Stumbled on this video while getting ready to use hormone rooting. Grabbed Cinnamon out of the cupboard and after a week notes the roots grew at lest 2 times as fast as the hormone!! Thx
Aspirin works well in the experiment I did. As well or better than honey and cinnamon. The key is use on non coated aspirin. This guy used a coated aspirin. Coated aspirin will not work. Crush 2 uncoated aspirin tablets and dip the cutting into the powder. Works every time its done with uncoated asprin.
Straight and to the point. No douchey bro intro and no rambling on about liking and subscribing. Just information. Also, more than a little surprised at the cinnamon......
@@JimmyBHarvests I know that combining techniques sometimes hurts rather than improves things, however dipping the cuttings into Raw Honey than coating them w/Cinnamon... Does that improve the overall rooting...?
@@isaiahisaiah2288cinnamon actually contains the hormones found in rooting hormone products mixing it with honey will probably help as they say the honey has antibacterial and fungal agents that contribute to succesful rooting.
That’s a fun experiment! Speaking of cinnamon, its very disinfectant for orchids, i had an orchid suffering black rot many years ago and i read online to clean the rot off, scrape the root stalk and coat the thing in cinnamon. By the time i was done scraping the rot off there were no roots left, the carrot shaped stalk was whittled down it was miserable. I expected this thing to die. The leaves were even shrivelled from lack of water absorption as it had no working roots to drink. So i coated it, replanted in fresh new bark medium and took 2 months but the first air root appeared, (that i could see) the leaves kept alive somehow, and that plant lived another 10 years before it had an unfortunate experience with a cat. Cinnamon is very good for dealing with rot issues. I have also had an orchid get sunburn on a leaf, so i wet the spot and coat with cinnamon and it stops the corruption from spreading so you dont lose the leaf. I am impressed with it. It helped my first orchid regrow roots and survive a bad fungal infection (black rot)
Do not forget each type of plant needs diffrent amount or none of rooting hormones.So what can work on Tomato may not work on lavender plant or other plants. Also when using parts of plants as a rooting hormone like the aloe the level of hormones might be diffrent if it is a a leaf from top or down the plant and the light levels it was growing in . I can guess in synthetic hormones it should be same level always. But your experiment is still great and I will try myself on other plants. tnks
Assigning more surface area by making wedge shaped cut on the stem worked for me most of the time. Aloevera is a good fertilizer and we can use it to soak the cuttings initially. Some plants root easily without help of natural or synthetic hormones. For hard to root plants, rooting hormone from nursery is mandatory.
You shouldnt believe unless the same person shows you the results. There are plenty of such kind of people on youtube who make fake videos and cheat in the background.
Spring Willow bark in a blender with kelp meal infused with honey. Skip the kelp meal to save money. Grow willow trees and raise bees and you have sustainable rooting hormone. You don’t even need the honey if you use it fresh but I need it in fall but the willow bark is better when harvested in spring so the honey is a preserving agent.
Aloe is all I use on my cuttings and it works like a gem never had any issues so far…. Like your one user said different plants like different things something’s may work better on others than some but thanks for the video informative
Love this! I just moved overseas and I can't get rooting hormone in my area. Thank you so much for doing this testing!! I was wondering about all the sketchy DIY videos. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks much for taking the time and making the effort to test these items! I'm going to try the cinnamon to root clematis! One thing I question though is that you appear to have used enteric coated aspirin, which might mess with your results. All sites I've seen recommending the use of ASA specify to use non-enteric coated sources. I'm wondering if the coating - a substance meant to withstand stomach acid! - might have been the problem!
Thanks Jane! You might be on to something with the enteric coating. I hadn’t seen that detail when originally seeing aspirin mentioned as a rooting agent, but a couple people have said that here in the comments. Would be worth another test next time I’ve got some cuttings!
Saliva works just not for cuttings. saliva works for grafting. If you take a cutting and put it in your mouth right after taking it. It keeps the cutting end from drying out long enough to graft it in place. But no saliva won't work on cuttings. cuttings need to harden off not stay open. Also some of your testing is faulty as to how they are being done. Aloe, honey, and cinnamon are commonly used together. because they have different property's. cinnamon=fungal protection, honey is kinda like plant food, And aloe is actually contrary to popular opinion more to prevent disease. None are actually a rooting hormone. Until you add some thing most people don't have available. Water from soaking weeping willow branch cuttings for the hormone the trees create naturally or some other plant that creates an abundances of growth hormones.. Even onions can be used. But mostly for pests that like attack cuttings. because onions produce a toxin. Your test is faulty because of how your using each. Your trying to put every thing in a nice little box, But you have no concept of how each is being used. But yes a lot of videos have bad information. like one seen other day, sugar, baking soda, and vinegar. fermented. basically had nothing to ferment because no yeast or fruit were added. so basically was PH neutral sugar water. Most people don't have any thing in their homes to use as a rooting hormone. But most people do in their back yards. In most cases its the weed or vine that grows out of control and anchors itself to every thing around. Some thing most people don't know is worm castings have auxins rooting hormones.
