BBJ.....Damn good question Mark. I'm 61 and I have a hard time believing my eyes when I look at that old grey beard in the mirror. I can still 'keep up' with most 'youngsters', (so far), but it costs me more than my pride will ever let me admit.....LOL. Gettin' old may be a bitch, but the 'alternative' is even worse.
As soon as I started watching this, I stopped and ran out checking every willow I could find. None of them had a spigot on em to get the willow water out of them, so I came back and watched the rest of the video. Boy is my face red. ;o)
LOL... You are a card ! I wish it was that easy... We have planted a lot of willows here since they are easy to propagate and grow quickly... We'd be set if we had them on tap... LOL Thanks so much for watching ! I dearly appreciate your ongoing support !
Very interesting! I've many times in the past managed to git willows to grow just by pushing the branch cuttings down into the ground and keeping them well watered. So I do know that they grow easily and thought they had some kind of natural rooting ability. I never heard of what you're doing before though! It certainly makes a lot of sense though, Thanks for sharing the cool tip! I'll be trying it out soon myself! A better way to get cuttings to root is always a good thing to have in your arsenal. I wish I could return the favor by giving you a tip in return.. Alas though you guys are way ahead of me and it'll be years before I start to catch up with you folks! LOL Respectfully JOHN
Willows is like that, for sure... Not much more to propagating them than a stick in the mud... LOL The same with most of the other willow varieties... That dappled willow in the video is one we like to clone... // And you bet, its a great trick to know... It'll help a graft heal of faster too... // Have a great weekend, and thanks again !
Some more very interesting and very well explained info Mark! Always fun to learn something new which I always seem to do watching all your videos! Thanks again tell the wife howdy😊❗️
Its a really good bit to have in your bag of tricks, for sure. It'll help a graft heal up faster too. Thanks again for your support Mark ! I hope we can come up with enough to keep everyone entertained... LOL Have a great weekend brother !
Thanks so much for watching and for your ongoing support Charlotte ! I do appreciate it ! Willow Water is some good stuff, and a handy thing to have in your bag of tricks for sure... Hope you are set for a great weekend !
It is so much better (and cheaper) than the store bought stuff. Our hats off to your wife. She's ahead of the game ! Thanks so much for watching ! I appreciate the ongoing support ! Hope you are set for a great weekend !
When you gather twigs can you also use ones falling to the ground ? Also, when your done do you leave the bottle capp off and where do you sit it for a week ?
Fresh twigs or bark is usually better... We let things root in the shade... And it usually does not store well, so we toss it when we are done with it...
Its a good piece of information to have if / when ya need it... LOL I appreciate ya watching brother... And thank you again for the shout ! Have a great weekend !
Much more concentrated and it would be too acidic I believe.... You could steep it and then pour it into a cookie sheet in the sun and evaporate it pretty fast I imagine...
Best to use fresh... But you can stick any sprig or stick off a willow in the mud and it will grow... So we try to keep it growing all the time to use...
Mysterious time lapse in video land😹😹😹😹😹 been subscribed to you for quite some time but you don’t show up in my notifications/recommendations or feed or whatever the heck you call it 😹😹😹I was looking up willows and came across your video.😊🌱
Although I can't answer your question, and I have no testing equipment to check the concentration differences (likely higher in spring I'd bet, when the sap runs) but I'm doing a winter experiment right now to see what it does (still full blown cold fkn winter here in northern Alberta) gonna test a purple chokecherry cutting and caragana cutting just to see what happens, also to see if a cut off piece of my ficus roots better than the last one I did... I'll try to remember to follow up and let you know how it goes
See if I can help... LOL Sorry for the delay... Yes... Using spring cuttings from new green growth will help as the branch tips will be full of growth hormones (which also in turn help your cutting root when using the willow water made from them)... Jesse... One hint with winter cuttings is to keep them refridgerated (dormant) until spring - and the moment you see new buds forming on the trees, that is when you slice your scions (cuttings) onto the trees / rootstock... The rush of growth hormone should wake your cuttings as well (naturally, and at the right time) and yield some decent results...
