I have discovered one thing that may be of interest to anyone who has been following this thread.

Isoprene, a hydrocarbon is the precursor to all terpenes. It may be possible to feed the plant isoprene either by foliar feeding or through the rhizosphere. The chemical is not soluble in water and is considered to be a hazardous chemical due to it's propensity to explode in the air. I will be doing a great deal more research on handling this chemical and it's effects on the environment before trying anything with it. It actually might be difficult for an individual to order due to isoprene's status as a hazardous chemical. All that being said isoprene is found in just about every living thing on the planet, it is released in great quantities by plants, into the air, during daylight hours and is a precursor for many many nontoxic substances. So it may be relatively safe in extremely dilute quantities.

Here is information on isoprene: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;...ktext=isoprene

I strongly recommend that anyone who does not have considerable experience handling dangerous chemicals, not even consider experimenting with this. You could die and we don't even know if this would do anything beneficial.

Thoughts are needed on this. Ideas for stable sources of isoprene would be appreciated as well.


FERMENTing cider for many months will make it hard. Oh yeah.