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Gardening Area => Plant Propagation => Topic started by: ONandONandON on April 23, 2017, 04:08:22 AM

Title: Rooting hormones experiment...
Post by: ONandONandON on April 23, 2017, 04:08:22 AM
Found some NAA and IBA i bought on ebay a few years ago,
read concentrations of comercial products are around 2-10%
i will be using this to document any experiments and results.

http://preparednessmama.com/natural-rooting-hormone/
spit, dilute applecidervinegar, honey, willow tea, cinnamon

Aloe vera was recommended to try, post your results!
Title: Re: Rooting hormones experiment...
Post by: ONandONandON on May 06, 2017, 01:49:58 AM
***IBA does NOT dissolve in water*** so i have a bottle of IBA floating or sinking in bottle of water lol.  :'(
i then read IBA dissolves in either 'ether or alcohol'.. which i wouldn't want any of that in a rooting solution..
So is there anything safe it can dissolve in? or maybe just use a suspended gel, or powder mix, i will try that.
The NAA is soluble in water, so i will start some tests with that one, using lemon trees and grapefruit trees.
Title: Re: Rooting hormones experiment...
Post by: nikshaz on May 06, 2017, 04:08:22 AM
I use potassium hydroxide.
Title: Re: Rooting hormones experiment...
Post by: ONandONandON on May 06, 2017, 07:15:24 AM
:OhK i see the freebase form need to be salt or something chemistry.. thank you, i added small amount of sodium hydroxide and it dissolved.