This sounds interesting

This "hint" came from a gardening newsletter I get.

Sounds like a plan Alice. Let us know how it works :-)

Hope this isn't a dumb question but do you spray this on? It says 60% of treated leaves which makes it sound like you use a spray.

Judy

I would assume so, I have no personal experience with it as my hibiscus stay outside. I was just posting the quote I read elsewhere for those who need to bring their plants indoors for the winter.

Interesting. I would assume the results would be the same whether you spray it on or add it to your liquid fertilizer when you water your plants. I would guess the additives are absorbed into the plant either way.

Its certainly worth trying. I have leaf loss even in my GH. Thanks for sharing this info with us.

Judy

Yo are welcome, I thought it is inexpensive and probably pretty harmless to try. A bit of sugar and some Fruit Fresh (citric acid) from the grocery store. But, what is a millimolar? :-)

I don't know but will surely find out and try it. Thanks for posting this. I wonder if it'd work on brugs???

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/millimolar

LOL, you Texans. You probably know that idea came from a Texas newsletter.

exactly, lol. notice I put it out there w/ no comment to let you figure it out, lol.

LOL, we do have lots of moles around here. Makes one wonder........

I looked up millimole units (which is a fraction of a mole) and then starting reading. How much to use depends on the weight of the substance you are adding it to. At that point I started to get "molecular headache" and had to lay down.
I think it would be easier just to pack your bags, move to a frost free zone, and forget about it.

LOL

Unless I did the math wrong, a 5mM solution works out to approximately a 0.1% solution. So basically just a little pinch--probably no need to be really exact, just make sure not to use too much since I suspect it could act as an herbicide if you get the concentration too high.

...a pinch or a dab or a tad. I believe they're the same, lol. I do think you should follow amore's recommendation and move.

LOL. Maybe just add a smidge. Just add the juice of one citrus and see what happens. Maybe after the hibiscus blooms fall off a fruit will form.

why would you care if the leaves fall in winter? isn't that natural? or it a matter of having pretty foliage in a greenhouse setting?

The few times I have lost leaves I found they take forever to come back in the spring and they won't bloom until there is plenty of foliage.