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The Spray Drip Down is used to propagate plants from cuttings.
Take plant cuttings. Stick the cutting in media. Spray the leaves until
the Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts rooting solution drips down. The method has many
advantages. For large or small production lots, the cuttings are rapidly
and uniformly treated with the Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts) rooting solution. With minimum
labor, there is no pre-treatment when sticking. Treatment is performed
by a trained applicator. The solution is used one time. There is never
cross contamination between production lots.
The Method is easy to use
Stick the cuttings in media in trays, pots, or in beds. Make up a
Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts rooting hormone solution. The solution contains rooting
hormones that promote root formation. A fine mist sprayer is used, such
as a hand, backpack or hydraulic sprayer. Boom sprayers are not used
since they have limited control of the spray. Spray the Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts rooting
solution onto the leaves of the cuttings until the liquid drips off the
leaves. If the leaves were wet from misting before treatment then use an
excess of spray to overcome dilution. An excess of spray is preferred.
After treatment turn on misters after the solution dries on the leaves,
or about forty five minutes. Then continue your normal operations.
Let us look inside the plant leaves and see how hormones move in the
plant.
This cross-section shows how the hormones in the Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts rooting
solution enter the plant's vascular system through the open stomata in
the leaves. The plant also produces natural rooting hormones in the
leaves. By polar mass flow, the Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts and natural hormones move from
the leaves to the basal end of the cuttings. Depending upon the cutting
condition, environment, and distance, transport may take six hours. The
rate of travel is not critical. Once the hormones are in the vascular
system they travel to the basal end where they are stored. The plant
self regulates hormone use to induce root formation. When the threshold
hormones are reached at the basal end, the potential root cells are
programmed to become new root cells. The Spray Drip Down treats
the cuttings uniformly. The threshold level is achieved. Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts rooting solution
treated cuttings form uniform roots around the base
WHERE SHOWN IN THE VIDEO, IN THE US INSTEAD OF RHIZOPON AA WATER SOLUBLE TABLETS, USE HORTUS IBA WATER SOLUBLE SALTS
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