even coat is desirable. After spraying a leaf, beading
and excessive runoff from the leaf would indicate
that more concentrated Anti-Wilt should be added to
the sprayer before spraying the entire
plant. Transplant cuttings when
roots first start to emerge from
Rockwool/grow cubes.
***Use pesticides only
when you need them as
insects will quickly become
immune to their effects. While
Anti-Wilt is not a pesticide,
when a good coating on the plant
is obtained it will block
out mold, mildew, insects and viruses
when bringing cuttings into your
growing area from
a foreign place.
If you use a clear
plastic dome over
the cuttings, cut air
vent holes in the top
and sides for good convection ventilation. Unlike other
anti-transpirants, Vita Grow Anti Wilt has a pleasant smell and our superior formula allows for full
gas transfer from the leaves with no phytotoxic
(poisonous) effects to the plants.
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All water sources can benefit
from Vita Grow Water Conditioner. Natural compounds
help keep plant foods soluble.
Vita Grow plant food is
simply a superior product. It
is a complete professional
formula for hydroponics and
soil. You consistently get
great results! Easy to use!
Vita Grow Thunder Bloom
Foliar Spray!
Enjoy lovely and colorful
blooms. Natural elements
enter the plant through the
leaves. Easy to Use!
Vita Grow pH Up and pH
Down offer great quality
at a fair price. Strong and
effective but gentle to plant
roots. Dilute 3 parts water
to 1 part concentrate for
best results.
CWP Instruments calibration solutions for pH and
EC equipment is laboratory
tested to insure quality control in every batch made. You
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Successful
Propagation
Taking Cuttings/Clones Indoors
Explanation in brief
Vita Grow RTU Rooting Compound’s unique
hormone formula takes only five seconds to enter
the plant’s vascular system! On the sixth second it’s
helping the cutting to make healthy new roots. It will
not contaminate cloning machines like gel/jelly rooting products can. Why? Because it has no organics
added that will breed bacteria in plastic pipe, buckets, pots and sprayers. It also sterilizes the dipped
stem and blocks out bad bacteria, fungus and viruses
in the initial planting. Unsurpassed in its performance, Vita Grow RTU Rooting Compound works
where other products would fail!
Thermometer
70ºF will take longer to root. Water temperatures above
80ºF have reduced oxygen levels.
Make sure the cuttings/clones growing media
remains moist but not soggy with no more than 150
ppm of an aerated full spectrum nutrient or a Microbial
Infusion™ solution. Never let the cuttings stand in
water or nutrient unless it is in a aerated cloning
machine. Always let the growing media drain.
Cuttings need a cool and bright source of light.
Your best light source is generally considered to be as
much 3000 Kelvin fluorescent light close to the cuttings as possible. However, metal halide light will work
well if the lamp does not overheat the cuttings growing
media. Light sources above the cuttings should not be
used for heating the growing media.
Dip
to
Here
Heating Mat
Prepare a place to plant the cuttings. Wipe the
area, cloners and containers down with a food safe
detergent and water. Then rinse thoroughly. A tray
designed to hold a sheet of Rockwool, starter cubes/
plugs or small plastic pots is most desirable. Follow
cloning machines directions.
If you have decided to use soil, make sure it is
moist from a quarter strength bloom fertilizer solution, but not soggy wet. Most soils will benefit from
the addition of Perlite. The ratio of 50% Perlite to
50% soil will add air and make it easier for roots
to penetrate and travel. If using Rockwool, let the
Rockwool stand in a double strength bloom fertilizer
solution overnight and rinse the cube the next day
with a quarter strength bloom fertilizer before placing cuttings. This will condition the Rockwool.
Before taking any cuttings, place a small thermometer in the soil, rooter cube, Rockwool or cloning machine to make sure the growing media/nutrient/water (not air) temperature is between 70ºF and
80ºF. If it’s not, make it so. Clones/cuttings placed in
a growing media temperature above 80ºF or below
In the spirit of good
science, you might try
some variations to the
aforementioned 45° cut.
Make a slight scrape or
wound along the cutting’s
stem using sterile snips
or knife. Or try making a
¼ inch slice up the stem
(pictured above) just before immersing in the rooting compound. Doing one or both may be helpful in
promoting faster root growth. Log your experiment.
While it is not mandatory, some Master Gardeners
experiment with slicing Rockwool cubes or Coco peat
rooter cubes on the bottom to allow roots an easier exit
from the cube and greater atmosphere holding capability. If you decide to try it, make your slices from the
bottom of the cube to a point ¾ of the way up. Two
to four slices are the accepted practice but you can try
more. Now turn the cube over and push a sterile object
through cubes center from top down. This will make
room to insert the cutting’s stem. Try some with and
without slices. Write down everything you do and log
your results.
Take a cutting from new growth
Node
if possible. Snip off the cutting
from the plant at a 45 degree angle.
Carefully cut the leaf stem and allow
at least one node to remain on the
main stem of the cutting. Stem length
can vary as needed.
Submerge the cutting’s stem and nodes into the
rooting compound for 3 to 5 seconds. The above
picture shows the stem and nodes being completely
submerged into the Vita Grow RTU compound.
NOW Block Out Mold, Insects and
Viruses Plus Help to Stop Wilt!
Spray on Vita
Grow Anti-Wilt to the
top and bottom of the
cuttings leaf surfaces
and insert the stem into
the prepared growing medium. The Vita
Grow Anti-Wilt formula will reduce water loss. The
label directions are approximate. How much water
to add to the concentrated Anti-Wilt depends on
how well the diluted Anti-Wilt coats the leaves. An
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