Aspirin is a very common over-the-counter medicine that we all have in our medicine cabinets in case of need.
However, like all medicines, aspirin also has an expiry date clearly indicated on the outer packaging.
It can happen that you keep a pack of aspirin in a drawer or cabinet and go well beyond that date. What to do?
You certainly shouldn’t take medicines that have expired, but that doesn’t mean – in the case of aspirin – that it should be thrown away, on the contrary!
Even though aspirin is expired, it can still contain a number of substances and mineral salts that can be beneficial to home-grown plants.
If you have a green thumb and want to avoid producing unnecessary waste, you can reuse aspirin during your gardening operations: the plants will benefit from it in numerous ways.
- Plant growth: dissolve aspirin in water, transfer the solution to a spray bottle and water the affected plants. Repeat the treatment for 3 weeks.
- Germination of seeds: after planting them, water them with a solution of water and half an aspirin dissolved in it.
- Roots: To encourage root growth in cuttings, soak them in a solution of water, aspirin, and a teaspoon of cinnamon. Leave for 30 minutes and then plant them in soil.
