2 Foods That Can Be Used As Natural Rooting Hormone

Rooting hormone is used to stimulate root formation especially on cuttings propagation. There are so many type rooting hormone available at garden supply market. You can choose liquid or powder form, but in my experience, rooting hormone powder is easier to handle compared with liquid form. If you don’t want to buy the synthetic rooting hormone, may be using foods as natural rooting hormone can be the great idea. So in this article I will share which foods that can be used as natural rooting hormone. Check this out guys!

2 Foods That Can Be Used As Natural Rooting Hormone

Ilustration: Honey And Cinnamon

1. Honey

Yes you are right, honey has been used as foods ingredient and medicine since thousand years ago. In fact, honey can be used as natural rooting hormone since honey contain enzymes that can stimulate root growth in plants and its antifungal and antiseptic properties. If you search rooting hormone liquid with fungicide then honey can be the best option. Honey can helps root growth and keep the plant stay strong and healthy.

How to Use Honey As Natural Rooting Hormone in Cuttings?

There are so many recipes to use honey as natural rooting hormone. You can try them and choose the suitable one with good result. But basically you may mix the pure honey with 2 cups of boiling water. Keep the mixture or solution in room temperature. After reached cool temperature, you may place natural rooting hormone liquid in an airtight container and store it at any place with cool, dry and away from light.

You can dip each stem cutting into honey as natural rooting hormone liquid and then plant this stem cutting into potting medium. Honey as natural rooting hormone liquid is suitable with some potting / growing medium such as soil, rockwool and even water. If the process is successfully, you may see the root around a week.

2. Cinnamon

Cinnamon is usually used to give wonderful flavor in cookies, cakes or other foods. This spice also can be used as antifungal and to keep away pest. Moreover, cinnamon can be used as natural rooting hormone powder.

How to Use Cinnamon As Natural Rooting Hormone in Cuttings?

You can use cinnamon as natural rooting hormone with simple way. Just pour around 1 teaspoon into a paper towel. Roll damp the stem cutting with this towel. After that you may pant the cutting in potting medium such as fresh soil etc. Cinnamon can promote root growth in new plant and prevent the fungus attack.

So there are 2 foods that can be used as natural rooting hormone as described above. Good luck!

Read more: How to Use Rooting Hormone in Cutting Plant Propagation

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