Lestv said:Why not Root Tone? And what root stimulators do you recommend?
.... too concentrated and doesn't penetrate the rhizome like the liquid mixture does. I've tried dusting the rhizomes with the powdered product and it doesn't work as well than the liquid product, plus the powdered rooting hormone is more costly to apply. In addition, weekly treatments of the rhizome in a pot, with a liquid root stimulator gives me excellent results in terms of the rhizomes actually producing roots. The corky outer rhizome layer is resistant to penetration with a powder, but with a liquid product, the penetration is deeper into the actual rhizome tissue itself. I've experimented with both products for many years and my best success is with the liquid product.
Lilly Miller, Bonide, Fertilome, all manufacture the root stimulators, so what ever is locally available. Only the products that have the actual auxin for root stimulation indole-3-butyric acid are effective. The so called "vitamin B1" is of no use to the plant. I often use root stimulator in conjunction with Superthrive too.
