Clone gel

For cloning only It will not help your seeds to germinate or help your plants grow.

I wouldn't germinate with it, keep it simple it's easy enough without clonex in the mix.. Good for dipping clones before plugging, IBA is IBA what ever day it is.

Indole-3-butyric acid is indole-3-butyric acid -- a rose is a rose by any other name. This is IUPAC nomenclature. You could draw out the molecule atom-for-atom from the name. Just as with perscription drugs, "generics" in this context are atom for atom the exactly same thing, just as effective, just as safe as the branded product -- assuming it was safe to start. If it's molecularly the same, it has the exact same chemical and phyiscal properties because brand name is irrelevant to such things. There are some different options for 'active ingredient' for a root hormone, so just have to make sure it matches up with same concentration, if you prefer the clonex brand. Doesn't even matter if it was made by different means, IBA is always going to act like IBA in a predictable and consistent way. The universe is deterministic... or else all our modern advancements and technology wouldn't work. --------------- From clonex: Clonex Rooting Hormone Gel Composition HORMONES – Contains IBA (Indole Butyric Acid), a synthetic and stable version of the naturally occurring hormones, Auxins. Non toxic to plants and instrumental in the initiation and active promotion of root development. ANTI-FUNGAL AGENTS– Effectively guard delicate cuttings against fungal and microbial infection and disease. VITAMINS– Guard against and minimize the inevitable stress for plants associated with propagation and transplant shock. COMPLETE MINERAL PROFILE – Ensures each of the twelve essential macro and micro elements are available to the plant at the earliest opportunity through newly emerging roots. ------------ so it's got the IBA hormone equivalent, some nutrients and a couple other things that help sell the product but probably unsupportted by evidence as far as any measurable effect. limited research supports 'vitamins' and even porcelain has 'antifungal properties' it's a very broad term, but the context of clones has high humidity and higher risks, so anything might help there... relative to your mature plants, probably irrelevant to preventing disease compared to control. The light amount of balanced nutrients you can probably provide more cheaply than this over-priced product. There's no feature of "Clonex" that makes it magically different than generic options. Even root hormone isn't a huge factor. Save 1/2 a day over doing things competently early on in the context of a rooting clone? There's some evidence but i don't think it's fully certain as to the measurable effect in the first place. Relies a lot on anecdotal accounts, and that's how you end up with people spraying their plants with milk, lol.

As long as (1) it is legal to mess with PGRs where you are and (2) you understand hormone flow charts and (3) the according crop steering principles, then technically you could add minor amounts without harming growth You could go generic if you want, but I never play silly games with something like plant hormones. That is how you get cancer IMO

plus, get the generic.. same active ingredient and a fraction of the price. clonex is like dynomyco... paying a ton for perceived value.

for cuttings. won't do much for other things. save your money and don't add it into water for seedlings.