make your own Rooting hormone

don't know much about it,just read about it at another forum yrs ago and use it. my understanding is the willow has a chemical that encourages root growth so it will probably help grow roots anytime.

mrmadcow said:

it will probably help grow roots anytime.

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New roots = more buds! This is all the encouragement I needed to give it a try in my future grow. Tons of willow trees growing all around!

As far as I've read, the yellowish shoots are the parts with the most hormone since they're bearing new growth. Gonna try feeding some plants willow shoot water to see if they grow better.

going to try it too myself whats it going to hurt?

greenpeace31 said:

going to try it too myself whats it going to hurt?

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Make sure to keep us informed of the results!

jus dont boil it hahaha found out the hard way and killed some clones lol

patch0i said:

where the fuck are all the willow trees at?!? none around here. sucks. anything else work?

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around water sources. most of the time any how, i got bout 20 around my ponds.

I have a lot of willows... weeping willows and pussy willows.... maby this will help me finally keep a clone alive!! I bet I've lost 20 over the last month, never gotten one to root!

missgrit said:

I have a lot of willows... weeping willows and pussy willows.... maby this will help me finally keep a clone alive!! I bet I've lost 20 over the last month, never gotten one to root!

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It seems you've got a clone survival issue, it's not that hard even without root hormone. Temperature, humidity, medium, light, several things can influence the success rate.

What's your method?

gcosta said:

It seems you've got a clone survival issue, it's not that hard even without root hormone. Temperature, humidity, medium, light, several things can influence the success rate.

What's your method?

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Well its possible that my water was off a bit. I tried them in mason jars, each with its on bubble line, inside of a rubbermade tub, with only one CFl since Irea somewhere that clones don't need much light. I know I cut them right and off of a good mother. Also used Shultz rooting powder.

Im giving this a try. I cut off like half a jar full and filled the jar up 3/4 the way, and im just letting the sticks soak for a few days. I didnt want to warm any water so im just letting them soak.

root hormone is like 5 bucks for the schultz powder at walmart .... they may even have some kelp /seaweed which works too

Willows were also used as a headache remedy years ago before society got in a big hurry and wanted instant relief. Basically the same as aspirin.

patch0i said:

where the fuck are all the willow trees at?!? none around here. sucks. anything else work?

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Assumed to have been discovered by Native Americans homemade willow water is a pragmatic rooting stimulant.

Operating on the theory that because willow branches root so easily when stuck in soil, some gardeners soak cut willow branches in water, and use that water as a root stimulant for all their vegetable sets and other transplants, including large trees.

Poplars, yuccas, dogwoods and other quick-rooting species are also employed in this manner.

Wow! Awesome! I couldn't find any rooting gel here and was thinking how I can take some clones Lots of willow trees here; you saved me. Thanks.

mad mad mad!

I know a certain willow in danger right now. thanks for the post

I´ve really looked around and it seems the closest willow tree is a few hundred miles away from me. By any chance does anyone know what else we can use to make a rooting hormone?

How do the commercial companies make it?

I clone cuttings, however I work with the lunar cycle, which means I can´t just root on any given day I have to wait for timing. Knowing how to do this would be really useful. Is there anyone that sells willow sap or leaves?

i never heard of rooting gels/hormones or lunar phased cloning before....haha, man i'm green and capitalism is thriving.


i have never failed to clone a plant (never tried a hardwood though) using a gallon jug full of plain water, plenty of light, and an ordinary aerator
plants want to live...if you made a proper cutting, it will.

the key for me is bubble size...lore has it, the smaller the air bubble, the more slowly it will rise, giving it more time to dissolve in the water.
A large 20mm bubble has a working surface area of 12.6 cm2.
the same amount of air can create 260 small 3mm bubbles having a total surface area of 83.6 cm2.

good find on the willow man

ChubbySoap said:

i never heard of rooting gels/hormones or lunar phased cloning before....haha, man i'm green and capitalism is thriving.


i have never failed to clone a plant (never tried a hardwood though) using a gallon jug full of plain water, plenty of light, and an ordinary aerator
plants want to live...if you made a proper cutting, it will.

the key for me is bubble size...lore has it, the smaller the air bubble, the more slowly it will rise, giving it more time to dissolve in the water.
A large 20mm bubble has a working surface area of 12.6 cm2.
the same amount of air can create 260 small 3mm bubbles having a total surface area of 83.6 cm2.

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I agree. I used to use rooting hormone in rockwool cubes for cloning. Switched to rapid rooter plugs (with NO rooting hormone)...and that worked better. Now I just use a bubbler and plain water. As far as I can tell, keeping the water as close to 72 deg F as possible (I use an aquarium heater) gives the best results. I suspect you're right about the bubble size...but I just use plenty of cheap air stones and it works great. 7-10 days consistently.

I've also rooted plenty of cuttings by just leaving them in a cup of tap water for a few weeks. MJ is a relatively easy plant to root.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere (on the interweb) that Rapid Rooter plugs are made (partially) out of composted willow bark...but I wasn't able to find that link again today. Maybe I'm just imagining it. Makes sense, though.