PLANT GROWTH 101 - BLOG, TIPS & TRICKS – Page 10

Cloning Tomatoes

Even those who live where gardening is a twelve month activity sometimes have trouble finding just the plant they want when they want it. If we can find one we like, we clone it to keep it. At other times unfortunate things happen and our desire is to salvage the situation drives us to propagate. [...] The post Cloning Tomatoes appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Cloning Tomatoes

Even those who live where gardening is a twelve month activity sometimes have trouble finding just the plant they want when...

Use The Right Thing

Strength matters, whether it is the alcohol content of your favorite brewski or the rooting hormone you choose for a particular plant. While it may be considered more efficient to down the more potent beer, using a stronger rooting hormone than a plant requires will not be rewarded with greater result. A plant that can [...] The post Use The Right Thing appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Use The Right Thing

Strength matters, whether it is the alcohol content of your favorite brewski or the rooting hormone you choose for a particular...

Hormex and Cloning Power

The caller sounded puzzled. He’s been rooting cuttings for years, heard me talk about Hormex on the radio, and visited the website. In all those years, he said he’d never seen more than a couple of different strength rooting hormone products. Does it really make a difference which strength you use? Why not just get [...] The post Hormex and Cloning Power appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Hormex and Cloning Power

The caller sounded puzzled. He’s been rooting cuttings for years, heard me talk about Hormex on the radio, and visited the...

Avoid Overwatering

For more success in propagating flats of coleus, shrub cuttings, and anything else you are rooting outdoors in the shade, monitor rainfall and irrigation closely. Just as overwatering kills more container plants than any pest, saturated soil can spell doom for vulnerable cuttings. Roots and root hairs can be easily overwhelmed when too much water [...] The post Avoid Overwatering appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Avoid Overwatering

For more success in propagating flats of coleus, shrub cuttings, and anything else you are rooting outdoors in the shade, monitor...

Blueberry Wisdom

If you have a wonderful old blueberry bush and want more of its superb fruit, why not propagate it? As long as it has no patent to protect it from your efforts, go ahead now and check the wood. New growth is soft, later it is called semi-hard, but the wood you want is between [...] The post Blueberry Wisdom appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Blueberry Wisdom

If you have a wonderful old blueberry bush and want more of its superb fruit, why not propagate it? As long...

Semi-hard Timing

The neighbors probably think I’m dotty, and it’s not the first time. A recent surge in temperatures has quickly hardened the tender green shoots of several shrubs I want to root this year. So for several days I’ve been making a regular tour of the front garden, bending stems to see what’s ready to root [...] The post Semi-hard Timing appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Semi-hard Timing

The neighbors probably think I’m dotty, and it’s not the first time. A recent surge in temperatures has quickly hardened the...

Propagating Woody Fruits

I’m picking 2 pints every other day from my 3 old blueberry bushes and another pint from a couple of their offspring rooted in 2010 and planted last year. Blueberries and other woody plants put on lots of new growth most years and so can have hard, soft, and semi-hard wood on the plant at [...] The post Propagating Woody Fruits appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Propagating Woody Fruits

I’m picking 2 pints every other day from my 3 old blueberry bushes and another pint from a couple of their...

Root Hibiscus Today

The easiest, most effective way I know to root my favorite double apricot bloomer is a little different, too. First, I do not use true tip cuttings. Instead, cut a sturdy stem no bigger around than a pencil with 8-12 inches of brown stem. Trim off green stems and all but 3 leaves. Slice a [...] The post Root Hibiscus Today appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Root Hibiscus Today

The easiest, most effective way I know to root my favorite double apricot bloomer is a little different, too. First, I...

Mother’s Lessons

When a cutting fails to root, consider whether the problem might be the age of the wood. I tried to get starts of the antique Scotch rose to grow a low hedge, but the tip cuttings were just too green. They wilted before they could root, even with a weekly drench of Liquid Hormex Concentrate. [...] The post Mother’s Lessons appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Mother’s Lessons

When a cutting fails to root, consider whether the problem might be the age of the wood. I tried to get...

Mother Plants

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about how we choose the plants we want to propagate and why we cherish them enough to make more of them. Professionals call these plants ‘stock’, but the rest of us fondly dub them ‘Mother Plants’. Yes, they are the progenitors of generations of new plants but [...] The post Mother Plants appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Mother Plants

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about how we choose the plants we want to propagate and why we...

Rooting For Love

When someone gives you a plant and asks you to root it for them because it is the most precious plant in their collection, the pressure is on no matter whether it is a common plant or a real rarity. The goal in this case is to root English ivy, but it also applies to [...] The post Rooting For Love appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Rooting For Love

When someone gives you a plant and asks you to root it for them because it is the most precious plant...

Save This Plant!

We all have a friend or relative who is absolutely crazy about a particular plant and will go to any extreme to keep it from dying. It might be a rarity, but more often the attachment is purely emotional as is the case with some English ivy from a particular wall. Right now there are [...] The post Save This Plant! appeared first on Hormex for Plants.

Save This Plant!

We all have a friend or relative who is absolutely crazy about a particular plant and will go to any extreme...