I appreciate this info, subscribed to your channel. So many youtube channels claim each & every single diy method will work, but they never supply us with actual evidence on how effective each method is. I'm extremely skeptical about the aspirin method, it always looks like people glued roots on to the aspirin treated plant trimmings 😂😂😂
Thanks for doing the work man. Here's another method: if you have an established freshwater aquarium and the pH is decent, stick cuttings in the filter or prop them up with the cut in the circulating water. A little light above the cuts. Works great! (With no additional nutrients)
Man, those “tap water controls” are always winning over the “treated”. Makes me wonder what the hell is in your tap water. I’ve always heard and even read a few things about pharmaceuticals being in tap water. It would be cool to see you test that next. Lol 😄👍🏼
Most plants have rooting hormone at their nodes. Sterile water allows them to grow without any disease getting into the water ... I use willow water which works. Really well most of the time but sometimes if the water isn't sterile or boiled and then cooled it will get some fermentation ...or if I don't remove the willow leaves after making the water. It works amazingly well on most things but you have to also have the node all the hormone can do is signal the node to create roots rather than a branch or leaf. If the node isn't there it won't work.
You are supposed to use the gel of the aloe plant brother like you stated. You scooped maybe one tablespoon or less worth of gel which isn't enough. The aloe cutting should be pretty juice and be big enough to have a decent amount of gel, not as small as the one you used. You scrape the gel out then blend it with a small amount of water/enough to make it just a bit less viscous, like a goopy liquid, then you dip the clone in that blended gel and coat it nicely. From there just plant it directly into a cloning tray or jiffy puck etc. It does work!
Did you try combining honey with cinnamon? Would be interesting to see if it works better EDIT: I tried it myself, and it didn't work. Cinnamon alone worked best for me
Very good . The question would be did you need a bigger control group with a variety of plants. Do all plants require the exact same thing to root or is it possible that some rooting agents may work better than others on certain plants
Hey, i know this is old, but for the aloe vera, the process is about 120g blended into a gallon of water (typically pour water out the gallon to 8 oz, blend, strain and pour back in). Soak the cuttings in this solution for ~24 hours and then continue with your cloning method. This allows time for the plant to absorb the nutrient solution which contains the hormones (as well as aminos, and macro/micronutrients).
As per my experience the cutting should be dipped in aloevera solution for a day before putting it in soil. Even in plain water it works. I was going to throw out my banyan bonsai cuttings after giving it hard pruning. Then decided to try out rooting just out of curiosity. I let the cuttings dry out for 2 days and just soaked them in water for a day. The cuttings which looked dry absorbed water and became green with life energy. Then planted them in organic soil. Within few days leaves started to sprout. Perhaps rooting has started and i'm going to leave it there so that plant establishes itself in the soil before i plan to shift it elsewhere.
I had basil in water some years ago and when they hadn't gotten roots after a week or so I got worried.. Found a video about rooting hormones and tried saliva for fun, next day there were roots! It could've been something else at work and Idk what in that case, maybe the roots craved oxygen or something (I'm no good at plants idk). Would be interesting tho if different species reacted to different things, for ex. cinnamon works well on tomato but not on basil, and saliva works well on basil but not tomato. I'm not saying this is the case but it would be interesting if it was.
(1) The cuttings should be planted in soil. Putting them in water dilutes and washes off whatever you apply to the ends. (2) Honey worked because its stickiness helped it to stay on the end longer despite being in water. (3) Cinnamon powder worked because some of the fine powder will still cling to the cutting even if you put it in water. (4) It is the clear, slimy, sticky aloe vera gel which should be used, and not the watery greenish liquid. (5) Putting the cutting in a solution which may be too strong will either cause water to be drawn out of the plant or cause the plant to stop absorbing potentially toxic water, leading to plant wilting, brown leaf ends and/or stunted growth. (6) The cutting should be just dunked in the diluted vinegar water and then planted in soil, and not left in the vinegar water. Vinegar is a natural, home remedy weedkiller. (7) It helps if you leave the rooting substance on the cut end for a few minutes before planting the cutting in soil.
