Hi Tom:
Good query.
Sitting at the table with the older paisan's to
hear of a process back in the old country of using manure
and seaweed to promote cuttings and propagation and
reconstitution of seed was what had got me interested
into this. I am unaware of the specific
concentrations of each particular element or mineral and whether it's present
in
higher availability in specific laminaria's or
ascophyllum's. Have to be honest, it's beyond my scope.
And in a case where you may have a valuable (to you
or whomever) lot of seed, I would say yes, go strait for the
juggler
and get some from the crfg because the expense
is enormous and a friend from crfg once happened to tell me that
they
buy it in a large quantity for the membership
because it is cost prohibitive. I do know that they use it to re-introduce
viability in seed if that seed that has become suspect, especially in citrus
that once dried well....
Wish I had more.... Sorry
Best of growing,
~Gianni
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:33
PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] GBA
Hi Gianni,
Are these natually occuring acids strong
enough, and sonsistent enough to be used to break dormancy of seeds
requiring stratification?
I believe that GBA helps to break down the
IBA in the dormant seed, thereby breaking the dormancy of the seed and
bypassing stratification.
It only takes tiny amounts of GBA to achieve
this bypass.
Thanks, Tom
-- Thomas Olenio Ontario,
Hardiness Zone 6a
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Gianni wrote:
> From:
"del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com> > Reply-To:
nafex@yahoogroups.com > To: nafex@yahoogroups.com > Subject:
[nafex] GBA > Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 15:23:17 -0000 > > I
need a source of gibberelic acid, (pro gibb, old type tomato set) etc.
The > local supply said that it is no longer in any of their products,
and I saw a > mention that it is now "restricted". > We've gone
through all our catalogs and a Google search did'nt help. > thanks! Mn.
Del > > Hi Del: > > Did you know that seaweed and
kelp have natural forms of gibberrelic acid, a naturally occurring >
hormone? Also in Laminaria (Kelp) & Ascophyllum (Seaweed) there are
auxins, and cytokinins > or indole compounds which are also naturally
occurring hormones and do promote growth and > root
development. > Any fine Seaweed/Kelp composition will have these growth
hormones present. > Best wishes, > ~Gianni >
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