The team I work with in Haiti has been experiementing with asexual propagation of Pigeon Pea. Wilt diseases of pigeon pea have become more prevalent and the availability of disease resistant seed sources is non-existent, so the PHF team has been taking cuttings from a known disease resistant variety.
The have good success with taking terminal 8" cuttings with a rooting hormone dip- also used for propgating citrus rootstocks. Unfortunately, they have not had any success without using rooting hormone
The issue is that rooting hormone is not readily available and due to the political crisis that prevents shipping anything or traveling in country they are alooking for alternatives.
Unverified reports have suggested aloe vera or watered down honey may act as a rooting agent. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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