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How to induce flowering in cacti, hormones, gibberellic acid, photoperiodism, plant biostimulants etc

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lol yes im still thinking about this :lol:

 

The Florigenic protein is regulated by light cycles, Therefore to hijack control of when plants flowers we need to hijack its mechanism of light detection. 


Phytochrome is a photoreceptor, a pigment that plants, and some bacteria and fungi, use to detect light. It is sensitive to light in the red and far-red region of the visible spectrum. Many flowering plants use it to regulate the time of flowering based on the length of day and night (photoperiodism) and to set circadian rhythms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytochrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If someone with a couple of extra mature trichocereus are willing to experiment... you could attempt girdling the trichocereus to varying degree to see if it'll induce flowering. Its used in fruit trees as a successful means to increase fruits and induce flowering at younger ages. These done with seedlings since its all I have currently.

 

 

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Another experiment worth trying to induce flowering would be torching the cactus (not excessive) perhaps placing twigs all around it and burning it careful not to spread a fire. These experiments are quite limited for now and will be reattempted as time goes on using own root cacti and more mature trichocereus in the future.

 

 

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