In 1959, Gary Brooker, son of landscape architect and horticulturist, Leonard A. Brooker, formulated what is now known as Hormex. As a young organic chemist with horticultural exposure, Gary identified the need for a highly effective growth hormone that would promote plant growth, effectively stop transplanting shock and assist in plant propagation.
After much research, he found commercial rooting compounds did not root cuttings fast enough or with consistency. Nurseries and plant enthusiasts were not experiencing satisfactory plant growth and propagation. They were losing plants due to root shock and needed to improve their propagation yield and consistency. Meeting this challenge, he developed Hormex Rooting Powders.
Gary and his brother Steven started production in a small garage and eventually outgrew the home operation as the horticultural world discovered amazing results from these perfect formulations. Starting with strengths 1, 3, 8 and 16, they later added strengths 30 and 45 for consistent fast propagation of very difficult to propagate hardwood cuttings. The rest is history.
You will find Hormex Rooting Powders and Liquid Concentrate in greenhouses of the world’s finest plant propagators.
