Home depot cloning powder

[Floridian]

Awhile back,there was a thread about this rooting powder that was supposedly much better than Olivia's or rootech.Anyone know the name of it?

 

[Mr.Fastcast]

It's called Green light.

 

[intotheunknown]

yes sir. green light. i use it and it works very well. cheap too.

 

[masshole61]

Home depot also sells a product called shultz's rooting powder that works like magic and doesn't Cost an arm and a leg.

 

[justanotherbozo]

i like to mix it up with honey and make me a batch of cloning 'gel', ...seems to work out pretty good ok.

bozo

 

[City Twin]

Nice one bozo old clown. Anti bacterial and fungal honey as base. Very nice.

 

[usda101]

Damn BOZO ! PLUS REP

 

[Floridian]

Thanks folks

 

[Floridian]

Damn just went to HD and they had this rooting powder that started wirh a B.didnt have reading glasses so couldnt see shit.Went to lowes and all they had was thrive alive,I dont think they knew what a rooting hormone is lol.I should have bought the stuff from home depot I guess

 

[justanotherbozo]

strictly speaking, if your cloning skills are even just adequate, you don't really need any kind of hormone at all, it just speeds things up a bit and maybe increases your success rate, ...i can routinely get 80% plus just sticking cuts in moist coco with no hormone or honey and i'm just a hobby grower.

btw, what is your preferred cloning tech? ...and your grow style?


bozo

 

[toastfighter2]

I did the side by side test that is in that area, and to save you some time, the rootech was faster by a couple days- the Olivia's was slightly fuzzier,but both worked. In the end, I combined the two by soaking in the gel instead of a cup of water, then dipped in the powder. IMHO I can live without the Olivia's gel, and won't be replacing it when it runs out. BTW, I used the kind of powder from lowes, but krunchbubble uses the kind from home depot with better results(he is a pro though, results may vary)

 

[toastfighter2]

Sorry, I was high, it wasn't rootech, it was Miracle Grow Fast Root.

 

[Granger2]

Last cuttings run [coco], did 12 w/Rootech, 12 w/Green Light. Saw no difference-possibly, a very slight advantage w/GL. My favorite is Dip n Grow, 15 second dip, then plant. -granger

 

[PetFlora]

RO Water + Himalyan Salt ~ 80 ppm

RO Water + Himalyan Salt ~ 80 ppm

After a far amount of clone failure, I found the key was massive bubbles, which my 15L/m air pump provides along with 4 Oxy stones

I also scrape the stem ~ 1/2" and sometimes slice it

If you look closely you can see the water churning

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[TGT]

I get the same success rate using multiple kinds of rooting gels as when I use none. I still use it, but when I don't have any I don't stress. I get the same results, anyone else?

TGT

 

[vukman]

I also scrape the stem ~ 1/2" and sometimes slice it

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That I've found works wonders!!!

 

[Floridian]

Just got back from home depot again,the stuff Krunchbubble was talking about with the indole-3-butyric acid is called Bontone rooting powder down here

 

[Floridian]

Rootech does have indole butyric acid too fyi

 

[DrFever]

Shultz Take Root is the only rooting powder i'll ever use,it's main ingredient is Indole-3 Butriac Acid which is a plant growth hormone.

I have 100% success rate using Take Root.
and for 3.00 a bottle sure the hell beats clonex or other higher priced gels