{"id":2549,"date":"2019-11-07T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-345\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:51:35","slug":"rooting-hormones-and-other-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/rooting-hormones-and-other-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"rooting hormones and other alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the purpose of the chemical in store-brand rooting hormone? I&#8217;d rather not use anything with chemicals when I&#8217;m propagating plants. Are there alternatives?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The chemical in rooting hormone (usually Indole-3-Butyric acid) acts as a growth stimulator. In commercial rooting hormone formulations, it may be combined with fungicide to prevent the development of fungus\/fungal diseases during the rooting process, as is the case with a common brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pesticideinfo.org\/chemical\/PRI5573\">Rootone<\/a>, which contains Thiram (a fungicide). <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/pesticides\/chem_search\/ppls\/091620-00001-20160725.pdf\">The Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> has more information about Indole-3-Butyric acid.<\/p>\n<p>If you would rather not use synthetic rooting hormone, you can skip this stage altogether, or you can try making willow water to encourage rooting instead. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190123014533\/https:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/gardening\/techniques\/how-make-rooting-tonic\">Oregon State University<\/a> (now archived) explains how to make a rooting tonic using willow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the purpose of the chemical in store-brand rooting hormone? I&#8217;d rather not use anything with chemicals when I&#8217;m propagating plants. Are there alternatives? &nbsp; The chemical in rooting hormone (usually Indole-3-Butyric acid) acts as a growth stimulator. In commercial rooting hormone formulations, it may be combined with fungicide to prevent the development of fungus\/fungal diseases during the rooting process, as is the case with a common brand, Rootone, which contains Thiram (a fungicide). The Environmental Protection Agency has&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/rooting-hormones-and-other-alternatives\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">rooting hormones and other alternatives<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[500,121,96,499],"class_list":["post-2549","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-fungicides","keyword-plant-cuttings","keyword-propagation","keyword-rooting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}