Aspirin for tomatoes?

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    Just watching Sunday Brunch, and James Wong is on talking about growing stuff at home; he said that dissolving quarter of an aspirin tablet into a litre of water and spraying tomatoes with it once a month during the summer will significantly increase the sugar and vitamin C content of the fruit. He also inferred that this would work with strawberries. I presume that he means to spray the foliage?

    Has anyone heard of this, or even tried it? Might give it a bash this year
     
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      Just been reading about this @fat controller
      I'm not sure if it improves flavour but looks like it improves the plants immune system
      Most folk say crush 2 tablets into 9l watering can and water every month
      I might try it this year
       
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          I wonder what it is about asprin, it seems good for so many things.:huh:

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            Its the Salacylic acid but I would sooner take aspirin than try to swallow one of these when I get a headache [​IMG] :lunapic 130165696578242 5::lunapic 130165696578242 5::lunapic 130165696578242 5:
             
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              If you want to take the really 'green' route, then soak willow bark in water and use that.
               
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                Oh yes of course Dave that is where the aspirins start life..... :SUNsmile:
                 
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                  :old: Another little gem of knowledge -
                  "Asprin" is named as such, as it is derived from the Greek word for white, άσπρος, it sounds like 'asbros' with a very soft 'b'.
                   
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                    Was Aspirin a registered trade name originally , by a German company ? I think its just a generic name now.
                     
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                      You are right Harry:blue thumb:, according to Wikki Bayer marketed it as Aspirin in 1899
                       
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