Re: [IBC] something interesting to know for cuttings

Does the willow bark have to be fresh or can you go to
an herbologist and use the dry willow bark they
supply?

Kitsune Miko
--- Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HI Jim
>    Thanks for the  feed back about aspirine  , it is
> always  interesting
> for someone to experience old time  know how:-) like
> willow soup
>   best regards
>   Theo
>
>
> Jim Lewis wrote:
>
>
>>http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATwillow%20water.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah.  The use of a "willow soup" is an old "folk"
> art for
> > rooting plants.  They'd also drink the stuff
> (shudder) to cure a
> > headache.
> >
> > However, 2 standard aspirin tablets per gallon of
> water is a
> > heckuva lot quicker than steeping willow bark for
> a few weeks
> > (though you can speed up the process by boiling it
> -- but it's
> > still more trouble than it is worth <IMHO>).
> (Don't use coated
> > aspirin, and I don't know what buffered aspirin
> would do. ;-)
> >
> > We had quite a discussion about the virtues of
> aspirin and willow
> > soup here a few years ago when Geoline was a
> regular on the IBC.
> > Those may have passed the cutoff point for the
> archives, though.
> >
> > I find that Rootone is handier -- and more
> certain.
> >
> > But thanks for the pointer to the article.  It
> made for good
> > reading.
> >
> > Jim Lewis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Tallahassee, FL
> - The phrase
> > 'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen
> Viederman
> >
> >
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