The answer is potentially depending on the oral routine. Ie if you brush your teeth twice a day then no it will not promote plant growth, if you brush it once a week then yes, if you eat fruits or vegetables there would be a higher chance as the mouth contains pgpm/ plant growth promoting microorganisms which can be found in the mouth.
I am self thought and learned about the aloe vera early on and have only cloned with aloe vera for the last two years with great success I might post a video about it on my channel to see what type of reviews I get
Would love to see how you’re using the aloe Vera and how it compares to some controls. I was surprised I didn’t have better results using the aloe and would love to see more testing in it
Yes definitely the next time I do clones I will make a video on my process but I did notice his aloe vera looked different from mine and my aloe vera is very jelly juicy in the middle I can take the stem and just stick it right down into the aloe plant all nice and covered
@@johnnyrodz8768 there are lots of different aloe varietys - maybe some are better for rooting plantts than others - also may depend on the plant type.
I really appreciate this video and it's perfect timing just before I'm about to propagate some things. With many things, I just root in water or directly in soil, but I have had good luck with cinnamon. I figure, too, it doesn't hurt that cinnamon's a pretty good repellent for various pests from insects to rodents.
Just now (end of January) took some cuttings from thornless blackberries and blueberries to try and root (I'm tired of winter). Can't find my store bought rooting hormone, so was looking on the web for substitutes. Came across your video after reading a lot of "THIS WORKS" on the net. But you showed what did work and what didn't. Going to mix honey and cinnamon and apply to half, just plain water for the other half, see what happens Thanks
I grow thornless blackberries. Take root cuttings. Snip a root near the trunk at ground level. Carefully dig up the roots leading from where you cut. Plant in slightly acidic soil or mix. You'll have a vigorous plant before too long. Much luck to you! 🤞
What kind of cinnamon did you use? There is different kinds of cinnamon. Was it organic also? And Thank you so much for your video. I just watched a different one that had most of them in it but did not show results!
Super appreciated! Unfortunately the video with misinformation and no proof has 8+ million views 😂 The cinnamon i used was organic. It was labeled 'Vietnamese cinnamon'. I would guess that most cinnamons would work, but have only tested 1 or 2. Best of luck!
Wow thank you so much for your time and your explanation! I have a lot of raw Honey and cinnamon at home. but I have a question can I dilute the cinnamon with water for the root stimulation?
@@JimmyBHarvests thank you for the info my friend knowledge means power for me and now i know that honey and cinamon are good substitute for roots.Stay strong you do great job
For the honey, you put too little honey on the water, when honey is less than 15% you'll have microorganisms grow like bacteria or mold, put more honey and show the results! Honey is a natural antibiotic, we use it a lot when growing mushroom, specifically on liquid cultures. You're welcome ;-)
I'm also curious about different varieties of honey would work, specifically manuka. But as I only have a bit left and I use it to make me skin care regimen, I won't be using it for rooting experiments until I've obtained more.
Funny thing, I just made a comment online about Aloe Vera. It actually has to do with the large plant I have growing in a pot on my patio. It's only been there for maybe 6 months. But as anyone knows, Aloe grows really big quickly. I grow a ton of succulent plants on my patios, and on my lighted plant shelf. So I have experience with a lot of different varieties of plants and how they grow. I was really shocked to see that all the different varieties of plants that I put in with the aloe vera are growing about 10 times as healthy and quickly than any other method of planting. I commented online that the aloe vera was possibly giving off something that made the other plants grow really well. And it's not that the larger pot gets better light or better water or anything like that. I don't really know what the answer is. More soil? That doesn't usually work with my little succulents. The more soil you get, than the less moisture they have to pull from with their small roots. It's just really shocking every time I go out there and look at the plants that are thriving and taking over the aloe pot. In the 2 years I've been collecting and cultivating at heavy volume, I've never seen anything like it. It makes me want to experiment and grow more plants next to the aloe.
sorry i dont understand. did you cut off the aloe and smeared it on the cutting edge of the plants to root ? or did you just put the plants into the soil in the pot where the aloe plant is growing??? please be more specific on how you did it - thanks.
Succulents do not need any rooting hormone since they evolved to consume less water. They can absorb water from any source for survival, so they have tendency to root quickly even if you place them over the soil. I had kept aloevera plant on a pot of other plant and forgot to put it into the soil. After a month when i remembered the plant grew in size along with huge roots going into the soil.