Really good info. With most rooting compounds, you dip the cutting in water, then in the compound and then put in soil. Do you dip your plant clones in the willow water and then plant, or just plant the cuttings and then water the soil with the willow water a couple of times to aid the rooting?
With really soft cuttings, say you wanted to root a tomato sucker for late season tomatoes, you can just leave the cutting stand in the willow water... Hardwood cuttings, we have let stand in the willow water overnight to get a good soak, then planted them, and watered a couple times with the willow water... Just plain new wood or green wood cuttings, we usually just water them in with it, and then follow up water them a week or so later... Its really pretty subjective, depending on what you are trying to root... Its not a miracle fix for difficult rootings, but it does help increase your odds of success... Thanks so much for watching ! I hope that helps !
I have heard of making a concentrated version from the very tips of the growing branches... I have never had much luck steeping the leaves for more than a day or so without washing them as they break down very quickly... I will need to read up more on this... Thank you for sharing that though... It is my own lack of information that I do not know...
WOW YALL ARE REALLY SMART. I LOOK LIKE THAT 1 WILLOW ALL HAIRY. HEHE . DOES WILLOW GROW ALONG RIVERS LIKE THE OHIO. PEACE&SAFE JOURNEYS YALL. THANK YOU.😎😎😎😎😎😎😎👪👪👪👪👪
They should... I know my grandparents in OH had a willow tree in their back yard... Being very frugal, I doubt they bought it... It was likely native... Thanks so much for watching Keith !
Wow. I was learning gardening before you were born and this is a new for me. THANKS!
Careful now... I'm getting older every day... LOL 50 already... Where did the time go ??? LOL
BBJ.....Damn good question Mark. I'm 61 and I have a hard time believing my eyes when I look at that old grey beard in the mirror. I can still 'keep up' with most 'youngsters', (so far), but it costs me more than my pride will ever let me admit.....LOL. Gettin' old may be a bitch, but the 'alternative' is even worse.
Getting old is a privilege denied to many. Embrace it !
As soon as I started watching this, I stopped and ran out checking every willow I could find. None of them had a spigot on em to get the willow water out of them, so I came back and watched the rest of the video. Boy is my face red. ;o)
LOL... You are a card ! I wish it was that easy... We have planted a lot of willows here since they are easy to propagate and grow quickly... We'd be set if we had them on tap... LOL Thanks so much for watching ! I dearly appreciate your ongoing support !
Very interesting! I've many times in the past managed to git willows to grow just by pushing the branch cuttings down into the ground and keeping them well watered. So I do know that they grow easily and thought they had some kind of natural rooting ability. I never heard of what you're doing before though! It certainly makes a lot of sense though, Thanks for sharing the cool tip! I'll be trying it out soon myself! A better way to get cuttings to root is always a good thing to have in your arsenal. I wish I could return the favor by giving you a tip in return.. Alas though you guys are way ahead of me and it'll be years before I start to catch up with you folks! LOL Respectfully JOHN
Willows is like that, for sure... Not much more to propagating them than a stick in the mud... LOL The same with most of the other willow varieties... That dappled willow in the video is one we like to clone... // And you bet, its a great trick to know... It'll help a graft heal of faster too... // Have a great weekend, and thanks again !
Good stuff. New knowledge. Thank you.
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Some more very interesting and very well explained info Mark! Always fun to learn something new which I always seem to do watching all your videos! Thanks again tell the wife howdy😊❗️
Its a really good bit to have in your bag of tricks, for sure. It'll help a graft heal up faster too. Thanks again for your support Mark ! I hope we can come up with enough to keep everyone entertained... LOL Have a great weekend brother !
Great information, thanks!
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Thanks so much for watching and for your ongoing support Charlotte ! I do appreciate it ! Willow Water is some good stuff, and a handy thing to have in your bag of tricks for sure... Hope you are set for a great weekend !
Awesome information! Yes learned a lot friend. 😊
So glad you enjoyed it Little Bean... It really is some useful stuff !!! Thanks so much for all of your support !
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My wife uses this also. Great stuff!
It is so much better (and cheaper) than the store bought stuff. Our hats off to your wife. She's ahead of the game ! Thanks so much for watching ! I appreciate the ongoing support ! Hope you are set for a great weekend !
