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Rocketman64

Member
This is not the info I was looking for but it's a brief description of how aspirin is made and points to the fact that aspirin is not exactly the same as salicylic acid. This was lifted from a .com site so take it for what it's worth:

Written By:
Sayer Ji

"...
<B>While salicylic acid is found naturally in plants as salicylates, acetyl-salicylic acid does not exist in nature, is not formed as byproduct of natural salicylate consumption,[3] and is produced only through industrial synthesis. For example, this is one method of synthesis:
Acetylsalicylic acid is prepared by reacting acetic anhydride with salicylic acid at a temperature of <90 deg C either in a solvent (e.g., acetic acid or aromatic, acyclic, or chlorinated hydrocarbons) or by the addition of catalysts such as acids or tertiary amines."
</B>


 

Stonefree69

Veg & Flower Station keeper
Veteran
One chemical company now produces a salicylic acid derivative that induces systemic resistance response in plants. It’s called Actigard and is registered for use on some commercial vegetable crops for control of certain diseases. When enough aspirin was used in experiments to induce a systemic response, plant damage generally occurred. Actiguard is supposedly gentler on plants...."
If you ask me compared with White Willow Bark Actigard=Marinol. Imagine all the other active ingredients Actigard takes out - just like comparing Marinol to the many THC & CBD & other benefitting chemical compositions.
 

headband 707

Plant whisperer
Veteran
I wasn't exactly sure about the hormonal change and if this might be effecting outcom

I wasn't exactly sure about the hormonal change and if this might be effecting outcom

I advise you to be very careful with the strength you test this aspirin at. I used aspirin to induce male flowers for feminized seeds several years ago. I had mixed results but it did force male flowers to show. Take 3 aspirin and break them up into one glass of water. When it's dissolved saturate whatever nodes you want to produce the balls or bananas. If that didn't work I would dissolve 2 aspirin in a cup of water then actually feed though whole cup via the roots to the plant (and a aspirin misting of the same ratios wouldn't hurt but aren't necessary).


^^ I grabbed this info from another cannabis site . I can't say I know enough about this to comment one way or the other.. Stay frosty headband 707:biggrin:
 

Rocketman64

Member
Never heard of Marinol until today, looks like fun stuff. I Googled it and found two hours of reading about what NOT to do while taking the medication- smoking marijuana being one of them.
 

Sativa Dragon

Active member
Veteran
All we can do is give the plant a headache and then give it some aspirin to cure it, So... what does this do for bud production?

Peace
 

Stonefree69

Veg & Flower Station keeper
Veteran
Besides white willow bark I found some other "magic" enhancers that really work:

Essential Enhancers Explained

Fulvic acid is taken up by the plant (humic can be used in soil or the res, and fulvic is actually a type of humic acid) and this also helps the plant uptake minerals.

Chelating minerals is a big key to hydroponics speed and quality of growth. Also simple sugars, amino acids, fulvic, citric additives can can act as chelating agents and help increase their availability.
 

Jellyfish

Invertebrata Inebriata
Veteran
winner@420giveaway
I advise you to be very careful with the strength you test this aspirin at. I used aspirin to induce male flowers for feminized seeds several years ago. I had mixed results but it did force male flowers to show. Take 3 aspirin and break them up into one glass of water. When it's dissolved saturate whatever nodes you want to produce the balls or bananas. If that didn't work I would dissolve 2 aspirin in a cup of water then actually feed though whole cup via the roots to the plant (and a aspirin misting of the same ratios wouldn't hurt but aren't necessary).


^^ I grabbed this info from another cannabis site . I can't say I know enough about this to comment one way or the other.. Stay frosty headband 707:biggrin:
Are you putting us on? :)
 
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