Gibberellic acid applied during flowering

gromedibud

Active Member
I have been doing research on gibberellins and the effects they have on different plants and was wondering if anyone had used this during flowering. I know that in large concentration it causes hermies and used during veg it causes lanky plants.
I have read that used mid to late flowering in low doses it can result in increased bud production by 50-100%. My bio book says this has been used in commercial agriculture with great result and is a common practice to use gibberellins.
Does anyone have any experience with gibberellic acid during flowering stage particularly with positive results?
 

pH'

Member
People generally use it for femmenizing or in tissue culture.

What did your bio book say it doubled the yeild of?
 

canndo

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I use it as well, but not for flowering. Too much will cause etiolation and inhibit shooting when used in conjunction with NAA.
 

gromedibud

Active Member
Sorry been away for awhile busy with school.
The bio book said it is used in commercial growing of seedless grapes, walnuts, tomatoes, and oranges. Seedless grapes are apparently much smaller then regular grapes naturally so they add ga to them and it makes them the same size. For tomatoes they spray the flowers and every flower turns into a tomatoe.
 

canndo

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It is a key component in cannibis tissue culture. Although it does tend to elongate the leaves, it makes the plant grow at least 50 percent faster than culture/hormone treatments without it. But I don't know it that will help you in what you are doing.
 

Gastanker

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I have no experience with it myself but it sounds like it encourages fruiting not necessarily flowering or the production of bud sites. Remember that we are growing flowers and not fruit.
 
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