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Willow Water Rooting Hormone: Yes, It Works — Here's the Science

Heard boiling willow limbs makes rooting hormone? True. Willows naturally contain indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), the active ingredient in commercial rooting powders.

How to Make It

Step-by-step: Weekend Gardener Tutorial. Simmer willow cuttings (new growth best), cool, dip cuttings.

Bonus: Willow Bark = Aspirin

Salicin in willow bark converts to salicylic acid — the original aspirin. Two garden uses from one tree.

Free, natural, effective. Try it on your next cuttings.

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