Where Have All The Flowers Gone? Gibberellic gibberish(pics)

dcarch · July 8, 2006

In trying different things to improve yield, I applied (only once in the beginning) GA to many of my plants after I set them out this year

Here is something I have read: “I used GA3 at 150 PPM on my tomato plants 36 days after transplanting. That was June 28th. When I applied it I had only 2 "Early Girl" tomatoes the size of a pea showing. Quite a few flowers were about to open on both "Early Girls" and "German Johnsons" when I applied it. Here we are at 13 days after spraying and I have 75 tomatoes growing now!!!”

Well I now have plants at least 10 to 12 feet tall with NO FLOWERS!!!. In the picture you will see I try to serpentine the stems to control their growth. Some of them are reach second stories high.

Big big big big mistake!

dcarch

July 8, 2006	#1
dcarch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,618	Where Have All The Flowers Gone? Gibberellic gibberish(pics) In trying different things to improve yield, I applied (only once in the beginning) GA to many of my plants after I set them out this year Here is something I have read: “I used GA3 at 150 PPM on my tomato plants 36 days after transplanting. That was June 28th. When I applied it I had only 2 "Early Girl" tomatoes the size of a pea showing. Quite a few flowers were about to open on both "Early Girls" and "German Johnsons" when I applied it. Here we are at 13 days after spraying and I have 75 tomatoes growing now!!!” Well I now have plants at least 10 to 12 feet tall with NO FLOWERS!!!. In the picture you will see I try to serpentine the stems to control their growth. Some of them are reach second stories high. Big big big big mistake! dcarch