If you can find out what the key ingredient is, you may be able to find it under some cheaper name.

I just use cuttings in water, dipped in rootone/rooting hormone powder - workds great...

Thanks for the advice rosey8255. However, I have some future cuttings that I do not want to risk to rot. Some streptocarpus and some Chirta cuttings. I don't have very many and I am hopeing to put some down for future trades. I would really like to get a hold of a recipe for the gel and see what I can come up with.

Barb

Barb, strep and chirita cuttings are rooted like African Violets, except you put the strep cuttings on their sides. I use a plastic bag with half and half peat and perlite. Email me at bruggirl100@gmail.com and I'll give you detailed instructions.

I don't know if this is what you are looking for but I found a recipe on a site (don't remember where) for a propogation gel:

1 Tablespoon of cornstarch
1 cup of cool water
mix together and heat to boil. cool completely. Pour mix into plastic baggie. Gently ease your seeds into the gel and close bag with a tie. Snip the corner off the bag and squeeze seeds out like a toothpaste tube

hope this helps.

Got willow? Take small pieces of willow bark; mash or grind them and let soak in water a few days, then dip your cuttings in this. If no willow, dissolve aspirin tablets in water.