ASPIRIN for plants

[seedcorn]

Dave, thanks for more info. I've now decided that aspirin does kill in excess. So now I will try a VERY weak rate to see how it affects things.

One thing that does concern me is the lack of plant height on the eggplants w/aspirin water vs untreated. Altho I am eating eggplants off of the treated ones.

 

[davaroo]

Dave, thanks for more info. I've now decided that aspirin does kill in excess. So now I will try a VERY weak rate to see how it affects things.

One thing that does concern me is the lack of plant height on the eggplants w/aspirin water vs untreated. Although I am eating eggplants off of the treated ones.

Would you consider your experiment a rigorously controlled one? Could some other sort of variable have slipped in, unseen?

I ask because, all things being equal, aspirin is touted as a genuine boon. I have been alternating it's use with non-aspirin waterings this season and so far I cannot say it's done anything but help.
While that is not exactly scientific (and more self-fulfilling than anything), I'm interested to learn what may have contributed to your less than "boon-like" results.

 

[seedcorn]

Dave, thanks for more info. I've now decided that aspirin does kill in excess. So now I will try a VERY weak rate to see how it affects things.

One thing that does concern me is the lack of plant height on the eggplants w/aspirin water vs untreated. Although I am eating eggplants off of the treated ones.

Would you consider your experiment a rigorously controlled one? Could some other sort of variable have slipped in, unseen?

I ask because, all things being equal, aspirin is touted as a genuine boon. I have been alternating it's use with non-aspirin waterings this season and so far I cannot say it's done anything but help.
While that is not exactly scientific (and more self-fulfilling than anything), I'm interested to learn what may have contributed to your less than "boon-like" results.

Yes, it is scientific as the only variable is the aspirin. Seed, ground, rainfall, etc is exactly the same. Aspirin definitely inhibits germination. But (it's a BIG but) it has been duplicated and will be duplicated several times over the next 4 weeks.

I am wondering if the aspirin at HIGH rates affects it because it changes the ph in the ground by the seed. So I'm going to use 1 aspirin/gal, treat the seed and duplicate it to see what happens there.

Not unreasonable to believe you can OD w/aspirin as too much aspirin in human body will kill you as well. Almost killed my neighbor as it gave him bleeding ulcers.

 

[davaroo]

I am wondering if the aspirin at HIGH rates affects it because it changes the ph in the ground by the seed. So I'm going to use 1 aspirin/gal, treat the seed and duplicate it to see what happens there.

Not unreasonable to believe you can OD w/aspirin as too much aspirin in human body will kill you as well. Almost killed my neighbor as it gave him bleeding ulcers.

I think you have hit the crux of the thing, here.