Author Topic: Heard of the raw egg rooting method?  (Read 2292 times)

darkcoolboo

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Heard of the raw egg rooting method?
« on: March 24, 2017, 01:36:15 AM »
I was looking up ways to root plumeria cuttings, when I found a strange method. Basically, you bury a raw egg in a pot and then a cutting on top of it.

  http://www.trumpetflowers.com/experiments/egg-versus-rooting-hormone-plant-propagation.htm

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Re: Heard of the raw egg rooting method?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2017, 08:42:00 AM »
Never heard of that, but for plumeria I don't know why you'd need it. Plumeria grow great from cuttings with or without hormones. Just don't give them too much water until they root.

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Re: Heard of the raw egg rooting method?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2017, 06:39:08 PM »
I leave plumeria wounds to air dry before planting them.

What's with these weird rooting methods people are using? First potato and now raw egg, lol. Try it and let us know. Thanks for finding this.

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Re: Heard of the raw egg rooting method?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 07:04:34 PM »
Somebody needs to come up with something totally wacky, proclaim it works like a miracle, and see how many people try it.  Could be fun!

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Re: Heard of the raw egg rooting method?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2017, 07:48:40 PM »
Somebody needs to come up with something totally wacky, proclaim it works like a miracle, and see how many people try it.  Could be fun!

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