One issue: what was the cinnamon used? - cassia cinnamon (Chinese cinnamon) or Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) as the first one contains much more toxic coumarin. This would be a nice comparison if this coumarin has something to do
Love your video! I assumed the saliva test would include hocking some major loogies into the water instead of just a quick lick. Have you tried using more saliva?
Natural rooting hormone for best results were the Raw Honey 🍯 dip stems in Cinnamon just dip stems in Water 💦 just dip stems in What was the time frame for stems in each rooting hormone listed?
👍🏻👍🏻 very much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻 I'm new to gardening and I have tried many methods, 😥😥mostly failed. I have a few questions... - what treatment did you do to the cut/ exposed end prior to propagating? - how often do you change the water? Even to your control cutting. - where do you place the cuttings when propagating? 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you again 😊
If you hav a fresh water aquarium stick your cuttings in the filter or prop them up with the cuts about an inch deep. Works great. Or aerated compost tea. Time an a clean area and cutting are vital. Much luck 🤞
Stumbled on this video while getting ready to use hormone rooting. Grabbed Cinnamon out of the cupboard and after a week notes the roots grew at lest 2 times as fast as the hormone!! Thx
Wow thats awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing this actual test! So tired of claims of rooting, with zero evidence to back it up. BRILLIANT!
Thanks bro- that was the motivation for me to do it!
Totally agree 💯
Oh they have "evidence" but it's always some tree roots glued I nto it lol
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Aspirin works well in the experiment I did. As well or better than honey and cinnamon. The key is use on non coated aspirin. This guy used a coated aspirin. Coated aspirin will not work. Crush 2 uncoated aspirin tablets and dip the cutting into the powder. Works every time its done with uncoated asprin.
Straight and to the point. No douchey bro intro and no rambling on about liking and subscribing. Just information.
Also, more than a little surprised at the cinnamon......
That’s the goal! Glad to hear you have appreciated it! Thanks for sharing that feedback
@@JimmyBHarvests I know that combining techniques sometimes hurts rather than improves things, however dipping the cuttings into Raw Honey than coating them w/Cinnamon... Does that improve the overall rooting...?
@@isaiahisaiah2288cinnamon actually contains the hormones found in rooting hormone products mixing it with honey will probably help as they say the honey has antibacterial and fungal agents that contribute to succesful rooting.
I use Cinnamon successfully, it has anti fungal properties therfore stimulate stem/ root health.
I’m new at this is water base rooting just water or do you add to it please let me know
Oh my god, I appreciate you so much for including the "does it work" at the start of each list item. Fantastic video, thank you!
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That’s a fun experiment! Speaking of cinnamon, its very disinfectant for orchids, i had an orchid suffering black rot many years ago and i read online to clean the rot off, scrape the root stalk and coat the thing in cinnamon. By the time i was done scraping the rot off there were no roots left, the carrot shaped stalk was whittled down it was miserable. I expected this thing to die. The leaves were even shrivelled from lack of water absorption as it had no working roots to drink. So i coated it, replanted in fresh new bark medium and took 2 months but the first air root appeared, (that i could see) the leaves kept alive somehow, and that plant lived another 10 years before it had an unfortunate experience with a cat. Cinnamon is very good for dealing with rot issues. I have also had an orchid get sunburn on a leaf, so i wet the spot and coat with cinnamon and it stops the corruption from spreading so you dont lose the leaf. I am impressed with it. It helped my first orchid regrow roots and survive a bad fungal infection (black rot)
Спасибо большое за ваш опыт
Thank you I’m using cinnamon from now on. Glad I came across you on utube.
Very helpful ❤
Do not forget each type of plant needs diffrent amount or none of rooting hormones.So what can work on Tomato may not work on lavender plant or other plants.
Also when using parts of plants as a rooting hormone like the aloe the level of hormones might be diffrent if it is a a leaf from top or down the plant and the light levels it was growing in . I can guess in synthetic hormones it should be same level always. But your experiment is still great and I will try myself on other plants. tnks
Assigning more surface area by making wedge shaped cut on the stem worked for me most of the time. Aloevera is a good fertilizer and we can use it to soak the cuttings initially. Some plants root easily without help of natural or synthetic hormones. For hard to root plants, rooting hormone from nursery is mandatory.
