Hortus USA: Rates-Spray Drip Down and Total Immerse Methods

Spray Drip Down and Total Immerse Methods: Selected Rates
Rates

Rates shown are for Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts. Use the Conversion Chart to use Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets. Plant cuttings vary in quality. Trial rates shown are from specific lots under the growers particular faculty and environmental controls. Your growing facility and plant lots are different; always perform your own trials for your plants and facility.

RATES FOR CUTTING TYPES	HORTUS IBA WATER SOLUBLE SALTS (ppm IBA)	RHIZOPON AA WATER SOLUBLE TABLETS (tablets/liter water)
Soft perennial cuttings Annual cuttings	50-500	1-10
Herbaceous cuttings Woody ornamental cuttings	500-1500 750-1500	10-20 * 15-20 *
* Above 20 Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets per liter, 1000 ppm water soluble IBA, use Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts. Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet conversion: 50 ppm IBA = 1 Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet per liter water 500 ppm IBA = 10 Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet per liter water 750 ppm IBA = 15 Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet per liter water 1000 ppm IBA = 20 Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablet per liter water

Typical ANNUAL PLANTS propagated by the Spray Drip Down and Total Immerse Methods
(ppm IBA AS HORTUS IBS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS)

Pelargonium geranium, sp. like "Balcon” 50-100 ppm, zonale 200-300 ppm, peltatum 300-400 ppm
Impatient New Guinea 15-50 ppm
Fuchsia 15-50 ppm
Petunia sp 150-200 ppm some colors 200-300 ppm
Osteospermum 150-200 ppm, also: Rhizopon AA #2 and #3
Verbena 200-300 ppm, also: Rhizopon AA #2 and #3
Poinsettia 25-100 ppm

Typical PERENNIAL PLANTS propagated by the Spray Drip Down and Total Immerse Methods
(ppm IBA AS HORTUS IBS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS)

A, B, C	Abutilon 750 Achillea up to 1000 Actinidia, Arctic Beauty 1000 Ajuga up to 1000 Amsonia 1500 Anisodontea, Tara's Pink 750 Antennaria up to 750 Anthemis 1000 Arabis, Variegata 500 Arctostaphylos 500 Armeria 1000 Artemisia up to 500	Baptisia 3500 Basil, Kasar 500 Buddleia 1000	Calamintha, Variegata 500 Callicarpa 500 Campanula 500-1000 Caryopteris 1000 Ceanothus 500 Ceratostigma 1500 Chrysanthemum 500-1000 Chrysogonum 750 Cistus 750 Clematis 1000 Clethra 1000 Coleonema 750 Convolvulus 750 Coreopsis 500-1000 Correa 500 Cosmos 1000 Cotoneaster, Coral Beauty 500
D, E. F, G	Delosperma 1000	Erigeron 750-1000 Erodium, Dark Eyes 750 Erysimum 750 Escallonia, Compacta 500 Eupatorium 500 Euphorbia 1000	Gaillardia 500 Galium, Sweet Woodruff 1500 Geranium 1000 Geum, Rivale 1000 Gypsophila, Viette's Dwrf 1000
H, I, J, K	Hedera 1000 Helenium 500 Helianthemum 2000 Helianthus 1000 Helichrysum 500-1000 Heliopsis 1000 Hypericum 1000 Hyssop, Pink Delight 500	Iberis 1000 Itea, Little Henry 1000	Kerria 1000
L, M, N	Lamiastrum, Herman Pride 1000 Lamium up to 1000 Lavandula 1000 Leptospermum 500 Linaria 500 Lithodora 2000 Lonicera 1000 Lychnis 1000	Marjoram, Compactum 500 Melissa up to 500 Mentha 500	Nepeta 500
O. P, Q, R	Oenanthe 500 Origanum 500-750	Paxistima, Canbyi 1000 Penstemon 500 Persicaria up to 1000 Phlox 1000 Phygelius 750 Poinsettia 500-1000 Polemonium, Bressingham Purple 1000 Prunella, Loveliness 750	Rosmarinus 500 Rudbeckia 750 Ruellia 1000
S, T, U, V	Salvia 500-1000 Santolina 500 Saponaria 1000 Saxifraga 750 Scabiosa 1000 Silene 500 Solly, Boddy’s Choice 750 Spilanthes 500 Spiraea 1000 Spiraea, Gold Flame, Magic Carpet, Neon Flash 4000 Stachys 1000 Stevia, rebaudiana 500	Teucrium 1000	Verbascum 1000 Verbena 750 Vinca 1000 Viola 1500 Vitex 1000
W, X, Y, Z	Waldsteinia 1000 Weigela 1000 Westringia 750

Typical WOODY ORNAMENTAL PLANTS Propagated by the Spray Drip Down and Total Immerse Methods
(ppm IBA AS HORTUS IBS WATER SOLUBLE SALTS)

Acer 1000-1500
Cotoneaster 500-750
Diervilla, paniculata 500-750
Hydrangea   500-750
Juniperus, horizontalis 1000-1500
Physocarpus, opulifolius 1000-1500
Rhus   500-750
Rosa, varieties 1000-1500
Spirea, Japonica 500-750
Syringa 500-750
Thuja 1500-2000
Viburnum 1000-1500
Weigela   1000-1500

REFERENCES
Rhizopon Rooting Guide. Rhizopon, Hazerswoude, Holland
Yoder Garden Mums and Asters (2008-2009). Yoder Brothers, Barberton OH.
Yoder Handling Un-rooted Perennials (2004). Yoder Brothers, Barberton OH.

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