Aspirin has many uses in gardening, and you may not necessarily know these benefits
Ever since watching shows about life hacks, I always feel that kitchen essentials like baking soda, vinegar, and sugar have countless uses waiting for me to discover. Later I found out that medicines we take also have many unexpected effects. Here I will talk with you about the role of aspirin in gardening.
1. Why is aspirin good for flowers and plants?
Aspirin is very common in our daily life and is an anti-inflammatory drug. But my wife somehow heard that aspirin can whiten the skin, and she thought all day about whether to try it. In the end, she still did not personally test whether it was true, perhaps also afraid of ruining her face. However, aspirin really does have certain benefits for flowers and plants. This is because the salicylic acid, vitamin C, and other substances contained in aspirin can promote plant growth and inhibit fungal growth. So of course these are very good for plants.
2. How should flowers and plants use aspirin?
Actually, using aspirin for plants is not a very rare thing. Many flower growers know about it.
When rooting, you can soak them for a few hours in an aspirin aqueous solution. In this way, when taking cuttings, the rooting rate of the cuttings can be increased. This is because the salicylic acid in aspirin promotes plant rooting.
The salicylic acid and vitamin C in aspirin solution can promote plant growth, so some flower growers spray an aspirin aqueous solution on the leaves of flowers and plants. In this way, the flowers and plants can grow more beautifully.
In addition, aspirin can inhibit fungal growth, so if aspirin is mixed with purified water and poured onto the potting soil, it can inhibit fungal growth, thereby reducing the occurrence of wilt disease.
There is also the fact that many women like to buy fresh cut flowers. Putting some aspirin into the water for fresh cut flowers can also extend the flowering period. So flower growers who want to keep fresh flowers for a longer time might as well try adding some aspirin to the water.