ROOT!T

Why ROOT!T

ROOT!T covers the three moments where a cutting is most likely to be lost: the cut itself, the days before roots appear, and the first feed once they do.

Gel at the cut

The Propagation Gel comes in a 150mL bottle with a nozzle, so gel goes onto the stem rather than the stem going into a shared pot — which is how contamination travels through a batch.

Mist while it has no roots

A cutting loses water through its leaves and has no roots to replace it. The 100mL Cutting Mist is applied to the foliage during that window.

First Feed once roots appear

A newly rooted cutting cannot handle a full-strength feed. First Feed at 250mL is formulated for that transition rather than being a diluted grow nutrient.

Insulated mats under heat mats

An insulated underlay stops heat from a propagation mat disappearing into a cold bench or floor, so more of it reaches the root zone and the mat cycles less. The small mat is 350x250mm.

Our ROOT!T range

Liquids: Propagation Gel with nozzle 150mL, Cutting Mist 100mL, and First Feed 250mL.

Plugs: coco coir dry propagation plugs in a 24 cell tray, and 60 plug tray refills.

Heat mat accessories: the small insulated mat at 350x250mm.

Rooting a cutting

1. Cut clean and cut once. A crushed stem roots slowly. Use a sharp sterile blade and change it between mother plants.
2. Apply gel from the bottle, not a shared pot. Decanting what you need keeps the rest of the bottle uncontaminated for the next batch.
3. Humidity, not saturation. Keep the air around the leaves humid and the medium damp — not wet. Waterlogged plugs rot.
4. Wait for roots before feeding. First Feed comes after roots show, not before. Feeding a rootless cutting achieves nothing.
5. Insulate the heat mat. On a concrete floor or a cold bench, much of a heat mat output goes downwards. An insulated underlay puts it back into the tray.

See Propagation Mediums, Propagation Heat Mats or Propagation and Cloning Additives.