A 35 ml dropper bottle of rooting solution for cuttings, in water, soil or LECA.
Taking a cutting is a race. The piece you have removed has no roots and no way of replacing the water it loses through its leaves, so everything depends on how quickly it can put roots out.
Rooting products are the standard way growers try to tilt that race. This one is a liquid rather than a powder, which makes it easy to use with cuttings you are rooting in a jar of water or in LECA, not just in soil.
The label describes it as IBA-enhanced. As with any rooting aid, results vary from cutting to cutting.
Follow the dilution and timings printed on the bottle. In outline, there are two ways to use it:
For cuttings: add the stated amount to water, stand the cut ends in it for the time given on the label, then move the cuttings into water, soil or LECA to root.
For transplants: mix into your watering water and water the root zone in after repotting.
Take cuttings with clean, sharp scissors just below a node, remove the lower leaves so nothing sits in the water, and keep the jar somewhere bright but out of direct sun. Change the water every few days.
Volume: 35 ml per bottle
Form: concentrated liquid, amber coloured, in a dropper bottle
Brand on the label: MIRAVEXL
Described on the label as: an IBA-enhanced rooting formula
Suitable for: cuttings rooted in water, soil or LECA, and for watering in after transplanting
Sold as: 1, 2, 3 or 4 bottles
Use the directions printed on the bottle.
The only difference between the options is how many 35 ml bottles you get. They are the same solution.
One bottle is plenty for a household propagating a few houseplants. The multi-packs make sense if you take cuttings in batches each spring, or if you want to keep one in the potting shed and one indoors.
Since it is a concentrate used a few drops at a time, buying more than you will use in a season is not obviously worthwhile.
A rooting product cannot rescue a poor cutting. Clean tools, a cut just below a node and a healthy parent plant matter more than anything in a bottle.
More is not better. Follow the label rather than increasing the dose.
Different plants root at very different speeds, and some are difficult from cuttings whatever you use.
Store it closed, out of direct sunlight, and away from children and pets.
Can I use it for cuttings in a jar of water?
Yes. It can also be used with soil and LECA. Being a liquid is what makes it more flexible than a rooting powder.
How much do I add?
Follow the dilution printed on the bottle label.
What is IBA?
Indole-3-butyric acid, a rooting compound used widely in propagation products. The label describes this as IBA-enhanced, but no concentration is given.
Will it work on any plant?
We would not put it that way. Some plants root readily from cuttings and some are genuinely difficult, and no rooting product changes that fundamentally.
How long does a bottle last?
It is a 35 ml concentrate used a few drops at a time, so one bottle covers a lot of cuttings for most households.
Why you'll love it
Works in water, not just soil. A liquid suits cuttings in a jar or in LECA, where a rooting powder is awkward.
Drop-by-drop control. A dropper bottle makes a small measured dose easy, which matters with a concentrate.
Two jobs, one bottle. Use it for cuttings and for watering in after a repot.
Taking your first cutting
Propagation looks like a skill and is mostly a habit. Pothos, philodendron, tradescantia and monstera are the usual starting points because they root readily in plain water, and you can watch the whole thing happen through the glass.
Cut just below a node, the small bump where a leaf meets the stem, because that is where roots emerge. Use clean sharp scissors, take a piece with two or three leaves, and strip off anything that would sit below the waterline. A leaf rotting in the jar is the most common reason a cutting fails.
Then put the jar somewhere bright but out of direct sun, and change the water every few days so it stays fresh. Expect a couple of weeks before you see anything, and longer in winter when everything slows down.
Once the roots are an inch or two long you can pot the cutting up. Move it into a small pot rather than a large one, keep the mix damp for the first few weeks while it adjusts, and treat it gently. Water roots are more fragile than soil roots.
A quick guide for your growing space
Heat
A plant under heat stress is already working hard. Treating or feeding a wilted plant in the middle of a hot spell tends to add to the problem. Water first, let it recover, then come back to it.
Humidity
Damp air keeps leaves wet for longer, and that is when fungal trouble gets its chance. Water at the soil rather than over the foliage, and leave room for air to move between pots.
Frost
Growth slows right down when it turns cold and roots take up much less. Most feeding and rooting products are worth pausing until the plant is clearly growing again in spring.
Small spaces
A pot holds a fixed amount of whatever you add to it, with nowhere for the excess to drain away to. Measure rather than eyeball, and flush the mix through with plain water now and then.
