Dutch Pro Take Root - Liquid Root Stimulant for Stronger Cuttings
Best for: growers who want faster, stronger root systems from clones and transplants through to early flower.
Our thoughts
Take Root does exactly what a root stimulant should — it's a straightforward feed-through liquid you dose alongside your normal nutrient routine, not another separate step to mess up. It works across every medium, so you're not locked into a particular growing style to get the benefit. A sensible, low-cost addition to any Dutch Pro (or other) feed schedule.
Dutch Pro Take Root is a liquid root stimulant with an NPK of 0.4-0.1-0.4, made from food-grade raw materials and free of heavy metals. Unlike a dip-and-stick cloning gel, it's designed to be added directly to your feed or reservoir water at 1ml per litre, so it keeps supporting root development continuously rather than in a single application at the cutting stage.
It's formulated to work in any growing medium — soil, coco, rockwool, clay pebbles or a fully hydroponic system — and is used from propagation right through the vegetative stage and into the first two weeks of flowering, which is when root systems are still establishing the capacity to support the plant's later nutrient and water demand.
How it compares
It sits in a different category to most rooting products people default to — a feed-through liquid rather than a one-off dip gel.
- Clonex Rooting Gel is applied once, as a thick dip coating a fresh cutting's stem before it goes into the propagator — it doesn't continue feeding the plant afterwards the way Take Root does through the feed water.
- Root!T Rooting Gel works on the same one-time dip principle as Clonex, aimed specifically at the cloning stage rather than ongoing root support through veg.
- Take Root is designed to slot into the wider Dutch Pro feeding range, so it's a natural fit if you're already running Dutch Pro base nutrients, though it works fine alongside other brands too.
If you're taking cuttings, a dip gel and a feed-through stimulant aren't mutually exclusive — many growers use a gel at the cutting stage and then keep root development going with something like Take Root through veg.
Usage guidance
Take Root is dosed into your feed water rather than applied directly to the plant, so it fits straight into your existing routine.
Dosage
Use 1ml per litre of feed or reservoir water. It's a low-dose additive, so measure carefully — a small kitchen syringe or graduated measure makes this easier than eyeballing it.
Timing
Start from propagation and continue through the full vegetative stage, running it up to around the second week of flowering before you drop it out of the schedule.
Compatible systems
Works in soil, coco, rockwool, clay pebbles and hydroponic reservoirs — no need to change your setup or watering method to use it.
Technical specifications
- NPK ratio: 0.4-0.1-0.4
- Format: Liquid concentrate
- Dosage: 1ml per litre
- Usage window: Propagation through veg, up to week 2 of flowering
- Compatible media: Soil, coco, rockwool, clay pebbles, hydro
- Composition: Food-grade raw materials, heavy-metal free
- Sizes available: 250ml, 1L, 5L
Who this is for
- Growers taking cuttings who want continued root support beyond the initial dip stage.
- Anyone transplanting seedlings or clones who wants to reduce transplant shock on the root system.
- Dutch Pro users looking to complete their existing feed schedule.
- Growers in any medium — soil, coco or hydro — who want one product that works across the board.
Our take
Take Root isn't flashy, but that's the point — it's a low-dose, low-cost liquid that quietly supports root development for weeks rather than giving you a single hit at the cutting stage. At under a pound a litre of feed water, it's cheap insurance for a part of the plant you can't actually see.
One we sell a lot of for growers who want their root system doing as much work as their canopy — does exactly what it should, day in, day out.
