Today I drove around a bit looking for a willow tree. In the summer time they are pretty easy to spot... lots of weeping willows here in Missouri... but right now... I think they are all hiding.

Sooooo... I got thinking about this and came back and did some research on the net. Aspirin!. The best consensus out there seems to be 1.5 very well ground up aspirin (non - coated) per gallon of water. Do the 45 degree angle cut and nick the stem several times above the cut all around. Do the aspirin dip and plant.

And... not only is it an effective rooting compound, but it seems to add a degree of disease resistance to the plant! Many reports talk of increased bloom size when aspirin water is used as a supplement later in the flowering stage. This deserves some experimentation! I will let you know what I see when I start trying to get some clones out of this batch.

Emmie
emilya Reviewed by emilya on . Home made Rooting compound? I am very curious about a thread I just read about cooking down willow branches to extract the natural hormone that helps in root formation for your cloned plants. Has anyone tried this and can tell of their results? Here in Missouri we have an abundance of willow trees and I am a die hard cheapskate when I know that I can make something for free that sells for a fortune commercially. ;) My plan is to head to the woods around a lake I know of nearby and grab me some willow branches to Rating: 5