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Willow Tea for "No Cost" Rooting of Cuttings

By Horseshoe
August 24, 2011

Need a "no cost" solution for rooting cuttings? Try willow tea. Use green willow branches steeped in warm water and cooled overnight, This solution will stimulate rooting, growth, and good health for cuttings as well as for established plants. The growing tips of willow branches possess high levels of the auxin indolebutyric acid, a synthetic form of which is used in most commercial rooting compounds.

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Onewish1
Aug 27, 2011 3:42 PM CST
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Aug 27, 2011 5:46 PM CST
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Aug 27, 2011 6:00 PM CST
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Definately off-topic....but.....gotta participate in this. Whistling Toadsuck is a Texas ghost town...name began from a saloon and had a history with a Governor....read it....
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Aug 27, 2011 6:09 PM CST
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Thanks Sheila. Interesting story. And another interesting origin of the name.
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Aug 27, 2011 9:23 PM CST
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Dec 2, 2014 9:40 PM CST
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Thanks so much Shoe for this tip! I have written the recipe down. Now, for those of you wishing to grow a willow.ay I offer this bit of caution. As afore mentioned, willows adore moisture, so choose carefully when planting. And if you are a country gal, as I am, and you live out in the country and are not on city sewer, be very careful you do not plant your willow anywhere near your septic tank or field line. It's roots will wreak havok on your sewer system. Make sure you plant it far far away from your septic system.
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