Rooting Rosemary From Cuttings Can Be Hard. Why not try using homemade rooting hormones! In this video, I do an experiment to see whether we can speed up the process and be more successful in rooting new Rosemary cuttings using 5 homemade rooting hormone agents. I also use regular water as a control, as well as commercial IBA powder as a standard to achieve. The results were not what I expected…
Rosemary can be tricky to root, and the water can go foul before the stems actually root. You have to remove the needles from the lower 3rd of the stem, otherwise the water will turn bad within days. Be patient, with the right stems and conditions, you will root your Rosemary successfully!
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Other videos in the series:
Rosemary Cuttings: https://youtu.be/btPIog2iWq8
Rosemary Pruning: https://youtu.be/RvjB-MJJF-M
Drying Rosemary: https://youtu.be/dj3Vg-tKB9Q
Well, not at all what I expected. Hopefully if you're watching this, you can learn from my little experiment and apply it to rooting your own Rosemary and other herbs!
I do my gardening in fabric pots. This year, I tried rooting a cutting from my tomato plant. Actually, I did two cuttings. One, I put in the soil and watered it as usual when I watered all my pots. The other, I put it in a jar of water. The water was tap water that had been sitting for 24 hours. Our tap water is city water which is fluoridated and chlorinated. Maybe I should have used distilled water. I don't know; but, neither cutting survived.
What water did you use to mix your various products in? Was it pond water? I don't have easy access to ponds anywhere in the city; so, would like to know what I can use as a substitute.
Right now, where I live, it is too cold to try growing anything outdoors; and, I don't have the space to try growing indoors. I thought this video was interesting.
very cool experiment! If you ever do something similar again, I'd love see how willow water performs. I hear about it all the time, but have never tried. I wonder if it has ingredients aspirin is lacking?
heading to the pond… lol free rooting hormones. 😀
Great vid! But bro here’s what I’m thinking:
Next vid?
We do the same experiment, but with:
A- Wildcat Strong beer
B- Nos Energy drink
C- Mass Gainer 5000 protein shake
We’ll grow some extreme ass plants for sure.
Great video!
I’m propagating my rosemary stems in tap water, but changing it regularly. It’s been almost 2 weeks and no signs of roots yet, but plants are not dying either, they are perfectly green.
So, I guess propagating in fresh water is possible, but just needs more time and work.
Put open plastic bottle over it for more humidity. That help the plants rooting better because less transpiration over the leaves so roots feeded better from leaves. Use perlite for better results because more air for the roots.
This is really one of the best videos. Really useful and straight. Great video man. Respect!
This was an excellent experiment. I definitely know what I'll be using. T y
I saw in another video, you can only leave it in cinnamon water for just 1 day an after that put it in clean water, Anything more than 1 day in cinnamon water, the rooting is not going to be good.
Mine always die. Wonder how aloe or willow water would do?
How is when we mix all the ingredients?
Can i use Vitamin B1 rooting hormone?
Zeer leervol (Dutch) it means, Very educational
I've decided I'm using dipping in cutting powder then I put it in the ground and water it with rainwater and honey and then I sprinkle with cinnamon
is your greenhouse homemade? any ideas on how to go about building one?
That was very interesting! I'm looking into doing a lot of cuttings now. Do you have any experience with water from willow tree cuttings?
what about bananas?
If you have filter sponges from the pond (or aquarium) don't throw away de nasty guck after cleaning the sponges/filter media .. It's one of the best fertilizers there is!
And I feel pretty stupid using tap water for my cuttings… The water is perfect for my fish and aquarium plants.. (no cloringe PH7 GH8 KH8…..) But it probably lacks some of the nitrites/nitrates the pond and aquarium have due too plant debris and fish poops!
And I need to be more patient… I'm having a blast with my oak bonsai, 3 years since it sprouted now. Frustrating how slow it widens 😀
Interesting that the healthiest roots showed up among the lowermost leaves. Looks like I'm doing an experiment of my own. Looks like a combination of commercial hormone and pond water is the surest bet
This is brilliant, running right out to grab some lake water!