I have used several methods for starting plants for my own use. I once moved on to property that had no trees. Early the next spring, with the blessing of a neighbor, I clipped very thin branches that where long and straight and more then 3 ft long and had buds barely cracked. I put them in 5 gal pails with warm water to which I add willow starter tea.
It is made by boiling about a quart of water on the stove for about 15 minutes, then adding at least one heaping measuring cup of soft willow branches. The branches are prepared by stripping the leaves and cutting them into about one-inch lengths. The point is to get the branches from the current years' growth that has a thin bark. Also, recommended is to smash them with a hammer. The willow branch clippings are dumped into the boiling water; the heat turned off; stirring occasionally; and left covered to cool overnight.
By Muslimaleila
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That's a neat way! We here have always had luck starting weeping willows by just clipping a nice 2-3 ft. young (but not too young) branch off of the mama tree and putting it in a vase of water on the porch or in the window sill. Sometimes I'll add a pinch of root-tone or Miracle-gro to the water just to see if that helps but honestly, it works just fine in plain ol'water.
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