Thoughts on Plant Growth Regulators (PGR)

Drop That Sound

Drop That Sound

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I mean.. 8 out of 10 US citizens are already consuming it on a daily basis anyway, and the Trump and Biden admins says it's completely okay now, since 2020. All the sudden it's totally fine to feed it to your kids for breakfast every morning, so why not go ahead and use on your plants too? Its not gonna raise the levels in your blood much higher than it already has, right? Its supposed to be banned for good reason, and only used on ornamental garden plants, but the government\EPA says don't worry about it now! Bon appetit! :wink:
 
Wastei

Wastei

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ttystikk said:
The only PGR I would use or recommend is Triacontanol. It's a growth accelerator, occurs naturally in alfalfa in high quantities which is why alfalfa grows so fast.

Even at that, if you already have a well performing system I am not sure it would add anything.
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Even more so in beeswax. The problem is it's not water soluble and most studies are done with extractions and foliar spray applications with solvents and emulsifiers to be effective in other plant species.

Alfa-alfa ferments would be my approach in organic gardening, that would probably also be effective as a root drench. I love different ferments but they smell too much like death to be used indoors.

Humic acid and kelp mix is my go to indoors where you get a good mix of auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, brassinosteroids and jasmonates all in small amounts with synergistic effects.

Many of the synthetic PGR are derivates from compounds that were first discovered in seaweed/kelp.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Wastei said:
Even more so in beeswax. The problem is it's not water soluble and most studies are done with extractions and foliar spray applications with solvents and emulsifiers to be effective in other plant species.

Alfa-alfa ferments would be my approach in organic gardening, that would probably also be effective as a root drench. I love different ferments but they smell too much like death to be used indoors.

Humic acid and kelp mix is my go to indoors where you get a good mix of auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, brassinosteroids and jasmonates all in small amounts with synergistic effects.

Many of the synthetic PGR are derivates from compounds that were first discovered in seaweed/kelp.
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Clearly, you are well versed on these, much more than myself. In regards to triacontinol specifically, I was given to understand that calcium nitrate or "Cal-Mag" was the way to get it to remain in solution, the story bring that it binds to the calcium. If that's incorrect then I definitely want to know because I don't want to lead anyone astray.
 
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