Will it live?

[Paul B]

Nick rooting hormone products are commonly IBA (Indole 3-butyric acid) in a number of configurations. The common one here is Roots powder with three strengths, 1, 2 and 3. They are 1%, 4% and 8% respectively. The higher %, the harder wood plants they are designed for.

 

[Frans]

Works with flowers and cant hurt!

 

[No_Bivy]

still kicken?

 

[TC3]

shall we have a moment of silence for it?

LOL.
I applaud your efforts, Nick. Even if it was only an experiment, that's how 'things' get discovered !
"Not a snowball's chance..." was my prediction, but I held off 'cause it's just negative.
Y'never know, right ?

 

[NickfromWI]

So here it is, April 1...time for an update. Y'all were quite right. After about a day or two of what seemed to be hopeful lushness in the leaves, the branch went into a continual decline. It's off to the compost pile for it now.

Here's what she looks like, as if you can't already imagine...

 

[treelooker]

o well nice while it lasted.

did ya fet to the bottom of pitt's pit yet?

 

[treesandsurf]

"Walnuts (Juglans spp.) are difficult-to-root woody plants"

taken from .... http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13807

Nick, cool experiment none the less. Check out Hartmann's bible of Plant Propagation: http://www.amazon.com/Plant-Propagation-Principles-Practices-6th/dp/0132061031

It's the required textbook in my 420 Plant prop class this semester, great resource.

Your best bet if you really did want to root the Juglans sp. would most likely be through air-layering.

No bivy is on it, you could try and take cuttings from newer growth as they are physiologically younger and thus will dedifferentiate more readily to form roots.

jp

 

[rumination]

It's the required textbook in my 420 Plant prop class this semester...

I see the university is getting more progressive.

 

[inztrees]

I did'nt like it