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Re: "Willow Water"

Philip Stevens wrote:
> 
> >Folks,
> >Does anyone have a recipe for "willow water"   For the uninformed willow
> >water is a mix of Weeping Willow branches and water and is supposedly a very
> >promising rooting aid and may contain other chemicals that certain
> >"difficult to root" woody plants must have to root quicker and more
> >successfully.
> >
> >I would appreciate a specific mixture recipe(s) and any experiences anyone
> >has had.  I would like to share this info with my fellow Master Gardeners to
> >be(Class of '98).
> >
> >Thanks In Advance,
> >Mauldin Carter
> >Pensacola, Florida
> >Mcarter3@prodigy.net
> 
> I don't think you really need a recipe.  A couple of weeks ago my assistant
> brought a huge bunch of cut flowers into the office.  Among them were two
> stems of corkscrew willow (Salix torulosa, I think), each about four feet
> long (it was a *big* bunch of flowers).  Also included was a section of
> dracaena about 18 inches long, the top half foliage and the rest a bare
> stem.  She put the whole batch in a large vase and we enjoyed it for quite
> a while.  We dumped the flowers as they faded, but the willow, typically,
> began to put out roots and leaves.  Roots are now about 6" long, leaves are
> almost fully expanded.  The interesting thing is that the dracaena has also
> begun to root from sitting in the water with the willow stems.  I don't
> think this is the usual method of rooting dracaena (I've been told to
> air-layer it), but it's working like a charm.
> 
> In short:  get a couple of willow stems and put 'em in some water.  Add
> plants you want to root.  Stand back.
> 
> Phil
We had this discussion in Master Gardeners, and the directions were to
cut stems into pieces long enough to fit inside a jar.  PACK the jar
full and top the jar off with water.  Leave for a week and drain the
water off.
Tah-dah! You have Willow Water.
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