[PRIMROSES] Aspirin in the garden

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• To: P*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: [PRIMROSES] Aspirin in the garden
• From: S* S* <s*@IBM.NET>
• Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 08:04:12 -0600

Good Morning, Robins,
This is a forwarded message from my Daylily list group, and I thought you
all might find this interesting....even, perhaps, have an answer to this
question about the use of aspirin for plants. I find this very interesting.
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>Date:         Mon, 29 Dec 1997 16:39:59 +0500
>Reply-To:     Ibrar Mumtaz <ibrar@BRAIN.NET.PK>
>Sender:       Daylily <DAYLILY@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>From:         Ibrar Mumtaz <ibrar@BRAIN.NET.PK>
>Subject:      Aspirin in the garden
>X-To:         IBS <BULB@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>To:           DAYLILY@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
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>hi all,
>
>does anyone have any experience with the use of aspirin in the garden =
>especially amaryllis and hemerocallis. a wise and grand old gardener in =
>lahore advised year before last the use of aspirin on bulbs which are =
>difficult to flower. he also says that the use of aspirin will bring =
>blooms by as early as one month over the regular flowering time.=20
>
>i tried aspirin as a foliar spray three years ago during our hot and =
>humid monsoons on my succulents and none of them died whereas normally =
>atleast 50% of my succulents used to die off every year. last year i =
>spread aspirin powder in one of my daylily beds and i got flowers from =
>this bed which were 30 days ahead of the others. however there could be =
>another reason as well. this particular bed contained daylilies which =
>were tarnsported from the mountains where they had a cool summer and =
>replanted on my garden in November. it could also have been the =
>transplantation which trigerred early flowering.
>
>i am wondering if anyone else has done any work on aspirin in their =
>gardens. Amongst the medical profession, aspirin is considered a wonder =
>drug and i hope one day our gardening friends will also find aspirin =
>equally beneficial in the garden.
>
>regards
>
>ibrar mumtaz
>pakistan
>
>

Sherryl Sandersfeld - Norman, Oklahoma Zone 7a

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