Is keiki paste the same as rooting hormone?
Keiki paste is often confused with rooting hormone. Keiki paste contains the plant hormone cytokinin and is used to stimulate shoot growth on stems or shrub cuttings, while products with rooting hormone contain the root-promoting hormone, auxin.
What is in crazy keiki paste?
Keiki cloning paste contains a hormone called cytokinin that encourages cell division. In addition, lanolin is used as a carrier medium to hold the plant hormone cytokinin and for easy application onto the plant. The lanolin gives the Keiki Cloning Paste, aa the name suggests, a paste-like consistency.
What hormone is in keiki paste?
cytokin hormone
Keiki paste is a cytokin hormone. It induces growth in the node of the plant. Cytokin is not the same as what’s in pastes or powders made for root growth, they contain a hormone called auxins.
Can you make your own keiki paste?
To make a small amount of keiki paste, warm 1 gram of lanolin in a small glass container. Sprinkle 1 milligram of BAP powder over the lanolin and mix the two ingredients thoroughly with a long toothpick or bamboo skewer. Apply the keiki paste one week after the last flower on the spike opens.
How long does it take for keiki paste to work?
It takes a few weeks before the paste starts working. After a couple of weeks you should begin to see some growth. Sometimes I’ll carefully take a toothpick to push aside the paste and see if something is growing! A baby keiki should be left on the mother orchid until 2 to 3 roots grow 1/2 inch long.
Can I make my own keiki paste?
Keiki paste is 1 part of a chemical called 6-BenzylAminoPurine (as cytokinin hormone) mixed in 1000 parts of lanolin (as carrier). The recipe is simple and can be made at home, but one should be aware of the risks involved and take necessary precautions when handling the chemical.
How do I use keiki orchid paste?
To propagate orchids with keiki paste, using a sterile blade, make a shallow cut on a node, or little bump, on the orchid flower stalk and apply the keiki paste. For best results, choose the node that is closest to the base of the orchid. Next, using a Q-tip spread a small amount of keiki paste to the node.
What can be used instead of Keiki paste?
Instead of making a keiki paste, some people consider using coconut water as a replacement. They dip some sphagnum moss in some coconut water and then wrap it around a growth node on a spike. Indeed, there is cytokinin in coconut water (not coconut milk) which is the liquid endosperm.
How does Keiki cloning paste work?
Keiki paste includes several different cytokinin hormones that promote cell division and are added to lanolin which won’t wash off while watering. When you add it to an orchid node the node will typically (but not always) result in a keiki which is an exact clone of the mother orchid or a new flower stalk.