Willow Tea for "No Cost" Rooting of Cuttings

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Posted by @Horseshoe on
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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Many memories! by NEILMUIR1 Dec 6, 2014 3:01 PM 3
Willow you look at that!! by Sheila_FW Dec 2, 2014 9:40 PM 107

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