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The Hollyberry Lady · 07-06-2010, 11:35 AM

Just don't use anti-transpirants enough to be too concerned about them. In fact the bottle of Wilt-Pruf I have is still full and hardly used. Cuttings can easily root without the use of these products but for tough ones I like a bit of extra help.

Never seen the generic brand of wilt-pruf, but I do use seaweed extract and fish emulsion. I also use an organic starter formula that works great in promoting root growth in seedlings and cuttings. Of course there are hundreds of different methods but we are all just sharing what's worked well for us. Thanks for the info, Richard.

Here's some interesting cuttings I got to root last season. Sorry for the crappy webcam shots. Someone sent me what looked like a switch of dead wood from their 10 year old Wisteria vine they'd trained into a tree.

I cut the wood into 3-6 inch sections and used a hardwood rooting hormone and covered the little sticks with plastic. Within a week here's what began to happen...

This cutting was accidently planted upside down but still began growing...

This one started growing in less than a week...

: )

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The Hollyberry Lady The Hollyberry Lady 's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 15,161 BananaBucks : 1,323,468 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 12,042 Times Was Thanked 11,326 Times in 5,311 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 102 Times	Re: Trying to root Cuttings? Just don't use anti-transpirants enough to be too concerned about them. In fact the bottle of Wilt-Pruf I have is still full and hardly used. Cuttings can easily root without the use of these products but for tough ones I like a bit of extra help. Never seen the generic brand of wilt-pruf, but I do use seaweed extract and fish emulsion. I also use an organic starter formula that works great in promoting root growth in seedlings and cuttings. Of course there are hundreds of different methods but we are all just sharing what's worked well for us. Thanks for the info, Richard. Here's some interesting cuttings I got to root last season. Sorry for the crappy webcam shots. Someone sent me what looked like a switch of dead wood from their 10 year old Wisteria vine they'd trained into a tree. I cut the wood into 3-6 inch sections and used a hardwood rooting hormone and covered the little sticks with plastic. Within a week here's what began to happen... This cutting was accidently planted upside down but still began growing... This one started growing in less than a week... : )