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Thu, May 24, 12 at 15:12
| I have the little bottle of powdered root stimulator. I'm wondering how the liquid quart or pint bottles work and what its made of. I bought some bigger brunnera and lupine plants from a neighbor and they are doing poorly. They didn't have much of a root ball with them, pretty much bare root and they are bigger plants. I should have used the liquid root stimulator on them.
I've read about using willow water, but I'm not near any willow. Has this worked well for any of you? Thanks in advance |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 19:51
| Depends on the specific product but by and large, no :-) Most contain some sort of growth hormone, some have B1 and other nondisclosed and rather mysterious additives (that may or may not do anything) and some are just a root booster fertilizer with a higher concentration of phosphorus, often sold as a 'starter' fertilizer.Of any of these I would opt for the starter fert first |
Here is a link that might be useful: root stimulators - fact or fiction
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