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Cape Breton Nova Scotia

I'm doing some experimenting with seed germination over the winter. I've read that if you soak willow tree branches in water it extracts a natural rooting hormone. I cut some willow branch tips and boiled them in water and put the branches and water In a gallon jug to sit. I soaked some seeds in the water for a few hours and planted them in soil that I watered with the willow water. When the tap root came out it had a cluster of roots coming from it before the shell came off. I've never seen a seedling that just sprouted look like this. Has anyone else ever tried watering with willow water?
Here's a few pics

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2/2/2017 12:02:30 PM

Central Illinois

willow water contains Salicylic acid and Indolebutyric acid which is found in some rooting hormone powders

2/3/2017 9:57:11 AM