Re: My daughter's science project...

To cool your Daughter won 1st prize, and very interesting on the tea.
Weeping willow or river willow?
How about Lillacs? there kinduh willowie.
Harold
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Cliff Warren
  To: pumpkins@hort.net
  Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:28 AM
  Subject: My daughter's science project...


  Hi all,

  I wasn't going to write about this, but the project
  turned out to be so interesting I have to give it a
  shout.

  It all started when we were slow with the remote, and
  the Martha Stewart show came on HGTV. She was boiling
  chopped up willow branches on the stove, claiming that
  "willow tea" is a natural root stimulant. I guess she
  uses it on all her house plants.

  Well, my daughter needed something to do for a science
  project. And when she asks me, I usually suggest
  something to do with pumpkin plants. We put the two
  ideas together, and had 8 plants started, 4 that would
  be fed willow tea, and 4 would get plain water.

  We let them grow for about 10 days. I was worried that
  this wouldn't work, but the plants fed with the willow
  tea were a bit greener, and a tiny bit larger (on the
  average) than the four "control" plants. We popped off
  the plastic cups they were growing it, and to my
  surprize the willow fed plants did indeed have larger
  root systems.

  My daughter won first prize among the 5th grade for
  this!

  In the end it may not be much different than a high
  phosphorous fertilizer, but it appears to be an
  extremely cheap and natural alternative, especially if
  you have willows growing in your yard.

  Regards, Cliff


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