Quote Originally Posted by emilya

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
Emmie, I tried aspirin to get nanners out of a breed I had. I did not see any change in budding at all with the aspirin, I did see a stressed plant.

Quote Originally Posted by emilya
One-and-a-half aspirin?
What milligram?

If it were me, I would use some tried and true method until you make your own stuff....you loose the line, you have to start all over. Nothing wrong with DIY, I am a biggie on that, but sometimes prudence is better than penny pinching. Your time has value also.

As has been stated somewhere on the forum, just sticking the stem in water will work.

Fun yes, complicate not for me.
WashougalWonder Reviewed by WashougalWonder 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