I've done the Aloe vera but never tried any of others! This is great wr cant denied the scientific proof you have provided! Cheers
Very cool. Did you have good results while using aloe Vera?
the scientific rigour in this has me extremely impressed. the last video I needed to watch on the topic! 🌱🙌
Thrilled to hear it, thanks!! 🙏🙏🫶🏻
Thank you so much for this. I hate people who pass on folklore tales as advice. Real knowledge is best. You save me weeks or months of testing.
Thrilled to hear it, thanks
You shouldnt believe unless the same person shows you the results. There are plenty of such kind of people on youtube who make fake videos and cheat in the background.
What a great myth buster ! awesome work man ... love it !
Always learning from this channel - you ROCK! No nonsense, just straight up info. Thanks!
Thanks as always for the support, Scaredy!!
Yes 👍 👍
I came to this video not knowing what to expect but holy Toledo my guy, your scientific method use was great. Thanks for this great video!
Super appreciated!
this is exactly the video i was looking for, awesome video.
I had phenomenal results using aloes for air layering... Also had partial success rooting woody passion fruit cuttings in water with aloes...
You're supposed to dilute aloe vera gel with 10 parts water elsewise it has adverse effects.
Thanks for doing the working of testing these, and for reminding us that what's on the internet is not always useful, we need to use discernment.
Love it. No bs talk. You have a new fan
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Thank you so much for your information. you are the professor of plants sir. I just applied cinnnamon powders all around my stems and weak trees
Spring Willow bark in a blender with kelp meal infused with honey. Skip the kelp meal to save money. Grow willow trees and raise bees and you have sustainable rooting hormone. You don’t even need the honey if you use it fresh but I need it in fall but the willow bark is better when harvested in spring so the honey is a preserving agent.
Thank you so much for this. Please do a summary at the end of these test👍
Aloe is all I use on my cuttings and it works like a gem never had any issues so far…. Like your one user said different plants like different things something’s may work better on others than some but thanks for the video informative
Thank you for your genuine interest in finding proof❤
This is an excellent video! Thank you for a clean comparison without too much fluff.
Thank you. Your research Is very informative.
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Love this! I just moved overseas and I can't get rooting hormone in my area. Thank you so much for doing this testing!! I was wondering about all the sketchy DIY videos. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🙏🙏 best of luck propagating!
Thanks much for taking the time and making the effort to test these items! I'm going to try the cinnamon to root clematis! One thing I question though is that you appear to have used enteric coated aspirin, which might mess with your results. All sites I've seen recommending the use of ASA specify to use non-enteric coated sources. I'm wondering if the coating - a substance meant to withstand stomach acid! - might have been the problem!
Thanks Jane! You might be on to something with the enteric coating. I hadn’t seen that detail when originally seeing aspirin mentioned as a rooting agent, but a couple people have said that here in the comments. Would be worth another test next time I’ve got some cuttings!
well at least the plants you treated with asprin didn't have a headache.
cant say the same for the other ones.
Good sense of humour.
I love the fact you tried things (expirimented) before saying are they true or false
🫶🏻🫶🏻 i wish more people would do the same!! The video blindly promoting these options with no testing or proof has over 9 milli views lololol
Love the experimental approach. Thank you for sharing.
I just wanna say I really appreciate this video, esp the true and tested method so we actually know what works!
Thanks for the support!
Saliva works just not for cuttings. saliva works for grafting. If you take a cutting and put it in your mouth right after taking it. It keeps the cutting end from drying out long enough to graft it in place. But no saliva won't work on cuttings. cuttings need to harden off not stay open. Also some of your testing is faulty as to how they are being done. Aloe, honey, and cinnamon are commonly used together. because they have different property's. cinnamon=fungal protection, honey is kinda like plant food, And aloe is actually contrary to popular opinion more to prevent disease. None are actually a rooting hormone. Until you add some thing most people don't have available. Water from soaking weeping willow branch cuttings for the hormone the trees create naturally or some other plant that creates an abundances of growth hormones.. Even onions can be used. But mostly for pests that like attack cuttings. because onions produce a toxin. Your test is faulty because of how your using each. Your trying to put every thing in a nice little box, But you have no concept of how each is being used. But yes a lot of videos have bad information. like one seen other day, sugar, baking soda, and vinegar. fermented. basically had nothing to ferment because no yeast or fruit were added. so basically was PH neutral sugar water. Most people don't have any thing in their homes to use as a rooting hormone. But most people do in their back yards. In most cases its the weed or vine that grows out of control and anchors itself to every thing around. Some thing most people don't know is worm castings have auxins rooting hormones.
