardening How to�s playlist.
There are lot of videos on these.
We just dip the cutting base in this powder and then make a hole in the soil and insert
the cuttings.
That�s it.
Well, that�s in brief about rooting hormones and Organic root stimulants.
See you in next video, Till then take care and bye bye!