GA3 treatments on aroids

From: "Petra Schmidt" petrabot at gmail.com> on 2006.09.24 at 14:40:36(14637) Hi Brian...long time, I know...the GA3 treatment to induce flowering can be a trial in itself, finding the right concentration and application periods. I treated Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium plants (in the research collection of Dr. Tom Croat) way back in the late 80s and had some success. We found that a few species actually continued setting flower spikes for many months before settling back into their natural cycle. There are some very good articles written by Dr. Jake Henny regarding this topic and are probably listed in the aroid-l index or in Tom's aroid literature compilation on the IAS website. Anyway, good luck with the project. Petra On 9/23/06, Brian Williams wrote: Well early this spring I put Gibberellic Acid on a few aroids thatpeople have been trying to ID for years. One plant was Xanthosoma Albo marginata or micky mouse plant. So far no sign of a flower spike. I alsoput this chemical on Alocasia Hilo Beauty. My plant was already fairlymature and is around 4 feet tall now. I was checking today and I now see a flag leaf which usually is followed by blooms. I went out earlier andtheir is another growth coming out of the stem of the flag leaf it lookslike a bloom to me but I will not be able to tell for sure for at least a few days.Julius I know you have a lot of interest in finally getting a ID tothis plant. I hope to take some detailed photos if this is indeed aflower and I would like to send the flower off to be looked at. I would +More need detailed instructions on how you would like the flower shipped sothat it is preserved. THANKS_______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: ted.held at us.henkel.com on 2006.09.25 at 13:18:16(14644) I have experimented with GA3 on aroids of the genus Cryptocoryne. I was successful in getting blooms from reluctant plants. But I later found that the blooms were wildly distorted by the treatment. Rather than a sturdy little spadix with a spiral hood, I got a thin, almost transparent gizmo with a shepherd's crook as a hood. I later got a "natural" flower from the same clone and it was conventional. In addition, GA3 tended to induce weak, spindly growth in leaves that emerged after treatment. +More I only mention this because if one is inducing blooming for ID purposes you might end up with a flower that is not helpful. I have details on the formulation of the treatment solution I used in case anyone is interested. GA3 is also pretty expensive if ordered as the pure chemical. As I remember it was about $30US for 0.1 gram. Of course, 0.1 gram makes up quite a bit of final solution. But you still have to fork over the thirty bucks. Does anyone offer a commercial, formulated GA3 treatment solution? If so, is the concentration of GA3 in the product listed on the label? I found references that indicated a wide range of treatment concentrations. For my work I picked out a sort of average number. Ted._______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "StroWi at t-online.de" StroWi at t-online.de> on 2006.09.26 at 05:06:38(14648) -----Original Message----- > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:18:16 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] GA3 treatments on aroids > From: ted.held@us.henkel.com +More > To: Discussion of aroids >................... > I have > details on the formulation of the treatment solution I used in case > anyone is interested. >...................... Ted, Yes I would be interested. Maybe through the list, others might be interested, too. >........................ > Does anyone offer a > commercial, formulated GA3 treatment solution? >..................... No, sorry. > > Ted. Aroiders, has someone used GA3 to force tubers out of dormancy? Good growing, Bernhard. _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Susan B honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2006.09.28 at 17:28:11(14686) http://rosecare1.stores.yahoo.net/growreg.html Sells the Pro-Gibb and Promalin GAA treatments."StroWi@t-online.de" wrote: -----Original Message-----> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:18:16 +0200> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] GA3 treatments on aroids> From: ted.held@us.henkel.com> To: Discussion of aroids >................... > I have> details on the formulation of the treatment solution I used in case> anyone is interested.>......................Ted,Yes I would be interested. Maybe through the list, others might beinterested, too.>........................> Does anyone offer a> commercial, formulated GA3 treatment +More solution?>.....................No, sorry.> > Ted.Aroiders,has someone used GA3 to force tubers out of dormancy?Good growing,Bernhard._______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1?/min._______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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