Gibberellic acid report #3

Exactly two weeks after treatment with a 20 ppm solution of GA, the 25 perennials being monitored grew an average of just under four inches. One purple coneflower grew 8 1/2 inches in a week, an Alaska Shasta daisy, 7 1/4 inches, and two other purple coneflowers, 7 3/4 each.

Then there's the corn, which I didn't notice until June 8. It went from 9 1/2 inches to 17.

For the two-week period since first treatment June 1, one delphinium grew more than 20 inches. On June 1, it was 37 1/2 inches tall and on June 15, 58 inches. A Stokes aster that measured 11 1/2 inches June 1, was 32 1/2 inches June 15.

I fertilized June 13 with MiracleGro -- foliar since I can't get to the plants' bases with a timed-release fertilizer. That's because when I planted most of the perennials a year ago, I wanted an instant-flower look in the bed, so spaced them closer together than recommended for each plant's mature size. The new "control bed" is better, except that it's supposed to be an iris bed.

I hope to GA everything again this coming Saturday, including a first treatment of the "right plant" in each pair in the control bed.

In case anybody's interested, the plants being monitored in the perennial bed are two delphiniums, two Alaska daisies, two Deiner's double daisies, three carnations, a Stokes aster, a silver princess daisy, three matricatias (feverfew?), three purple coneflowers, two pincushion flowers (one purple, one white), three lupines and three columbines. Then there's the corn. :-/ It's probably just field corn -- nothing wonderfully edible, since it was squirrel-planted.

The "control plants" are (two each) anemone, campanula, First Love carnation, French Kiss carnation, white coneflowers, purple coneflower, white and pink baby's breath, White Star, Santana and Golden matricaria, pink and purple pincushion flower, Stoke's aster, and some mum (the name's on the stake, but it's 4 trillion degrees outside and air-conditioned inside, so I'll check that name tomorrow.

Shendoh, thanks for all your efforts on this project and your report is amazing. I have got to get some! that's all I can say.....
In fact, I think I will order some right now.

I've got to try and track some down - apart from HUGE quantities for agriculture purposes it seems to be almost non-existent here in Australia.

Pam

I purchased some of the Megagrow GA and sprayed several plants with it, a couple of weeks ago . My question is a dumb one. Is a 20PPm solution of his 4% solution, the same as a 20PPM solution of the Megagrow which is only a 0.016% solution? I have seen no noticable growth , although I have not been measuring and keeping detailed stats. The one thing that did seem affected by the GA was a Christmas Cactus that was on my bakers rack of houseplants outdoors for the season. It usually just sits still and does nothing until fall when I bring it in. After I sprayed with GA, it started new growth and budded out!!! It is ready to open up any day now. I noticed on the Megagrow users Guide it recommended 200PPM for early flowering, 800PPM for Bloosom set and 2000PPm for seed germination. My little bottle would not begin to do that. ???

What's the latest with the experiment? I think this is amazing and very interesting. Lou

Anymore updates on this? How's it working out?

I am wondering, also.