Aspirin for root health?

I'm kinda leery in asking a question, but here goes. If you can make rooting compound from willow bark, and aspirin is made from willow bark, then can you put aspirin dissolved in your water for your plants to promote root growth? I have used aspirin for rooting clones and it works good. Just a question I was wondering while roasting a bowl in the tub! If you have any input I would love to hear it. I really don't think that it's a dumb question, and if this has been discussed here let me know where and I will research on my own. thanks people!!

LMFAO. You really need to walk softly on this site, assholes will attack you from all directions. 2,000 retards arguing and 20 that know what they are talking about. They wait for us to quit fighting, then answer our questions lol. These cock-suckers on this site are making a case for anxiety being on my renewal card! lol.

I second what gladstoned said.
Regular gardening forums, imo, are probably a better source for sound info.

I haven't done it myself, but people have been using aspirin in the water used for cuttings for years.
I guess the salicyclic acid in it helps root developement.

gladstoned said:

LMFAO. You really need to walk softly on this site, assholes will attack you from all directions. 2,000 retards arguing and 20 that know what they are talking about. They wait for us to quit fighting, then answer our questions lol. These cock-suckers on this site are making a case for anxiety being on my renewal card! lol.

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Ain't that the truth. You would think everyone would be a lot more chill.... considering we all smoke weed.

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3.)homemade rooting compound can be made by
dissolving 1 plain uncoated aspirin in one cup of
water. Dip the cutting in the solution then plant.

This works for plants as well..
Mist the roots during transplant the same way you would any other rooting hormone.
Just remember with cannabis, less is always better..

https://www.rollitup.org/michigan-patients/423986-necessity-mother-invention-use-what.html

"Willow bark contains [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxin"]auxins (plant growth hormones), especially those used for rooting new cuttings. The bark can even be used to make a simple extract that will promote cutting growth."

And the history of the Aspirin.

The leaves and bark of the willow tree have been mentioned in ancient texts from Assyria, Sumer and Egypt[8] as a remedy for aches and fever,[9] and the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates wrote about its medicinal properties in the 5th century BC. Native Americans across the American continent relied on it as a staple of their medical treatments. This is because willows contain salicin, a substance that chemically resembles aspirin. Salicin is metabolized in to salicylic acid in the human body, which is a precursor of aspirin[10]
In 1763 its medicinal properties were observed by the Reverend Edward Stone in England. He notified the Royal Society who published his findings. The active extract of the bark, called salicin, was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicin is acidic when in a saturated solution in water (pH = 2.4), and is called salicylic acid for that reason.
In 1897 Felix Hoffmann created a synthetically altered version of salicin (in his case derived from the Spiraea plant), which caused less digestive upset than pure salicylic acid. The new drug, formally Acetylsalicylic acid, was named Aspirin by Hoffmann's employer Bayer AG. This gave rise to the hugely important class of drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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thanks for the info Buddy Ganga. I was leery for that exact reason. I like to read the threads and learn what I can between the arguments. I will try the aspirin on one plant and see if there is a difference. Who knows, maybe my buds will help to cure heart disease.

roosba said:

thanks for the info Buddy Ganga. I was leery for that exact reason. I like to read the threads and learn what I can between the arguments. I will try the aspirin on one plant and see if there is a difference. Who knows, maybe my buds will help to cure heart disease.

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Tell ya what, if you want to see serious roots and you grow in soil or a like medium try bottom feeding your plants. We found that the roots get thicker and healthier if we bottom feed compared to top feeding.


Transplanting from a 3 gall to a 5 just before flower.. And look at those juicy roots...

nice roots!! I will read up on bottom feeding. might be the way to go. I'm always looking to improve the grow. thanks for the info

Explain and show how you bottom feed. I use an ebb n gro bucket system and that is why I am trying soil, so I completely believe you about the bottom feeding being better.
I would really appreciate it.

We use trays or saucers under our plants, just a little bigger then the pots.
Pour water/nutes into the tray and the plants soak it up.
Every so many feedings we will splash the top soil with water to keep if from drying out to much.

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We use trays or saucers under our plants, just a little bigger then the pots.
Pour water/nutes into the tray and the plants soak it up.
Every so many feedings we will splash the top soil with water to keep if from drying out to much.

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If you feed the plants to the point of saturation from the top (where there is visible run-off left in the saucer) would this be accomplishing the same thing, or do the plants respond differently when they are only bottom fed? I think I get the general premise of what you're saying. Bottom feeding would force the plants root system to "dig deeper" for a water source, thus creating a stronger, more robust root structure. I suppose this would be beneficial early on in the plants development, but would it make any difference once an established root-ball is formed?

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If you feed the plants to the point of saturation from the top (where there is visible run-off left in the saucer) would this be accomplishing the same thing, or do the plants respond differently when they are only bottom fed? I think I get the general premise of what you're saying. Bottom feeding would force the plants root system to "dig deeper" for a water source, thus creating a stronger, more robust root structure. I suppose this would be beneficial early on in the plants development, but would it make any difference once an established root-ball is formed?

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yeah, only top feeding all the time can cause the medium (soiless) to dry up too much and hurt your water retention. when this happens, i just bottom feed for a day and all is well or add a little surfactant.

Buddy Ganga said:

We use trays or saucers under our plants, just a little bigger then the pots.
Pour water/nutes into the tray and the plants soak it up.
Every so many feedings we will splash the top soil with water to keep if from drying out to much.

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Thank you, that is much simpler than I was thinking (usually my problem). So your Pro-mix really must wick well. I should try a few I have in soil. I would be very tempted to still top-feed like once a week or so from my experience with the build up on top of the hydroton on the ebb system. I'm sure it's completely different though. Something to tinker with. Thanks buddy.

Every time a plant gets trimmed, cut, deleafed "damaged" it will go into repair mod stimulating root growth.

We use this to our advantage.

Several days before we remove any branches we identify them and then trim their leaves.
Removing about 1/3 of the tips and the top.

The plant now accelerates the root growth in search of nutrients. This also helps the plant be better prepared for the trimming to come of the actual branch. Which leads to even more stimulation to the root growth.. Getting double bang for our buck while also raising the plants stress level, gradually, like we do their nutes and light.


For seedlings and clone we found a way to get insane roots in no time by doubling our cups.
First cup has holes for drainage set into a second cup with about a 1/2 inch of medium in it.
Everything else is the same ole same ole, but for some reason with the moisture and air due to the second cup drive the roots crazy..

Buddy Ganga said:

For seedlings and clone we found a way to get insane roots in no time by doubling our cups.
First cup has holes for drainage set into a second cup with about a 1/2 inch of medium in it.
Everything else is the same ole same ole, but for some reason with the moisture and air due to the second cup drive the roots crazy..

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You type fast, let me catch up.
You take a plastic beer cup, throw 1/2 of pro-mix in it. then you take another beer cup full of pro-mix with slits in it and of course your seed/seedling in it. So do you put a bunch of small pin holes, little bigger, or slits? That would be easy to experiment with too, to see what works betters. You want to see the root production, without getting the roots all grown through to where they are a bitch to get out. Sure sounds good buddy. I am going to give that one a whirl.

We razor cut the bottom edge of the cut creating 4 or 5 1/2 long slices.
The razor cuts both the side and the bottom at one time. Just like any other cup for drainage.
That''s it.

The second cut has about 1/2 inch of medium lightly moistened with no holes. (drainage will keep it moist)
Set the first cup inside of the second and grow.. ("SET" the first cup in, do not sink it in or push it into the other soil)
When you see roots start to reach through for the soil in the second cup it's time to transplant.