That “helllll no!” on the aspirin almost made me spit my beer out 😂
I appreciate this info, subscribed to your channel. So many youtube channels claim each & every single diy method will work, but they never supply us with actual evidence on how effective each method is.
I'm extremely skeptical about the aspirin method, it always looks like people glued roots on to the aspirin treated plant trimmings 😂😂😂
Thanks for doing the work man. Here's another method: if you have an established freshwater aquarium and the pH is decent, stick cuttings in the filter or prop them up with the cut in the circulating water. A little light above the cuts. Works great! (With no additional nutrients)
Great tip thanks for sharing! Aeration definitely helps speed things up
Man, those “tap water controls” are always winning over the “treated”. Makes me wonder what the hell is in your tap water. I’ve always heard and even read a few things about pharmaceuticals being in tap water. It would be cool to see you test that next. Lol 😄👍🏼
I think most of the 'treatments' are just internet myths.. but its a good question!
Most plants have rooting hormone at their nodes. Sterile water allows them to grow without any disease getting into the water ... I use willow water which works. Really well most of the time but sometimes if the water isn't sterile or boiled and then cooled it will get some fermentation ...or if I don't remove the willow leaves after making the water. It works amazingly well on most things but you have to also have the node all the hormone can do is signal the node to create roots rather than a branch or leaf. If the node isn't there it won't work.
You are supposed to use the gel of the aloe plant brother like you stated. You scooped maybe one tablespoon or less worth of gel which isn't enough. The aloe cutting should be pretty juice and be big enough to have a decent amount of gel, not as small as the one you used. You scrape the gel out then blend it with a small amount of water/enough to make it just a bit less viscous, like a goopy liquid, then you dip the clone in that blended gel and coat it nicely. From there just plant it directly into a cloning tray or jiffy puck etc. It does work!
Did you try combining honey with cinnamon? Would be interesting to
see if it works better
EDIT: I tried it myself, and it didn't work. Cinnamon alone worked best for me
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!
This should have more view. so helpful
Now you have a bunch of tomatoe plants ❤ I am really jealous. Thanks for the video I am super excited to try this.
Very good . The question would be did you need a bigger control group with a variety of plants. Do all plants require the exact same thing to root or is it possible that some rooting agents may work better than others on certain plants
Bigger samples will always better and trying multiple plants would be very interesting to see as well. Couldn’t agree more
you deserve infinite subscribers, thnx sooo much for all your help
Thanks buddy really appreciate it!!
Hey, i know this is old, but for the aloe vera, the process is about 120g blended into a gallon of water (typically pour water out the gallon to 8 oz, blend, strain and pour back in). Soak the cuttings in this solution for ~24 hours and then continue with your cloning method. This allows time for the plant to absorb the nutrient solution which contains the hormones (as well as aminos, and macro/micronutrients).
Thanks for sharing that! More work than a quick honey/cinnamon dip but great to hear its possible
As per my experience the cutting should be dipped in aloevera solution for a day before putting it in soil. Even in plain water it works. I was going to throw out my banyan bonsai cuttings after giving it hard pruning. Then decided to try out rooting just out of curiosity. I let the cuttings dry out for 2 days and just soaked them in water for a day. The cuttings which looked dry absorbed water and became green with life energy. Then planted them in organic soil. Within few days leaves started to sprout. Perhaps rooting has started and i'm going to leave it there so that plant establishes itself in the soil before i plan to shift it elsewhere.
I had basil in water some years ago and when they hadn't gotten roots after a week or so I got worried.. Found a video about rooting hormones and tried saliva for fun, next day there were roots!
It could've been something else at work and Idk what in that case, maybe the roots craved oxygen or something (I'm no good at plants idk).
Would be interesting tho if different species reacted to different things, for ex. cinnamon works well on tomato but not on basil, and saliva works well on basil but not tomato. I'm not saying this is the case but it would be interesting if it was.
(1) The cuttings should be planted in soil. Putting them in water dilutes and washes off whatever you apply to the ends.
(2) Honey worked because its stickiness helped it to stay on the end longer despite being in water.
(3) Cinnamon powder worked because some of the fine powder will still cling to the cutting even if you put it in water.
(4) It is the clear, slimy, sticky aloe vera gel which should be used, and not the watery greenish liquid.
(5) Putting the cutting in a solution which may be too strong will either cause water to be drawn out of the plant or cause the plant to stop absorbing potentially toxic water, leading to plant wilting, brown leaf ends and/or stunted growth.
