No need to buy rooting hormone - make your own at home in 2 minutes, with a 100% rooting rate

White sugar solution

The white sugar solution rooting hormone is simple to make and delivers obvious results. For hard-to-root plants like camellias and rhododendrons, the rooting rate can reach over 90%. Everyone who has tried it says it works great.

How to make it:

1. First melt the white sugar with hot water; the ratio of sugar to water is 1:10.

2. Wait for the solution to cool, then insert the pre-cut branches into the solution and wait for about 2-3 minutes.

3. Take out the branches, rinse the cut surface with clean water, cut off part of the cut end with a knife, and they are ready to plant directly as cuttings.

4. Place them in an environment of around 15°C, and they will root very quickly.

Rice vinegar solution

Rice vinegar solution can help plants root mainly because rice vinegar contains acetic acid and other nutrients that plants need. Rice vinegar solution rooting hormone can be made on the spot and delivers remarkable results.

How to make it:

1. Mix rice vinegar and cooled boiled water evenly at a ratio of 1:100.

2. Put the branches to be planted as cuttings into the solution and leave them for about half an hour.

3. Take out the branches and let them dry in the shade, then they are ready for planting as cuttings.

4. As long as it is warm enough, they will root very quickly.

Willow twig soaking liquid

Willow trees can be seen everywhere in daily life, but did you know that willow bark contains a large amount of growth hormones? It is precisely because of these growth hormones that willow twig soaking liquid has also become a highly effective rooting hormone.

How to make it:

1. Cut 10 willow twigs about 10cm long.

2. Put the willow twigs into water and soak for 24 hours.

3. Put the branches to be planted as cuttings into the soaked liquid, soak for 6-8 hours, then let them dry, and they can be planted directly as cuttings.

4. If you want the branches to root quickly, remember to place them in an environment of around 15°C.

Vitamin B12 solution

The solution obtained by dissolving vitamin B12 in water can not only promote rooting, but also effectively promote wound healing.

How to make it:

1. Take 1 tablet of vitamin B12, crush it, add 50 times its amount of clean water, and stir evenly.

2. Put the branches to be planted as cuttings into the solution and soak for about 10 minutes.

3. Take them out and let them dry in the shade, then plant them directly as cuttings in the prepared nutrient soil.

4. As long as the temperature is suitable, they will root very quickly.

Aspirin solution

Aspirin is a common medicine in daily life. The salicylic acid contained in aspirin makes aspirin solution able to quickly promote plant rooting.

How to make it:

1. Split one aspirin in half, take half a tablet, crush it, and add 100 times its amount of clean water.

2. Put the branches to be planted as cuttings into this solution and soak for about 5 minutes.

3. Take out the branches and let them dry, then they are ready for planting as cuttings.

4. If you want quick rooting, the ambient temperature needs to be warm enough; around 15°C is just fine.

That is all from Huahua on how to make your own rooting hormone.

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