Willow you look at that!! in 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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bsavage

Aug 25, 2011 4:48 AM CST

Name: Brenda
Santa Clarita, CA (Zone 9b)

Vic, the hydrangeas are in full shade.

| @bsavage | Post #138243 (1)

vic

Aug 25, 2011 4:59 AM CST

Name: Vicki
North Carolina

hmmmmmmm....hopefully someone will come along with a better suggestion.

I'll keep thinking about this....

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| @vic | Post #138250 (2)

SongofJoy

Aug 25, 2011 5:33 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

My hydrangeas have struggled too but they are in an area with a lot of old tree roots and I think that's the problem. Sometimes it's what's around them rather than the plants themselves.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #138266 (3)

gingin

Aug 25, 2011 3:28 PM CST

Name: Ginger
Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)

AMEN to that!!! Pulled one when first we moved here cause I did not know what it was. Tried planting several were it had been...no luck as stuff had grown in the area. Oh well... live, garden and learn

Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it.

| @gingin | Post #138515 (4)

bsavage

Aug 26, 2011 10:36 AM CST

Name: Brenda
Santa Clarita, CA (Zone 9b)

Tee, I think that may be the issue. We built this raised bed 3 years ago, all pristine with compost and topsoil mix, but it is completely surrounded by big trees, and I have found that this year, every time I try to plant something in there, I have to cut through tons of roots. I think next spring we are going to have to dig a lot of it out and get rid of some of the tree roots. I don't want to disturb the things that are doing well, though. That is going to take some work. So what grows well in full shade with tons of roots to fight through?

| @bsavage | Post #138907 (5)

SongofJoy

Aug 26, 2011 10:52 AM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

As soon as you find out, LMK.

I garden for the pollinators.

| @SongofJoy | Post #138925 (6)

Gymgirl

Aug 26, 2011 11:15 AM CST

Name: Linda
SE Houston, Tx. (Hobby) (Zone 9a)
"Godspeed, & Good Harvest!"

weeds.....

My Blog: Fall/Winter 2011 Veggie Garden
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| @Gymgirl | Post #138936 (7)

eclayne

Aug 26, 2011 2:47 PM CST

Plants Admin Emeritus

Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)

Lily of the Valley is the only thing I've planted that's prospered under an old dogwood, spruce and maple. The Heuchera are marginal. I've had to dig a trench around the larger Hosta and fill w/soil. Astilbe, Helebore and ferns aren't really doing great. Maybe we should make lists of what doesn't do well for us?

Oh yes I forgot violets and weeds. Nothing against violets, but here (they grow everywhere) violet=weed.

Evan

| @eclayne | Post #139063 (8)

Last edited by eclayne Aug 26, 2011 9:49 AM

gingin

Aug 26, 2011 3:06 PM CST

Name: Ginger
Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)

Oh I really miss lily of the valley! Got violets EVERYWHERE which is fine wit me as I love them...got white and purple...need yellow

Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it.

| @gingin | Post #139085 (9)

eclayne

Aug 26, 2011 3:14 PM CST

Plants Admin Emeritus

Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)

They come in white and yellow?

Evan

| @eclayne | Post #139092 (10)

gingin

Aug 26, 2011 3:21 PM CST

Name: Ginger
Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)

yes...I have BUNCHES of white...got some purple at a swap. Can't wait for them to multiply. I used to live in Havana, Fl. (north of Tallahassee). We had a couple of yellow in the yard...first and only time I've seen them.

Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it.

| @gingin | Post #139096 (11)

flaflwrgrl

Aug 26, 2011 3:26 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Ginger, you used to live in Hey Vanna? !!!!! Wow! We used to live in Greensboro...well, Sycamore.... well, Juniper. Nuff said?
Once upon a time....

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #139099 (12)

gingin

Aug 26, 2011 3:49 PM CST

Name: Ginger
Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)

yup Hey Vanna...not far from Two Egg

Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it.

| @gingin | Post #139121 (13)

KyWoods

Aug 26, 2011 4:19 PM CST

Name: Renée
Northern KY

Hmm, must be an inside joke...

| @KyWoods | Post #139144 (14)

dahlianut

Aug 26, 2011 4:23 PM CST

Name: Dahlianut
Calgary, AB Zone 3a
NE Alumni

methinks its a FL think KY

http://cubits.org/DahlianutsDi...
Share the Joy

| @dahlianut | Post #139148 (15)

KyWoods

Aug 26, 2011 4:36 PM CST

Name: Renée
Northern KY

Yep...I got "Hey Vanna" but what is "Two Egg"? Love it!

| @KyWoods | Post #139155 (16)

flaflwrgrl

Aug 26, 2011 5:06 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

And Two Egg isn't that far from Scratch Ankle.

Gals, these are honest to goodness REAL places up in the panhandle of Fl. You wanna talk redneck? Well! let me tell you --- no I better not. Plenty of nice people there --- really nice --- and they all got a brother in law who's got some piece of machinery what kin do th' job but it's broke right now but as soon's we git it fittized up we'll be ober In do it fer ya!

Seriously, the people are as good as they come. It's just that they live in a backwards place. Right Ginger?

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #139170 (17)

SongofJoy

Aug 26, 2011 5:24 PM CST

Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)

I may have yellow violets. Someone gave them to me and said they were yellow but then said they came back white. I will have to wait and see. Got tons of purple and blue violets all over the backyard and now moving to the front yard. I love them.