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[vicn]

Rootone, rooting hormone, root starter but didn't get any results. I wanted to know if anyone is using any kind of root starter after a repot on a starter tree?

thanks

 

[barrosinc]

Divided opinions, I started a thread about rhizotonic http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/rhizotonic-do-you-use-it.23123/ . Ended up on discussing if they work or not.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

After a repot? No...

Rooting hormones are used in the ABSENCE of any roots. Of the five main families of plant hormones, when we think of roots we are most concerned with AUXINS. Auxins are produced in terminal buds and suppress the growth of side buds and stimulate root growth. They also affect cell elongation (tropism), apical dominance, and fruit drop or retention.

In the case of plant hormones, every species has a different concentration that they will respond to. Too much hormone is worse than not enough - you can burn / kill a plant by applying a concentration that is too strong. When you have the proper concentration (at least in the case of cuttings) you will be rewarded with (1) the formation of a callus and (2) the generation of roots. Applied to established roots, you run the possibility of burning roots that exist, while providing little/no benefit.

 

[vicn]

Okay, my bad. I mixed hormones with stimulators. This type of product is what I'm curious about...sorry
And....since I'm admitting mistakes, not repotting either.....slip potting some new material.

 

[jeremy_norbury]

I chuck mycorrhizae into my soil - does that count?

 

[sorce]

chuck myc

How much myc would a myc Chuck Chuck if a myc Chuck could Chuck myc?

Sorce

 

[barrosinc]

How much myc would a myc Chuck Chuck if a myc Chuck could Chuck myc?

Sorce

Nope! Chuck Testa

 

[M. Frary]

I chuck mycorrhizae into my soil - does that count?

You have it just laying around?

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I chuck mycorrhizae into my soil - does that count?

I use an organic fertilizer that supposedly contains mycorrhizae, but I can't guarantee it does anything...

I have always thought of mycorrhizae like a chicken and egg question. Does the mycorrhizae come first, and the soil becomes better because of its presence and growth? Or are soil conditions perfect to begin with, at which point mycorrhizae occurs naturally?

 

[Eric Group]

I use an organic fertilizer that supposedly contains mycorrhizae, but I can't guarantee it does anything...

I have always thought of mycorrhizae like a chicken and egg question. Does the mycorrhizae come first, and the soil becomes better because of its presence and growth? Or are soil conditions perfect to begin with, at which point mycorrhizae occurs naturally?

Yes