Phytotoxicity
Where too high a
concentration of Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts or Rhizopon AA Water Soluble
Tablets is used there may be phyto-toxicity. Where after application there are
problems such as leaf-curl, leaf mortality, leaf spotting then use a lower
concentration to achieve desired results. We say "testing is essential." Do
your trials, make observations, vary your techniques and take suitable action
to achieve desired results.
Precocious plant cuttings
Some precocious plant
cuttings, when treated by leaf solution application of Hortus IBA Water
Soluble Salts, exhibit root formation all over the stems and leaves. Growers
have seen this in some plants such as chrysanthemums and ficus benjamina. You
should treat these cuttings at lower IBA concentrations.
Juvenile cuttings
There are many reasons for
delay of rooting. The cuttings might be too old. Juvenile cuttings root faster
and with lower Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts or Rhizopon AA Water Soluble
Tablets concentration than older cuttings. Sometimes growers must take
cuttings from older plants to meet production demands. In those cases the IBA
concentrations should be higher. Using older stock plants, cuttings taken from
the base of the plant may root more easy than those from the top. Shoots taken
from the top of the plant are physiologically "older" then the shoots taken
from the bottom.
Leaf
size vs. root development
Using a leaf application of
Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts or Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets there is
an equal balance in the timing of root development and then leaf - bud
development especially for fast-growing plants such as chrysanthemums. Growers
notice those slow growing plant varieties, such as floricultural azalea, may
have slow bud development. What is happening is the cutting is sending its
energy to the sink point, the newly developed root area at the expense of the
bud. This is good since soon after the strong roots are present the buds and
leaves develop strongly and fast.
Slow
to root and/or develop cuttings
Where plants are slow to
root or are slow to develop using a light spray at a low concentration Hortus
IBA Water Soluble Salts solution or Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets
may be beneficial. Timing is not critical, however, the growers should apply
during the normal growing season not the dormant season. Typical rates are
25-50 ppm IBA (1/2-1 tablet per liter of water), however, some growers go up
to 500 ppm IBA, our historical rates are typically low. Many growers have used
this technique when they use imported cuttings that have been in storage for a
long time. You might want to mix the IBA solution with your foliar fertilizer
application.
Transplanting spray
When transplanting rooted
plants, some growers used either a spray or Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts or
Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets their fertilizer application. You can mix
and apply Hortus Salts or Rhizopon AA Tablets with water soluble fertilizer.
Boom
sprayers
If your planting trays are
in long bench rows use a broom-sprayer to apply the Hortus IBA Water Soluble
Salts or Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets solutions. Periodically check the
spray pattern on a dry paper to assure uniform coverage. When the nozzles get
clogged some parts of the row may not be fully covered with the solution.
Droopy plants and timing
You can handle plants with
drooping cuttings. Usually these cuttings revive in a day or so. The leaf's
ability to absorb the solution through the stoma affects the use of Hortus IBA
Water Soluble Salts or Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets solutions. Since the
stomas are pores through which gases and liquids enter the plant, wait until
the leaves have recovered, then use the solutions.
Timing is important. Applying the Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts or Rhizopon
AA Water Soluble Tablets solutions early in the day is better so that the
plants are not under stress during a hot part of the day. The stoma will be
open when cool and may close when under heat stress.
