>On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:50:49 -0400, kdsexton@no-spamsc.rr.com wrote:
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>>I've also been meaning to ask- my grandfather did a lot of grafting,
>>and I would watch him. He used to dip the end of the part he was
>>grafting into some white powdery stuff he got at the nursery. This
>>was in the early 1960's. He told me what it was, but of course, I
>>can't remember. He used this white powder to graft roses, also, and
>>made beautiful varigated carnations with the same method. Anyone have
>>any idea what the substance was?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Karen
>>

> That could have been Rootone, or one of the other brands of root
>stimulators.

>
>
>I've also been meaning to ask- my grandfather did a lot of grafting,
>and I would watch him. He used to dip the end of the part he was
>grafting into some white powdery stuff he got at the nursery. This
>was in the early 1960's. He told me what it was, but of course, I
>can't remember. He used this white powder to graft roses, also, and
>made beautiful varigated carnations with the same method. Anyone have
>any idea what the substance was?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Karen
>