Bonide ll Bontone Rooting Powder

Bonide ll Bontone Rooting Powder, manufactured by Bonide, is a standout powdered rooting hormone specially designed to help cuttings and transplants for houseplants, ornamentals, vegetables, and other plants to grow strong, healthy roots thus improving plant survival.

The powder contains indole-3-butyric acid, a potent rooting hormone that accelerates the development of strong, healthy roots. This ensures your cuttings take root quickly and effectively. A little goes a long way! This rooting powder is highly concentrated, so even a small container lasts for multiple propagation projects, making it an economical choice for gardeners.

Bonide ll Bontone Rooting Powder is a convenient plant growth hormone powder that helps boost plant propagation success rates, even for plants that are typically difficult to propagate. Using the product during transplanting minimizes stress on plants, helping them adapt to their new environment more quickly.

Tools Needed

No additional application tools are needed.

How to Use

• Step 1: Take cuttings from a vigorous healthy plant. Remove any leaves or flowers at the base of the cutting. 
• Step 2: Stir cut ends in this product. For general treatment of seeds, bulbs, corms, and roots of ornamental plants: Place this product and bulbs, corms or roots into a sealed bag or container. Shake well to deposit a light coating. 1 1/4 ounces of this product should treat approximately 2,800 average cuttings.
• Step 3: Plant treated cuttings in a rooting medium such as potting soil. Mist regularly.

Where to Use

Bonide ll Bontone Rooting Powder can be used on a variety of plant cuttings, including woody, herbaceous, and flowering ornamental species, vegetables, fruit trees and small fruits. Also use for general treatment of bulb, roots, and corms.

This product is ideal for the rooting treatment of many houseplants and Azaleas (evergreen types), Chrysanthemums, Chinese Evergreens, Dieffenbachia, Draceanas, Geraniums, Hydrangeas, Ivy, Lantanas, Pandanus, Veitchi, Pachysandra, Peperomias, Philodendron, Poinsettias, Pothos, and a wide range of other plants.

When to Use

Apply when you are cutting, dipping, or transplanting listed foliage. 

Keep rooting medium moderately moist until roots are established. Treated cuttings should not have less than 60 degrees Fahrenheit Temperature.

Safety Information

Bonide ll Bontone Rooting Powder is safe to use around children and pets when applied according to the product label instructions. Always wear the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling and applying this product. 

Special Considerations

This product is not a replacement for regular fertilizers.