increases yeilds, speeds harvests; have you heard of/used this? Stinky, bluebear, gk

[kindprincess]

got a new product today; pennington's pride (exclusively for independent dealers) tomato bloom spray. it says, "ready to use plant growth hormone for tomatoes and vegetabes. increases yeilds-speeds harvest"

active ingredient; cytokinin as kinetin, based on biological activity......0.00008%

inert ingredients, 99.99992%

"pennington's pride tomato bloom spray is a ready-to-use plant hormone product thatprovides biological grow power to promote blossom set and fruit developement. used as recomended, tomato bloom spray will promote flowering, increase blossom set, and increase fruit yield.

tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, eggplants, melons, okra peppers strawberries and grapes will often bear earlier when treated with tomato bloom spray.

shake well before using. tomato bloom spray is ready to use as is. to promote blossom set and fruit developement spray the flowers and adjacent foliage with tomato bloom spray until the leaves are completely wet. repeat as blossoms appear or at weekly to two week intervals.

for use as directed on the following plants:

tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, eggplants, melons, okra peppers strawberries and grapes

buyer's gaurantee limited to label claims"



ok that's all of it.
so does n e one know if this works for our purposes, and/or what residual effects can be caused by cytokinin aka kinetin?

kindprincess Reviewed by kindprincess on 11-19-2006. increases yeilds, speeds harvests; have you heard of/used this? Stinky, bluebear, gk got a new product today; pennington's pride (exclusively for independent dealers) tomato bloom spray. it says, "ready to use plant growth hormone for tomatoes and vegetabes. increases yeilds-speeds harvest" active ingredient; cytokinin as kinetin, based on biological activity......0.00008% inert ingredients, 99.99992% "pennington's pride tomato bloom spray is a ready-to-use plant hormone product thatprovides biological grow power to promote blossom set and fruit developement. used as Rating: 5

[kindprincess]

bu-ump!

[kindprincess]

n e 1?

[turtle420]

With 0.00008% active ingredients, I'm sure those 7 or 8 molecules will help the plant somewhat.

Have no experience with it.
Best

[midlifecrisis]

I think a study is in order......Can this be bought in a standard garden shop?

I did a little research and it appears that it will work on any plant to promote cell division, chlorophyll production, flowering sites and overall growth.


Small excerpt:
The exact mechanism by which this occurs is unclear but likely involves the ability of cytokinins to mobilize nutrients. Application of cytokinin to a leaf will cause it to act as a sink and nutrients will be directed towards it.

E. Greening.
Promotes the light-induced formation of chlorophyll and conversion of etioplasts to chloroplasts (greening process).

F. Promote lateral bud development.
Cytokinin application to dormant buds will cause them to develop. A witchesâ?? broom is caused by a pathogen such as the bacterium Corynebacterium fascians (or A. tumefaciens) that produces cytokinin which, in turn, causes stimulates lateral bud development (branching). These results suggest that apical dominance may be related to cytokinin, too.

For example, when tobacco cells are infected with the Ti-plasmid that has been modified to possess the heat shock promoter, a heat treatment stimulates the cells to produce increased amounts of cytokinin. These plants exhibit less apical dominance and remain green longer than non-heat treated controls. Thus, these results support the conclusion that senescence and apical dominance are related to cytokinin levels.

G. Promote cell expansion.
Cytokinins stimulate the expansion of cotyledons. This is the basis for the classical bioassay. The mechanism is associated with increased plasticity of the cell wall, not associated with acidification.

[kindprincess]

wow.....

good job midlife! i will begin experimetation TONITE!!!! ahahahahahaha!!!!! this will prob become my new main thread so yall keep up, k?

love, kp

[BlueBear]

Am I invited???
Adieu

[kindprincess]

you know it babe the other is starting to get too long... people don't read once the thread is a dozen pages or more so, yep, imma need my bear)

love, kp

ps, tried the stuff. let you know tonight what's up.

[midlifecrisis]

My only real concern is how close to harvest one can apply...It is made for food, so one would assume it would pose little harm if ingested...I wait with anticipation as to any results as i just germinated some WW and am eager to experiment......Little shop of horrors here we come!

[kindprincess]

too soon to tell realy, plus there is a variable... just replace two double 48" flouro's with a 400w hps. still have 16 cfl's in there, but they will be replaced by two more 400w hps', soon as i can get a couple of ignitors.

thanx much midlife... to see where i'm coming from, check these out...
first is by a friend of a friend of a... you get the point

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=85454
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=88629

they are loooong! i know...

where are you bear?

as i stated b4, this may become my new thread. the other is getting too long to get noticed/replied to...

i will be posting daily, if not more often

love, kp