seems like it would make sense, willows=aspirin? Don't some people advocate putting aspirin in your water for flower cuttings? Good stuff... Charles P Demas wrote: tucker wrote: >> Supposedly, (according to the two women working there) willows are so >> prolific that soaking branch cuttings in water will infuse into the >> water, similar properties to rooting hormone. Has anyone else heard of / >> tried this? Is it absolute gibberish? >Not gibberish. Martha Stewart had a show about it. They had small twigs >cut up into lengths of a couple inches then boiled up in a pot to make >a dark looking tea used for rooting. >P.S. I don't garden, but I read most posts. Are you sure you really >want to label these postings the way you are??? >Next time I might just hit delete! >Chuck Demas