To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fruit set without bees - Gibberellic Acid?
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:42:16 -0800
Close. GA increases berry size, but not set, in grapes. It can also be used to "loosen" tight clusters by elongating the cluster and berry stems. It's a matter of timing.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Dec 13, 2004, at 12:30 PM, Rodney Eveland wrote:
I understand that many seedless grapes are sprayed with gibberellic
acid to get a profitable crop.