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Subject: willow water
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Caper1388 |
Cape Breton Nova Scotia
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I'm doing some experimenting with seed germination over the winter. I've read that if you soak willow tree branches in water it extracts a natural rooting hormone. I cut some willow branch tips and boiled them in water and put the branches and water In a gallon jug to sit. I soaked some seeds in the water for a few hours and planted them in soil that I watered with the willow water. When the tap root came out it had a cluster of roots coming from it before the shell came off. I've never seen a seedling that just sprouted look like this. Has anyone else ever tried watering with willow water? Here's a few pics
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/Caper736/20170129_075458_zps9zvjlacl.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/Caper736/20170129_075340_zpszbnw4zp2.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/Caper736/20170128_090549_zps0gi5afkl.jpg
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/Caper736/20170129_091308_zpsyvvw1icz.jpg
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2/2/2017 12:02:30 PM
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baitman |
Central Illinois
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willow water contains Salicylic acid and Indolebutyric acid which is found in some rooting hormone powders
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2/3/2017 9:57:11 AM
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