(6) The cutting should be just dunked in the diluted vinegar water and then planted in soil, and not left in the vinegar water. Vinegar is a natural, home remedy weedkiller.
(7) It helps if you leave the rooting substance on the cut end for a few minutes before planting the cutting in soil.
Excellent Content. Love the data-driven approach!!!
The answer is potentially depending on the oral routine. Ie if you brush your teeth twice a day then no it will not promote plant growth, if you brush it once a week then yes, if you eat fruits or vegetables there would be a higher chance as the mouth contains pgpm/ plant growth promoting microorganisms which can be found in the mouth.
Would love to see you prove that out 😂😂😂
Thank you for doing these experiments for us!
have you tried mixing the cinnamon with the honey?
If you lick a stem, make sure it is not a poisonous plant...
Important tip 😂
What if you combine aloe honey and cinnamon? I hear that works
Thank you, what about soil directly? I mean should I root in water first or I can just plant cuttings in soil and it will root there. Thanks
some people go straight into soil. It's relatively reliable. I typically do water then move to dirt when roots are a couple inches long/
“Does it work?” 😎
Nice test trials. Informative. Simple.
I really appreciate this video 👍👍 great job
I am self thought and learned about the aloe vera early on and have only cloned with aloe vera for the last two years with great success I might post a video about it on my channel to see what type of reviews I get
I am super stoked to see that the cinnamon works for you and will be trying that in the future because this is the first time I have ever heard of it
Would love to see how you’re using the aloe Vera and how it compares to some controls. I was surprised I didn’t have better results using the aloe and would love to see more testing in it
Yes definitely the next time I do clones I will make a video on my process but I did notice his aloe vera looked different from mine and my aloe vera is very jelly juicy in the middle I can take the stem and just stick it right down into the aloe plant all nice and covered
@@johnnyrodz8768 there are lots of different aloe varietys - maybe some are better for rooting plantts than others - also may depend on the plant type.
Fantastic. Thank you so much for Testing and spreading truth!
Appreciated!! Thats the goal! 🙏🫶🏻🫶🏻
the best video on this subject, thanks
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Subscribed, very straightforward and different from other UA-camrs.🎉
I really appreciate this video and it's perfect timing just before I'm about to propagate some things. With many things, I just root in water or directly in soil, but I have had good luck with cinnamon. I figure, too, it doesn't hurt that cinnamon's a pretty good repellent for various pests from insects to rodents.
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Just now (end of January) took some cuttings from thornless blackberries and blueberries to try and root (I'm tired of winter). Can't find my store bought rooting hormone, so was looking on the web for substitutes. Came across your video after reading a lot of "THIS WORKS" on the net. But you showed what did work and what didn't. Going to mix honey and cinnamon and apply to half, just plain water for the other half, see what happens Thanks
Best of luck Fred!
What happened?
@@autumnleaves2294 Nothing rooted, in any of my jars
I grow thornless blackberries. Take root cuttings. Snip a root near the trunk at ground level. Carefully dig up the roots leading from where you cut. Plant in slightly acidic soil or mix. You'll have a vigorous plant before too long. Much luck to you! 🤞
Great video!
How do you keep the cinnamon on the stem once you place in the water?
What I was wondering, too.
This video as well put together good job . Facts tests and individual results .
Awesome video!!🎉 thank you for your excellent experiment documentation
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Thank you for conducting these tests! Love the wallpaper behind you, where did you buy it??
My wife painted the wall! 😄 i'll tell her you liked it!
Just found and subscribed. Thanks for testing and sharing. Not many do.
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What kind of cinnamon did you use? There is different kinds of cinnamon. Was it organic also?
And Thank you so much for your video. I just watched a different one that had most of them in it but did not show results!
Super appreciated! Unfortunately the video with misinformation and no proof has 8+ million views 😂
The cinnamon i used was organic. It was labeled 'Vietnamese cinnamon'. I would guess that most cinnamons would work, but have only tested 1 or 2. Best of luck!
Been looking for a minute for this video thank youuuu
Wow thank you so much for your time and your explanation! I have a lot of raw Honey and cinnamon at home.
but I have a question can I dilute the cinnamon with water for the root stimulation?
