Cuttings not rooting? Soak them in this water and big white roots will grow in 10 days
Today I took a stroll around the flower market and saw the nursery owners all starting to collect azalea branches for cuttings. After getting home, I couldn't resist wanting to trim some branches from my hydrangea at home to make cuttings too. The branches were snipped off with a snip-snip, and only then did I realize I had run out of rooting powder at home. What to do? Just DIY some rooting water. While I'm at it, let me chat with fellow gardening friends about how to make your own rooting water so your cuttings at home root quickly. I'll recommend a few relatively hassle-free methods for making rooting water. In the current weather, roots should basically emerge in about 2 weeks.
1. Willow branch soak water
How to make it: Break off a few slender young willow branches by the river, cut them into small pieces, flatten them with a tool, put them in clean water and soak for a day, then filter out the branches. The remaining water is a very effective rooting water. The salicylic acid contained in willow branch water can promote rapid root growth in plants, and it is especially suitable for cuttings of woody plants such as roses, bougainvillea and camellias.
2. Aspirin
If you have aspirin at home, you only need to crush one aspirin into water, soak the branches in it for about 2 hours, and then do normal cuttings. Aspirin solution can not only quickly promote root growth, but also prevent root rot.
3. White sugar water
The most hassle-free rooting water: just mix white sugar from the kitchen with clean water until slightly sweet, put the branches you need to root in it and soak for 20 minutes, then take them out, rinse with clean water, and do normal cuttings. Soaking branches in white sugar water is more suitable for some plants that root rather slowly, such as jasmine and gardenia.
Fellow gardening friends who like making cuttings can choose the method that suits them according to their own situation. When making cuttings in this season, be careful not to expose them to harsh sun, and keep them ventilated and the soil slightly moist, so they can root quickly!