Page 10 - Griffin Gazette Issue 1 - 2020

FLOREL BY

THE NUMBERS

IMPROVING

PERFORMANCE AND
CONSISTENCY

By Rick Yates, GGSPro Technical Support Manager
Florel is a versatile plant growth regulator (PGR), best known for its ability to stimulate lateral branching in a wide range of
ornamental plants. Ethephon, the active ingredient in Florel, sports an impressive list of plant responses. In addition to the
remarkable branching effect, reducing internode elongation and keeping plants in, or returning them to, a vegetative state
are some of the benefits. By taking advantage of these attributes, growers can save labor and reduce the risk of spreading
sap-transmitted viruses by eliminating the need for hand or mechanical pinching. Keeping plants in a vegetative state until
blooms are needed for sale directs more of the plant’s energy into developing the architecture of the plant. At the same
time, this reduces the risk of Botrytis posed by pre-mature flower petals dropping hanging baskets onto crops below.
Furthermore, by reducing or eliminating pollen from pre-mature blooms the thrips reproductive capacity is significantly
impaired through restricting their food supply. Chalk up another benefit to the flower scheduling ability of Florel!