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Very informative!
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How many ml per gallon do you use to water your plants after?
When you gather twigs can you also use ones falling to the ground ? Also, when your done do you leave the bottle capp off and where do you sit it for a week ?
Fresh twigs or bark is usually better... We let things root in the shade... And it usually does not store well, so we toss it when we are done with it...
New subscriber, Pure Living Outdoors sent me. I'll have to try this. Will definitely check out some of your other videos.
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Good video buddy! Never have even heard of this before.
Its a good piece of information to have if / when ya need it... LOL I appreciate ya watching brother... And thank you again for the shout ! Have a great weekend !
Bumble Bee Junction no problem my man! Hope it helped you out!
could willow watter be heated, to achieve watter evaporation so i get more concentrated mixture?
Much more concentrated and it would be too acidic I believe.... You could steep it and then pour it into a cookie sheet in the sun and evaporate it pretty fast I imagine...
Dude, very helpful video! I learned a ton! Can you keep the cuttings for an extended period of time or is it best to use as soon as possible?
Best to use fresh... But you can stick any sprig or stick off a willow in the mud and it will grow... So we try to keep it growing all the time to use...
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Mysterious time lapse in video land😹😹😹😹😹 been subscribed to you for quite some time but you don’t show up in my notifications/recommendations or feed or whatever the heck you call it 😹😹😹I was looking up willows and came across your video.😊🌱
makes it any difference if its winter or summer for the levels of acids in the twigs?
Although I can't answer your question, and I have no testing equipment to check the concentration differences (likely higher in spring I'd bet, when the sap runs) but I'm doing a winter experiment right now to see what it does (still full blown cold fkn winter here in northern Alberta) gonna test a purple chokecherry cutting and caragana cutting just to see what happens, also to see if a cut off piece of my ficus roots better than the last one I did... I'll try to remember to follow up and let you know how it goes
See if I can help... LOL Sorry for the delay... Yes... Using spring cuttings from new green growth will help as the branch tips will be full of growth hormones (which also in turn help your cutting root when using the willow water made from them)... Jesse... One hint with winter cuttings is to keep them refridgerated (dormant) until spring - and the moment you see new buds forming on the trees, that is when you slice your scions (cuttings) onto the trees / rootstock... The rush of growth hormone should wake your cuttings as well (naturally, and at the right time) and yield some decent results...
Really good info. With most rooting compounds, you dip the cutting in water, then in the compound and then put in soil. Do you dip your plant clones in the willow water and then plant, or just plant the cuttings and then water the soil with the willow water a couple of times to aid the rooting?
With really soft cuttings, say you wanted to root a tomato sucker for late season tomatoes, you can just leave the cutting stand in the willow water... Hardwood cuttings, we have let stand in the willow water overnight to get a good soak, then planted them, and watered a couple times with the willow water... Just plain new wood or green wood cuttings, we usually just water them in with it, and then follow up water them a week or so later... Its really pretty subjective, depending on what you are trying to root... Its not a miracle fix for difficult rootings, but it does help increase your odds of success... Thanks so much for watching ! I hope that helps !
Bumble Bee Junction exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you so much.
I would save the leaves and drink as a pain medicine substitute...thanks for video.
I have heard of making a concentrated version from the very tips of the growing branches... I have never had much luck steeping the leaves for more than a day or so without washing them as they break down very quickly... I will need to read up more on this... Thank you for sharing that though... It is my own lack of information that I do not know...
Can I use this Willow rooting water on rooting cactus cuttings??
I am not sure... Usually they do well in a very bland soil or sand and water... I just could not say....
WOW YALL ARE REALLY SMART. I LOOK LIKE THAT 1 WILLOW ALL HAIRY.
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DOES WILLOW GROW ALONG RIVERS LIKE THE OHIO. PEACE&SAFE JOURNEYS YALL. THANK YOU.😎😎😎😎😎😎😎👪👪👪👪👪
They should... I know my grandparents in OH had a willow tree in their back yard... Being very frugal, I doubt they bought it... It was likely native... Thanks so much for watching Keith !
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