Dip-N-Grow has a product called Dip-Gel which is (according to their technical bulletin) "a carboxymethyl cellulose based product that when mixed with water is very thick and viscous. Unlike traditional surfactants and oils, Dip-Gel does not soften the cuticle to aid the movement of active ingredients into the leaf or stem."
I bought a lb. of the product to test. It's intended use is that you mix this powder with water (10 - 12 grams to 1 liter of pure water) which then becomes a gel. It is inert and it's intended use is to use their main product, Dip-N-Gro, with this gel vs. water. If you're currently using Dip-N-Gro and like the results, the Dip-Gel allows you to have it as a gel vs. the liquid version.
I knew from experience that using seaweed/kelp products is an effective way to root cuttings. In his book, Seaweed Agriculture and Horticulture (1968), the founder of Maxicrop, William Stephenson wrote, in part, the following:
To 1 quart of kelp meal tea I added 5 grams of Vitamin B-1 powder & 1/2 tsp. Endo mycorrhizae. Stirred and mixed well and I had a very inexpensive rooting gel.
I tested my cuttings using this gel in rockwool, Oasis cubes, a generic RapidRooter (unknown brand), 50% perlite/50% vermiculite and my usual method of rooting plants - straight into soil with a 20-oz. clear Dixie cup covering the cutting.
I did 4 different kitchen herbs for this test - Thai basil, Lemon Basil, rosemary and culantro (not cilantro) since herbs tend to take a bit longer to root than cannabis (especially rosemary). I did 4 cuttings each in Dip-N-Gro with the gel and also my concoction.
The rooting times were very similar with very slight differences. The main thing is that this alternative method is easy to mix up, inexpensive and equally effective.
Dip-N-Gro sells the Dip-Gel at their web site. The minimum order is 1 lb. @ $16.00 and given the usage rate, it should last you about 20+ years.
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I bought a lb. of the product to test. It's intended use is that you mix this powder with water (10 - 12 grams to 1 liter of pure water) which then becomes a gel. It is inert and it's intended use is to use their main product, Dip-N-Gro, with this gel vs. water. If you're currently using Dip-N-Gro and like the results, the Dip-Gel allows you to have it as a gel vs. the liquid version.
I knew from experience that using seaweed/kelp products is an effective way to root cuttings. In his book, Seaweed Agriculture and Horticulture (1968), the founder of Maxicrop, William Stephenson wrote, in part, the following:
I decided to use the Dip-Gel with kelp meal tea instead of plain water. I use 1/4 cup of kelp meal to 5 gallons of water and bubble it out for a couple of days to feed the plants.
To 1 quart of kelp meal tea I added 5 grams of Vitamin B-1 powder & 1/2 tsp. Endo mycorrhizae. Stirred and mixed well and I had a very inexpensive rooting gel.
I tested my cuttings using this gel in rockwool, Oasis cubes, a generic RapidRooter (unknown brand), 50% perlite/50% vermiculite and my usual method of rooting plants - straight into soil with a 20-oz. clear Dixie cup covering the cutting.
I did 4 different kitchen herbs for this test - Thai basil, Lemon Basil, rosemary and culantro (not cilantro) since herbs tend to take a bit longer to root than cannabis (especially rosemary). I did 4 cuttings each in Dip-N-Gro with the gel and also my concoction.
The rooting times were very similar with very slight differences. The main thing is that this alternative method is easy to mix up, inexpensive and equally effective.
Dip-N-Gro sells the Dip-Gel at their web site. The minimum order is 1 lb. @ $16.00 and given the usage rate, it should last you about 20+ years.
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. honey works well too for cuttings, specially when its fresh fresh fresh.
