Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to enhance germination?

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Kristen

Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to enhance germination?

Post by Kristen »

Anyone tried using Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to improve their chances with difficult seeds?

Seems to be readily available on eBay and cheap, (the listing I found has already sold 1092 units!). I remember using it at college in some experiments on enhancing germination ... wasn't trying anything hard-to-grow at the time though.
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Re: Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to enhance germination?

Post by Conifers »

From what I've read, dosage can be very critical - a tiny bit too much, and it suppresses germination instead of enhancing it.
flounder

Re: Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to enhance germination?

Post by flounder »

I dabbled a few years ago, but I found the results negligible. The best thing to increase germination percentages of difficult species, is the freshest possible seed and to copy what happens in their natural enviroment.
Kristen

Re: Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to enhance germination?

Post by Kristen »

Thanks chaps. I've been reading similar about criticality of dilution rates; I'm inclined to give it a go, I'll let you know if I have any joy.
James Moore

Re: Gibberellic Acid / GA3 to enhance germination?

Post by James Moore »

Germination of banana seeds using GA3 is not a good idea. It retards germination.

It may work on heliconia seeds, however
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