gibberellic acid 3 treatments

Robin Carrier robin@no1bird.com
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:08:16 PST
ina and i thank you
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Pilling" <pbs@pilling.demon.co.uk>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] gibberellic acid 3 treatments


> Hi,
>
> In message <4EFA146F.9010903@gmail.com>, Ina Crossley
> <klazina1@gmail.com> writes
>>Thanks Robin, I was wondering what on earth this was.
>>On 28/12/2011 7:34 a.m., Robin Carrier wrote:
>>> gibberellic acid 3 treatments
>
> You soak seeds which are difficult to germinate in a solution of GA3,
> they then germinate quickly. Only some species are susceptible to this
> treatment, but it can save a lot of time.
>
> The resulting seedlings can exhibit etiolation.
>
> You can buy GA3 powder on ebay or from specialist seed suppliers like
> "Gardens North". Deno explains the procedure then.
>
> "GA-3 is sprayed on seedless grapes to increase grape size and yield" so
> it is a fairly common/safe chemical.
>
> I've done well using GA3 on primula sieboldii.
>
>
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