TheGreatSouthern
Well-Known Member
Howdy.
I germinated a run of Auto CK two weeks ago, I used my usual hydrogen peroxide method which typically results in 95% germination in a day or two, but as the seeds were a year old and I had some gibberellic acid I figured I'd use it, as a quick forum search indicated people use it regularly for germination. I added it to the germination solution at 20ppm so only a tiny amount, so small I had to use a scale for measuring rifle cartridge propellant. I think I added about 0.02 grams to a litre or something.
I got 70% germination in 6 hours and 95% germination in 12 hours and the seedlings were a bit leggy as expected, but looked good. popped the jiffy pellets into the flood and drain tables and everything was fine until yesterday when about 50% of them popped a pair of male flowers out at the bottom node. wtf.
Now the most prudent course of action would be to yank the lot and start again without the gibberellic acid, but the thing is there are 800 plants in a SOG in 9 tables so I'm really keen to put a couple of days into finding a fix and gathering info from people experienced with using gibberellic acid on autos before I go down that road. Producing seeds, germinating and planting out 800 autos is a lot of work.
Can anybody who has experience with gibberellic acid on autos specifically chime in?
Cheers
TGS
I germinated a run of Auto CK two weeks ago, I used my usual hydrogen peroxide method which typically results in 95% germination in a day or two, but as the seeds were a year old and I had some gibberellic acid I figured I'd use it, as a quick forum search indicated people use it regularly for germination. I added it to the germination solution at 20ppm so only a tiny amount, so small I had to use a scale for measuring rifle cartridge propellant. I think I added about 0.02 grams to a litre or something.
I got 70% germination in 6 hours and 95% germination in 12 hours and the seedlings were a bit leggy as expected, but looked good. popped the jiffy pellets into the flood and drain tables and everything was fine until yesterday when about 50% of them popped a pair of male flowers out at the bottom node. wtf.
Now the most prudent course of action would be to yank the lot and start again without the gibberellic acid, but the thing is there are 800 plants in a SOG in 9 tables so I'm really keen to put a couple of days into finding a fix and gathering info from people experienced with using gibberellic acid on autos before I go down that road. Producing seeds, germinating and planting out 800 autos is a lot of work.
Can anybody who has experience with gibberellic acid on autos specifically chime in?
Cheers
TGS