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[BubbleCat]

So to my understanding:

If I take any plant that is known to easily root and make an extract (this is not extraction talk ) of it then I can use it as rooting solution ? And this is because plants that notoriously root well do this due to rooting mones they produce in good quantity ?

[New Wisdom]

I wouldn't go as far as that.  I'm prettysure you can't mash up any cactus into a juice and use it to root other plants. They all root very easy too.

[LIBERTYNY]

Salicylic acid you say...

I wonder what would happen if I threw a crushed up an aspirin tablet in a cup of water and tried to root a plant in that...

 Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, No clue if it help rooting or not. But I have read about people transplanting tomato's with a aspirin in the hole

 But the salicylic acid in willows bark and growing tips works very similar to asprin (for inflammation, and minor aches/pains)  only much less toxic, and takes about 2 hours to start working.

[FewTrueSeed]

I have used willow tea for rooting for a long time, I have also used honey and aspirin. Willow is a wonderful rooting solution. One year I used willow posts for my garden fence. Not on purposes. They rooted and formed full grown bushes by the end of summer. I pulled them up. Not easy. I am lucky to have access to a good amount of willow spp. If only I knew the genus better. I'm tempted to get some cuttings. Willow tea is easy to make and only goes bad if it begins to ferment. I highly suggest it.

[DarkPines]

I just started some willow clones recently! I have quite a few and can get plenty more!