Page 12 - Griffin Gazette - June 2023

Improve Your

Propagation with

Hortus IBA Salts

By Tanner Bailey and Karen Stever, Griffin GGSPro Technical Team

PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Griffin is proud to announce a new partnership with Hortus USA. We
are now the Master Distributor for Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts
in the United States. Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts is a dry powder
formulation for liquid rooting hormone applications that stimulate root
formation during vegetative plant propagation. The active ingredient in
this product is Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), a plant growth regulator
that acts with the plant’s natural rooting hormone synthesis to aid in the
generation of new roots. IBA is widely used in the propagation phase of
plant production as it stimulates root development, reduces propagation
time for unrooted cuttings, and improves liner quality and uniformity.

There are many IBA-based rooting hormones on the market. Of these
various options, Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts offers an advantage over
other products, because it has multiple application methods as opposed
to the traditional basal cutting dip into a dry powder or gel formulation.
Hortus IBA Water Soluble Salts is a concentrated powdered formulation
meant to be weighed out using a gram scale, mixed with water, and
applied as a liquid. It has four methods of application: Spray Drip Down,
Quick Dip, Total Immerse, and Basal Long Soak. The “Spray Drip
Down Technique” offers propagators a fast and effective method to apply
a rooting hormone to recently planted cuttings that avoid the piecemeal
work of treating each cutting as it is placed into the propagation tray.

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