{"id":2548,"date":"2019-11-07T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-344\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:51:59","slug":"willow-tree-propagation","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/willow-tree-propagation\/","title":{"rendered":"willow tree propagation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why do willow trees propagate so easily?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The technical explanation is that willows (<i>Salix<\/i>) have preformed or latent root initials that will elongate into an established root system when a part of the parent plant is removed.<\/p>\n<p>If you were to take cut willow branches and make a kind of tea by soaking them in water, that water could be used as a sort of natural rooting hormone to help root other types of plants. This indicates that willows naturally contain a high level of the hormone that contributes to root formation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do willow trees propagate so easily? &nbsp; The technical explanation is that willows (Salix) have preformed or latent root initials that will elongate into an established root system when a part of the parent plant is removed. If you were to take cut willow branches and make a kind of tea by soaking them in water, that water could be used as a sort of natural rooting hormone to help root other types of plants. This indicates that willows&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/willow-tree-propagation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">willow tree propagation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[243,400],"class_list":["post-2548","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-salix","keyword-woody-plant-propagation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}