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Often I have received plants that have started to deteriorate, and often these plants continue to go downhill and soon die completely. I have gotten feed back that sometimes people have had the same experience with plants that I shipped. I am wondering if anyone has tried plant hormones to keep them fresh longer.
Cytokinins are said to retard senescence in plants. If you cut off a leaf, it will deteriorate rapidly even if keept moist and well lit. Cytokinins are said to be produced mostly in the root tips and translocated to the stems and leaves. The cut off of the cytokinin supply is said to be the reason for the leaf senescing rapidly. Cut leaves sprayed with a dilute cytokinin solution last a lot longer.
I am going to try to get hold of some cytokinins and spray them onto some plants and keep them in the dark in a ziplock bag and see if they last longer than a control group. Has any one else tried this?
Cytokinins are said to retard senescence in plants. If you cut off a leaf, it will deteriorate rapidly even if keept moist and well lit. Cytokinins are said to be produced mostly in the root tips and translocated to the stems and leaves. The cut off of the cytokinin supply is said to be the reason for the leaf senescing rapidly. Cut leaves sprayed with a dilute cytokinin solution last a lot longer.
I am going to try to get hold of some cytokinins and spray them onto some plants and keep them in the dark in a ziplock bag and see if they last longer than a control group. Has any one else tried this?