rooting hormone

could you please suggest an efficient rooting hormone and where do I find it (or how to make one at home)? Thanks / In this instance it is for carnations

 

I just get mine from the garden centre, when my Grandad did carmations he just put them in a glass of water and they easily rooted with out any rooting powder, Now your going to laugh at this he also used custard powder, that worked very well

 

I' ll start with the custard powder, which is more familiar

 

Two old timers;

Honey. Just put the end of the cutting in a honey mixture (one teaspoon of honey added to 100ml of freshly boiled water then cooled) for a few hours and then pop it into the soil. Worked well for me. Honey has no hormonal advantages but it has antibacterial qualities, many of the amini acids for life and is stuffed full of sugars which may give the cuttings a boost.

Willow water. Not tried it but there are recipes on the net for this. Aspirin is derived from willow and I've heard this mentioned as well.

 

Vinegar, but not sure on the dilution

Can you still buy rooting powder????

Only ever used it because it contained Captan, a fungicide to stop rooting.
Then they banned Captan so couldn't see the point anymore.