You do not need to buy rooting hormone for cuttings; 4 common homemade recipes are even more effective than rooting powder
Every flower lover who enjoys growing plants loves to take cuttings in spring. Spring is a season of propagation. If you want to take cuttings, there is no better time to choose than spring. But taking cuttings also requires rooting hormone, and rooting hormone can greatly increase the survival rate of cuttings. Many people do not have rooting hormone at home and do not know where to buy it, so today I will teach you a few little tricks for making homemade rooting hormone. Hurry up and learn them, follow me, and repost and save them. I share plant care knowledge with you every day.
The first one, soaking willow branches in water: in early spring, take willow branches of the current year. You can tell current-year willow branches by their color; green tender branches are fine. Cut them to an appropriate length and then soak them in water. I have not calculated the exact time, so let me teach you a method: when you see the outer skin on the willow branches separating from the woody part, it is ready to use. It really works. Everyone give it a try.
The second one, aspirin tablets: soaking cuttings in a 0.01% aspirin solution can noticeably increase the germination rate. Soaking transplanted seedlings in a 0.05% aspirin solution can shorten the recovery period, prevent the seedlings from drying out, and increase the survival rate.
The third one, rice vinegar: use it at a ratio of 1:100, but the cuttings need to be soaked for a slightly longer time, about 12 hours or so. If you cannot wait, you can consider choosing other methods.
The fourth one, sugar water: first melt the white sugar with hot water at a ratio of 9 parts water to 1 part sugar. After the sugar water cools, you can dip the leaves or roots into it. Take them out after about 40-60 minutes. Many friends who grow lucky bamboo in water have probably used this method.
With these 4 homemade rooting hormones, you only need to use one of these methods to solve the problem of plant rooting. If you cannot find willow branches, go find white sugar; if you cannot find white sugar, go find rice vinegar; if you cannot find rice vinegar, go find aspirin tablets. You will always find one of them. When rooting cuttings for plants, using a little homemade rooting hormone is even more effective than rooting powder. Everyone hurry up and repost and save this, it is useful.