I just did a honey and cinnamon dip before watching this, hopefully it works... I did add an aspirin tablet into the water... but we shall see. Thanks
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thank you very much my friend and yes you help because you read my mind.Thanks again for the info stay strong and bring more
Thanks as always for the support Vasileios! 🙏🙏
@@JimmyBHarvests thank you for the info my friend knowledge means power for me and now i know that honey and cinamon are good substitute for roots.Stay strong you do great job
For the honey, you put too little honey on the water, when honey is less than 15% you'll have microorganisms grow like bacteria or mold, put more honey and show the results! Honey is a natural antibiotic, we use it a lot when growing mushroom, specifically on liquid cultures. You're welcome ;-)
I'm also curious about different varieties of honey would work, specifically manuka. But as I only have a bit left and I use it to make me skin care regimen, I won't be using it for rooting experiments until I've obtained more.
Many thanks from Greece!
Thanks for being straightforward
VERY cool experiment and thanks for sharing!
My pleasure bro, thanks for the kind words!
That was good! Thank you
Funny thing, I just made a comment online about Aloe Vera. It actually has to do with the large plant I have growing in a pot on my patio. It's only been there for maybe 6 months. But as anyone knows, Aloe grows really big quickly.
I grow a ton of succulent plants on my patios, and on my lighted plant shelf. So I have experience with a lot of different varieties of plants and how they grow. I was really shocked to see that all the different varieties of plants that I put in with the aloe vera are growing about 10 times as healthy and quickly than any other method of planting. I commented online that the aloe vera was possibly giving off something that made the other plants grow really well. And it's not that the larger pot gets better light or better water or anything like that. I don't really know what the answer is. More soil? That doesn't usually work with my little succulents. The more soil you get, than the less moisture they have to pull from with their small roots.
It's just really shocking every time I go out there and look at the plants that are thriving and taking over the aloe pot. In the 2 years I've been collecting and cultivating at heavy volume, I've never seen anything like it. It makes me want to experiment and grow more plants next to the aloe.
Very interesting!! Sounds like some more experiments are in your future- keep us posted!
sorry i dont understand.
did you cut off the aloe and smeared it on the cutting edge of the plants to root ?
or did you just put the plants into the soil in the pot where the aloe plant is growing???
please be more specific on how you did it - thanks.
Succulents do not need any rooting hormone since they evolved to consume less water. They can absorb water from any source for survival, so they have tendency to root quickly even if you place them over the soil. I had kept aloevera plant on a pot of other plant and forgot to put it into the soil. After a month when i remembered the plant grew in size along with huge roots going into the soil.
THIS is the video I wanted to find
Thank you so much for this!!
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Thanks for this video man helps so much
Thanks for sharing, thrilled to hear it!
One issue: what was the cinnamon used? - cassia cinnamon (Chinese cinnamon) or Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) as the first one contains much more toxic coumarin. This would be a nice comparison if this coumarin has something to do
Thanks for sharing! I'll have to dig into those details as I'm not sure of the coumarin effect
The bottle in the video says vietnamese cinnamon
Thank you! I'm a new plant onwer, and your tips are awesome
Finally all the truth in one place.
THANKS. THANKS !!
Love all your videos! Keep it going amigo!
Thanks! 🙏😁
Love your video! I assumed the saliva test would include hocking some major loogies into the water instead of just a quick lick. Have you tried using more saliva?
Awesome video bro thanks for clearing that up helped me out big time. Saved me a lot a time. Excellent job.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
nice work mate
Straightforward, much thanks! :)
Natural rooting hormone
for best results were the
Raw Honey 🍯 dip stems in
Cinnamon just dip stems in
Water 💦 just dip stems in
What was the time frame for stems in each rooting hormone listed?
Wow thank you. Best video
Amazing video ❤
After applying aloevera gel for how many days the cutting is required to be kept in water
Thank you for doing this
ohhhh want to try dipping in honey - THEN cinnamon.... I wonder if both would be good
Internet chatter would say it is but I haven't tested personally
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I'm new to gardening and I have tried many methods, 😥😥mostly failed. I have a few questions...
- what treatment did you do to the cut/ exposed end prior to propagating?
- how often do you change the water? Even to your control cutting.
- where do you place the cuttings when propagating?
🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thank you again 😊
If you hav a fresh water aquarium stick your cuttings in the filter or prop them up with the cuts about an inch deep. Works great. Or aerated compost tea. Time an a clean area and cutting are vital. Much luck 🤞
Bruh this guy is a life saver 🎉
In my country we have plenty of willow trees, they say, that if use branches and extract it, then you can get luquid root hormon, can you try it?
Beginner gardener here. I understand the propagations with cinnamon were placed directly in soil ?
You can go direct into soil. I prefer water first until toots are 5cm + then soil
Have you tried turmeric?