Willow cuttings, Willow fertiliser?

[craigw60]

I am just relaying what Stephen Ryan told me he is a pretty highly regarded plantsman here in Vic . I would be certain that if Stephen made that comment there would be some basis to it. There seems to be so many remedies for striking cuttings but I have fond rooting hormone powder to be more than adequate.
Craig

[Jamie]

I am just relaying what Stephen Ryan told me he is a pretty highly regarded plantsman here in Vic . I would be certain that if Stephen made that comment there would be some basis to it. There seems to be so many remedies for striking cuttings but I have fond rooting hormone powder to be more than adequate.
Craig

yea i know what ya saying, the vitamin B1 bath one i seen it done with bougs and they just boomed a couple weeks after being dug, bare rooted and left to dry for a day or so.

i have just been using rooting hormone gel lately with good effect. i do have a seasol/superthrive bath going at the moment for swampies, i think this will work well too.

jamie

[alpineart]

Thanks Alpine thats all I really wanted to know. Apparently there is a willow species that is responsible for disprin which is also sometimes used as a root forming agent. Perhaps there is a connection.
Craig

Hi Craig , Asprin was derived from willow , it can also be used in minute quantities as a plant tonic/stimulant .

[Greth]

Aspirin is salicylic acid, from salix, willow. Willow bark tea has been used as a painkiller in native medicine.

[Bretts]

I always thought that when I looked into aspirin it would be a load of cod but it seems that it is very interesting and another piece in the amazing puzzle of how plants grow.
http://www.plantea.com/plant-aspirin.htm

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/p ... 020-5183-8
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Salicyl ... ormone.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article ... 46/?page=1

[Jamie]

might drop a couple of aspro clear in my swampy bucket if they dont strike roots at least i know they wont be in pain

in all seriousness it is interesting that these sory of things can be derivived from simple compounds.