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by kennyso on August 13, 2006 08:35 AM
I tried to root rose of sharon in water, I've seen a lot of callouse around the cut, but still no roots, I'm changing the water every other day cuz I still see air bubbles on th side of the bottle meaning there is still oxygen in the water.

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by TulsaRose on August 13, 2006 10:02 AM
I usually just stick cuttings in potting soil and let them root there. Some people use the rooting hormone powder to speed things up.

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by gardenfairy on August 13, 2006 11:38 AM
I have gotten mine to root by placing them in water. I would try placing a cutting in potting soil with rooting hormone, or you could try and take one of the lower branches and dig a trench, knick the branch, pull the branch down into the trench cover with dirt and place something like a brick there, when it root just cut it away from the plant. I have successfully rooted azaleas and hydrangeas this way.

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by patches1414 on August 13, 2006 08:22 PM
I'veve never tried to propagate a Tropical Hibiscus, but here's what I did with a Hardy Hibiscus. I used a clean Exacto Knife to cut off about 10" of the new growth, about 1/2" below a set of leaves. I took off all the leaves at the bottom of the cutting, but I left a couple sets of leaves at the top. Then I stuck the bottom part of the cutting in Clonex Rooting Compound (or you can use any rooting hormone) and put it some potting soil. I made sure that at least two of the sets of leaves I cut off were covered by the soil. I kept the soil moistened, but not soaked, and then made sure it didn't get any direct sunlight until after I saw some new leaves sprouting.

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by Longy on August 13, 2006 11:06 PM
As an aside, you can use pure honey as a rooting aid. Beats mucking about with hormone powder.

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by patches1414 on August 13, 2006 11:14 PM
Actually, Longy, the Clonex Rooting Compound is not a powder, [Frown] it is a gel and that's one of the reasons I like it so much. [thumb]

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