Honey to replace root hormone?

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wheatgrower

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• Feb 22, 2014

• #1

Hi, I am new to growing my favorite plant. I got two nice ones about three inches high. I am planning to top them in the next couple of weeks. I wanna try to clone them in the process and was wondering if anyone has ever tried using honey instead of an over the shelf root hormone. Apparently it works good with other plants but havent heard of anything about it with pot plants

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hyroot

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• Feb 24, 2014

• #2

Fresh aloe vera from a leaf works best as a cloning gel imo. Or aloe vera powder. Works better and faster than any store bought cloning gel or hormone. Honey works too. It attracts ants like crazy. Even into the soil.

 

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wheatgrower

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• Feb 24, 2014

• #3

Tried the honey. I got in a homemade humidity dome under my lights. Hoping for the best

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GreenSanta

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• Feb 24, 2014

• #4

since honey is a good anti bacteria i would guess it protects your cutting from rot and whatnot, I should give it a go sometime, or buy aloe vera powder online ... hmmm free honey from the cup boards or spending money?? I have been cloning without anything for the last little while, my clones look like shit for a while but eventually bounce back and thrive.

 

snowboarder396

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• Feb 24, 2014

• #5

I havent heard of honey being used as a rooting compound before but real honey has been considered an [FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]antiseptic with properties derived from the activity of glucose oxidase from the honeybees' glands. Glucose oxidase produces gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide([/FONT]inhibine)[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif] from the glucose in honey. So as GreenSanta stated it will definitely would help out as an antiseptic/ anti bacterial. It does not however contain any hormones for growth.

I agree that Aloe works really well. Actually I just tested this out in a greenhouse as a growth and rooting hormone against [/FONT]indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) both rooting compounds used in propagation. And compared to the two Aloe Vera actually did very well. While certain concentrations of IBA showed more root growth Aloe vera showed also just as much as the IBA did. The aloe actually showed more then the NAA. I should also mention that IBA is naturally found in some plants to include Aloe Vera.
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Good luck with the honey trial and please let us know how it goes.
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wheatgrower

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• Feb 25, 2014

• #6

My cutting has been under cfl's for 24 hrs a day for three days. How do I tell if the cutting took roots?

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joe macclennan

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• Feb 25, 2014

• #7

it takes a minimum of 5 days and often 7-14 days for roots man...be patient.

and hey snowboarder there was a youtube vid of a guy doing a side by side with honey/clonex and another brand i don't remember.

interesting about the aloe hyroot....never heard this one before.

 

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wheatgrower

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• Feb 25, 2014

• #8

Being patient is the hardest part of my new found hobby. But thanks for the info. New to growing anything but grains

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