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Propagate New Plants From Cuttings Using
RHIZOPON AA WATER SOLUBLE TABLETS.
Make your own fresh rooting solutions.

See also information on Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts

The Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet package

Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet plant growth regulator rooting hormones are used to propagate plants from cuttings and to improve the growth of rooted plants. Make your own fresh solutions. Apply the solutions to cutting and plants by dip, immerse, soak or spray.

Propagate Plants from Cuttings Using Solutions.

Take plant cuttings, usually stem, root or leaf cuttings. Woody cuttings are usually wounded by making a 3/4" notch at the basal end. Herbaceous cuttings are not wounded. Make up a fresh Rhizopon Water Soluble Tablet solution using the appropriate concentration. Using the Spray Drip-Down Method first plant then treat. Using the Immersion, Quick Dip, or the Total Immerse Method first treat then plant. Take care of the cuttings.

Herbaceous plants, such as chrysanthemum, are easy to treat using low concentrations by the Spray Drip Down Method or Total Immerse Method. The Total Immerse and Spray Drip Down methods can be used interchangeably. The active ingredients are absorbed into the leaves and stems the transported to the basal end where it induces root formation. The active ingredients are transported through the phloem to the basal end. It induces cell diffusion and root induction in the presence of oxygen and water. These methods retard bud formation; the cuttings to put their energy into root formation.

Fresh Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet and Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts rooting hormone solutions are used by many methods.
The information shown for Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets also apply to Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts (1 tablet AAWST = 1/4 gram IBAWSS)

Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts

To Select: Compare Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets with Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts. Both are used by the same methods.

The Spray Drip Down Method

Spray Drip Down Method.

First plant the cuttings then treat them. Spray the solution evenly over the cuttings until drops go down to the media.
Herbaceous cuttings
, chrysanthemum, begonia, dieffenbachia, heath, hibiscus, etc: 1-5 tablets per liter water.

The Total Immerse Method

Total Immerse Method.

First totally immerse the cuttings in the solution for a few seconds then plant them. Broad leaf cuttings are especially suited for this method. You can use a basket to dip the cuttings in a tub. Prevent bruising by not placing too many cuttings in the solution at once. Allow time for the solution to dry on the cuttings before watering, misting or covering. The temperature of the solution should be at least equal to the cutting temperature. A cold solution temperature causes the stomata of the cuttings close; the amount of active ingredients absorbed is reduced.
Herbaceous cuttings, chrysanthemum, plumbago, ivy, clematis, delphinium, lavender, ficus, potted rose bushes, etc.: 1-5 tablets per liter water.
Softwood cuttings, hydrangea, pieris, hedera, etc: 1-6 tablets per liter water.
Hardwood cuttings, conifers, etc: 4-10 tablets per liter water

The Basal Immerse Method

Immersion Method.

Use the Immersion Method on cuttings which are more difficult to root or are more woody. A long soak of the cuttings in a low concentration solution causes the plant tissues to absorb the active ingredients. Use this method on plants which may be sensitive to high concentration used in the Quick Dip Method. Immerse the basal end of cuttings approximately one inch in the solution for four to twelve hours. Plant the cuttings immediately.
Herbaceous cuttings:
1-3 tablets per liter water.
Woody cuttings:
3-5 tablets per liter water

The Quick Dip Method

Quick Dip Method.

First treat the cuttings then plant them. Immerse the basal end of cuttings approximately one inch in the solution for a few seconds. Plant the cuttings immediately. Use the lowest possible concentration of tablets to achieve the desired results. An excess concentration may result in a reduced numbers of roots formed, phyto toxicity, shock, excessive callus, and rooting inequality.
Herbaceous cuttings, tropical plants, house plants, roses, etc: 3-10 tablets per liter water.
Chrysanthemum: 4-10 tablets per liter water.
Softwood cuttings: 20 tablets per liter.
Hardwood cuttings: 40 tablets per liter.
Difficult to root hardwood cuttings: 100-400 tablets per liter.

 

Cost comparison of Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts vs generic alcohol base rooting solution

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Product Selection to make Fresh Rooting Solutions

RHIZOPON AA WATER SOLUBLE TABLETS
Use the pre-dosed tablets with water to make your own freshest solutions in any concentration.
You measure the dosage by simply counting tablets and mix into water. A scale is not needed.

HORTUS IBA WATER SOLUBLE SALTS
Use the easy to measure powder with water to make your own freshest solutions in any concentration. You can make solutions to over 60,000 ppm IBA active ingredients. The Salts are an economical for making large solution volumes. Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts is an easier to use and registered replacement technical IBA and K-IBA.

RHIZOPON AA WATER SOLUBLE TABLETS and HORTUS IBA WATER SOLUBLE SALTS are completely free of potentially phyto-toxic and flammable alcohol. You make solutions from very dilute to extremely concentrated. The solutions are odorless. Both are US EPA registered with WPS Zero Hour REI. Growers can apply the products and remain in the growing area. There is minimum PPE with no notification requirement.

Tricks to Propagate Plants from Cuttings

 

Special Techniques
 
 

Plant variety: Rooting hormone charts
Select the proper rooting hormone for the specific plant variety.

The Cuttings
Cutting selection
The selection of proper cuttings from stock plants can be critical to successful rooting of cuttings.
Types of cuttings
Many types of plant cuttings which can be used to propagate new plants.
Care of cuttings after treatment
You must take care of the plant cutting after rooting hormone treatment.

Techniques
Improve growth of rooted plants

Apply rooting solutions to bare roots of transplants

Stimulate plant cutting which are difficult to root

Use Rhizopon when air layering

Mix rooting solutions with other growing agents

Mix fertilizers with rooting solutions

The need to use Plant Rooting Hormones

Why NOT to use alcohol to dissolve rooting hormones

Rhizopon AA #1, #2, #3 dry dip powders
Ready to use plant rooting dry powders
Rhizopon AA #1, #2 and #3 dry powder rooting hormones
Dry powder rooting hormones are used by the dry dip method.


Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets
Mixing Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets
You can prepare your own fresh plant rooting solutions using pre-dosed Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets.

Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts
You can prepare your own fresh plant rooting solutions using easy to measure IBA powder.
Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts Label & Mixing Instruction
Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts Method
 
Please note:
We do not supply technical IBA, indole butyric acid (otherwise called IBA indole-3-butyric acid). We supply the finest IBA, indole butyric acid, for End Use.
All our IBA, indole butyric acid, products are registered for use in greenhouses and nurseries. We supply IBA indole butyric acid in ready to use dry power, and IBA, indole butyric acid in salts and tablets to make fresh solutions.

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Yoder Brothers is the world's leading grower of all types of Chrysanthemums: garden, pot and spray. Follow this link for important ways to use our rooting products:
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The suggestions for the use of Rhizopon AA #1, #2 and #3, Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets and Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts are based on the outcome of tests and experiments carried out by international testing stations, research centers, scientific publications and Rhizopon and Hortus USA's own research. Testing is essential. Suitable test rates should be used on a small portion of the crop before doing extensive treatment. Select the rate which provides the desired effect. The actual conditions at your facility may not be the same as the place were the data was obtained. You might find highly successful results if you vary the concentrations somewhat from the listed amount. | Warranty |

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