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[Shpongle Lover]

This is one of five plants I've gotten to this stage from seven leaves started on 8/3/13/

SL

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[TBM]

So far I have one P. viridis plant with I've acclimated to regular indoor humidity (it's roughly 5"  tall), i spent the better part of a month acclimating it. It appears to be doing alright so far, but only time will tell how it will do in the long run. I'm also currently acclimating a second P. viridis, it's about halfway finished with that I think, this one is roughly 3.5" tall so I'm hoping that by acclimating it at a younger size it will do better once it's bigger.

[Shpongle Lover]

When I get to that point I'm planning on using the half-soda bottle technique - placing the cut top half of a clear soda or water bottle into the soil and unscrewing the cap and gradually adding additional holes with a hole punch of 1 - 2 per week.

SL

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[Frog Pajamas]

Good idea. I even have a few 2 liter bottles that have been mini-greenhouses in the past. I'll switch to that and start poking holes to acclimate. The rot was very minimal, and I think it's off and bounced back.

It's very exciting seeing the unrooted ones start to shoot, and significant growth from the rooted leaf.

[happyconcacti]

I've seen GA3 come up quite a bit with other plants.

Does anyone ever use it with P. viridis? Is there no need? Will it cause damage? Has experimentation been done?

Thank you,
Hcc

[Bach]

GA3 is usually used to trigger germination of seeds, which is usually the topic of discussion in these parts, but it can also be used to stimulate root and shoot growth.

It's never been used on Pv as far as I know, and certainly never by me.  Give it a go and let us know your results! To make it really interesting you could try different concentrations to see which works best. Untreated leaves should be used as a control.

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[happyconcacti]

GA3 is usually used to trigger germination of seeds, which is usually the topic of discussion in these parts, but it can also be used to stimulate root and shoot growth.

It's never been used on Pv as far as I know, and certainly never by me.  Give it a go and let us know your results! To make it really interesting you could try different concentrations to see which works best. Untreated leaves should be used as a control.

2 controls leaves, many control seeds.

2 leaves, 4 seeds each in GA3:
1000ppm
750ppm
500ppm
250ppm

Results to come, Don't hold your breath though.   

Hcc

Edit: see NW's post directly below. I'm allowing them to soak in solution. I haven't decided for how long. So far 3 hours. Any suggestions?

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[New Wisdom]

GA3 is usually used to trigger germination of seeds, which is usually the topic of discussion in these parts, but it can also be used to stimulate root and shoot growth.

It's never been used on Pv as far as I know, and certainly never by me.  Give it a go and let us know your results! To make it really interesting you could try different concentrations to see which works best. Untreated leaves should be used as a control.

2 controls leaves, many control seeds.

2 leaves, 4 seeds each in GA3:
1000ppm
750ppm
500ppm
250ppm

Results to come, Don't hold your breath though.   

Hcc

What did you do? Did you soak the leaves in straight solution or did you just spray it on there?

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[Sunshine]

I wouldn't soak the leafs for longer than 6 hours in the 750 and 1000. They might get chemical burns. The reason seeds don't get chem burned from those high concentrations is because of the shell on them. The 500ppm might even be too much.

[happyconcacti]

I took them out at 3 hr and 50 min and potted them in
1 : 0.75 : 1     
cactus soil (super soil brand, palm and cacti mix) : vermiculite : perlite


For each concentration, I did two leaves. One with the main stem snapped in 4 spots, the other unsnapped.

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[TBM]

Fantastic set up, were all of these leaves from the same mother plant?

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[Shpongle Lover]

Looking forward to some results after the New Year, I would imagine... Good luck!

SL

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[happyconcacti]

Fantastic set up, were all of these leaves from the same mother plant?

There are 4 different mother plants that were all from the same seed batch. All variations of the same genetics.

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[Bach]

Nice work there Hcc! Looking forward to your results. To my knowledge you are on the cutting edge with this long overdue research.

 

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[semaphore]

I'm getting a few viridis leaves today. Kada suggested i dont use ziplock bags as it will restrict airflow but i see here you Bach and even TBM use methods that restrict it. Should i perhaps cut a few holes to allow fresh air in or just open it once or twice  a day to flush it with fesh air. I have a few alba leaves currently in potting soil + perlite mix with no breather holes and they seem fine i just ensure that i open it once or twice.