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To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« on: December 16, 2019, 01:12:33 PM »
 Do you know the ratio to water for better pollination for citrus flowering during of season, using GA3 liquid?
I am using. Liquid.
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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2019, 03:28:24 PM »
Is the GA3 you are using a liquid formulation or do you have the GA3 powder?

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2019, 04:23:27 PM »
Is the GA3 you are using a liquid formulation or do you have the GA3 powder?
Liquid.

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2019, 09:01:38 PM »
What is the strength of your GA3 solution?

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2019, 06:56:39 AM »
I am not so convinced that GA3 makes the pollination smoother but will certainly elongate your shoots.

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2019, 11:04:52 AM »
Google somme studyes about the use of gibberellic acid for pollination for the particular plant specie you want to use it.
You will have to use a much weaker solution than that for germinating seeds and you will not get elongated shots.
Also the seeds in the fruit might be smaller and non developed from the use of gibberellic acid.

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2019, 03:28:04 PM »
Google somme studyes about the use of gibberellic acid for pollination for the particular plant specie you want to use it.
You will have to use a much weaker solution than that for germinating seeds and you will not get elongated shots.
Also the seeds in the fruit might be smaller and non developed from the use of gibberellic acid.

I am talking about citrus. I use it with success in other applications.
And studies have bias, not always reliable.

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2019, 03:40:03 PM »
lebmung wrote: >studies have bias, not always reliable<

Although this statement has some validity to it, it is still a stretch.  So much of what advances science comes through studies.

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2019, 05:59:17 PM »
i have used the gibberellic acid along with brassinolide  another plant growth hormone and got a pomello to flower in two years from seed

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2019, 06:58:48 PM »
I don't know much about brassinolide, but Gibberellic acid does not make a tree grow any faster.  What it does is extend the length of the internodes.  It does not make new internodes.

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Re: To use GA3 for flower/retention.
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2019, 06:32:50 PM »
lebmung wrote: >studies have bias, not always reliable<

Although this statement has some validity to it, it is still a stretch.  So much of what advances science comes through studies.

Yes, indeed. Here I was referring more in context of experimenting outside the natural habitat.
For instance for mangoes, in tropical climates to induce flowering they spray k nitrate while in cold climates has no effect or even worse.

Most of the research for citrus is done where it grows naturally. Like I haven't seen any study to develop a new rootstock for containers in cold climates.