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Cloning with Aloe Vera gel


SassysShrooms

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Hey everyone first time poster here :) long time lurker haha

 

Was reading up about using Aloe vera gel for rooting cuttings and was wondering if anyone here has had any success using it? It might save me buying more clonex since I have stacks of the stuff growing.

 

Apparently it contains some rooting hormone called "salicylic acid". 

 

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I’ve heard of it being used but haven’t tried it. No harm in having a crack and doing a side by side comparative grow. Lots of theories on cutting aids, honey, saliva etc. I’ve pretty much stopped using hormones for any cuttings as I’ve found as long as it is actively growing when cut, there is no need for it. 

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Sorry I never ended up posting the results ahaha I did a rosemary cutting dipped in the gel then straight into soil, and another one dipped and put into a  beer bottle with water.

 

Only the one in the water grew tiny roots in about 10 days but never grew any longer so I planted it to soil and it died.... 

 

I tired again with a passionflower cutting in the water but it hasn't rooted, although it still looks very healthy and it's been well over a month. 

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