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Daminozide Border Blue’

•! Dazide (Fine Americas)

•! B-Nine/Dazide effective
•! B-Nine WSG (OHP) on a wide variety of
•! Safe, short-term response perennials
•! Uptake by leaves; good coverage required •! Multiple applications
•! NO Soil Activity required at 7 to 14 day
•! Increased activity as tank mix with intervals
chlromequat chloride •! Tank mix with
chlormequat chloride
very effective Control B-Nine
5000 x 2

Veronica x ‘Sunny
Chlormequat Cl
Border Blue’
•! Citadel (Fine Americas)
•! Cycocel (OHP)
•! Chlormequat E-Pro (Etigra LLC)
•! Primarily foliar applications; good coverage
required
•! LIMITED Soil Activity
–!not labeled for chemigation Control B-Nine 5000/ 5000/ 5000/ 5000/
•! Labeled for tank mix with daminozide 5000 ppm 1000 2000 3000 4000
•! Cycocel labeled for outdoor application •! B-Nine/Cycocel Tank Mix, 4 WAT
•! Good control with single application

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‘Burgundy’
•! Abide (Fine Americas)
•! A-Rest (SePRO)
•! Taken up by shoot and root tissues
Control
–!labeled for chemigation
B-Nine Tank mix
5000 ppm 5000/1500 •! Re-evaluate for additional uses due to
•! B-Nine/Cycocel Tank mix: 30-35% reductions cost reductions?
at 3 WAT, NS at 5 WAT
•! Multiple applications may be required

Abide Drenches on Abide Drenches on

Delphinium ‘Blue Bird’ Veronica ‘Icicle’
6 WAT
4 WAT

Control 2 ppm 4 ppm 6 ppm 8 ppm

Control 2 ppm 4 ppm 6 ppm 8 ppm
•! Drenches at 2 [Link]. per quart pot
•! Drenches at 10 [Link]. per trade gallon pot
•! Plant ht: Control 23.7 cm vs. 8 ppm drench 8.9 cm
•! Control 31.3 cm vs. 8 ppm drench 17.3 cm

Soil Active = Volume

Paclobutrazols
is Critical!!
•! Bonzi (Syngenta Professional Products) 50 ppm Bonzi
•! Piccolo (Fine Americas, Inc.)
•! Paczol (OHP)
•! Downsize (Greenleaf Chemical, drenches
only)
•! Primary uptake by stems and roots
•! Soil ACTIVE (labeled for chemigation)
Control 1 gal/200 sf 2 gal/200 sf

•! Increased volume increases PGR effect

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Techniques Delphinium elatum ‘Blue
50 ppm Bonzi Bird’
Bonzi

Control Spray Spray Drench Drench

30 ppm 60 ppm 1 ppm 2 ppm

•! Spray droplet size/volume affects results •! 4 WAT, drench at 10 [Link]. per pot,
persistent response to drenches

Bonzi Spray vs. Bonzi Spray vs.

Drench ‘Hyperion’ Drench ‘Hyperion’

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SPRAY
•! Rate and volume influence response
•! Rate and volume influence response •! Best to apply to somewhat moist substrate (not
•! Addition of surfactant is recommended for wet or dry) and be consistent
plants with waxy leaves •! If applied overhead, the rate should be about 1.5
to 2 times higher than if applied subsurface to
•! Drying time influences response (slower elicit the same response
drying, stronger response) •! Less potential to delay flowering with a
subsurface application
•! Have the most potential to delay flowering •! Typically only one application is needed
when applied late in crop
•! 1+ applications may be required

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Piccolo 10XC
!! Fine Americas has introduced a more
concentrated form of their paclobutrazol PGR
Piccolo.
!! The new formulation is 10 times stronger.
!! Smaller/ more convenient package size:
!!1 qt. Piccolo 10xc = 2.5 gal. Piccolo

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Piccolo 10XC
•! Trials throughout the U.S. by university •! Concise (Fine Americas, Inc.)
researchers found similar efficacies with
both Piccolo and Piccolo10XC. •! Sumagic (Valent USA)
•! Very high activity (10x paclobutrazols)
•! Spray and drench recommendations are •! Primary uptake by stems and roots
similar to Piccolo.
•! Soil ACTIVE (not labeled for chemigation)
•! Typically very linear rate response with
perennials

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Purple’ Hibiscus moscheutos
‘Grenache’

Control 15 ppm 30 ppm 45 ppm 60 ppm

•! Sumagic sprays, 2WAT, moderate control, Control 0.5 ppm 1.0 ppm 1.5 ppm 20 ppm
multiple applications required Drench Drench Drench Spray
•! 6 WAT, saturated response between 0.5
and 1.0 ppm drench (10 [Link] pot)

Concise on Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’

Spray 4 WAT

Control 15ppm 30ppm 45ppm 60ppm

Drench 4 WAT

Control 0.5ppm 1.0ppm 1.5ppm 2.0ppm

Sumagic Sumagic
•! Keys for use.
•! Now approved for application to fruiting –! Follow label recommendations
vegetable transplants ([Link])

–! Eggplant, Groundcherry, Pepino, Pepper, –! Recommended spray concentration range is

Tomatillo, Tomato (not any others!) between 2 to 10 ppm.
–! Make uniform applications at 2 qts/100 sq ft
–! Initial application at the 2 to 4 true leaf stage
•! Applications will result in more compact –! Sequential applications possible at lowest rate, but
no later than 14 days after the 2 to 4 true leaf
transplants with thicker stems stage
–! Total amount applied can not exceed 10 ppm.

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Topflor
linifolium
•! Topflor (flurprimidol) (SePRO)
•! Very active (potent) PGR
•! Taken up by leaves, stems and root tissues
•! Soil ACTIVE
–!labeled for chemigation
Control 30ppm 60ppm 90ppm 120ppm

•! 6 WAT, persistent, rec 30 ppm

Topflor on
Delphinium elatum Preplant Soaks
‘Blue Bird’
•! Cost effective alternative to treat bulbs.
•! Topflor is VERY effective as a preplant
bulb soak.
•! Typically:
–!Mix the solution in buckets
–!Soak bulbs 2 to 5 minutes
–!Let drain
Control 15 ppm 30 ppm 45 ppm 60 ppm
–!Plant
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Lilium lanciflolium ‘Pink Tiger’
5 minute soak (ppm)
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•! Standard Procedure •! Revised Procedure

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minutes –! 1 hour drain
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Augeo
•! OHP is marketing a branching agent
•! Works as a chemical pinching agent, thus
decreasing apical dominance and
increasing lower bud initiation.
•! Active ingredient dikegulac-sodium
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petunia, verbena

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stimulate branching and allow ample
time for new leaf growth to cover any
yellowing or leaf necrosis that may
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spray. Apply sufficient volume to wet the
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–!Expanded label for experimental use
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Cactus Cactus
•! Late – Increase Flower Buds
•! Early- Increase Phylloclades and Branching
–! Floral initiation begins under short day conditions.
–! The application must be early enough to allow –! Optimally short day conditions are achieved with
the phylloclades to fully mature before the start exact control of the long day and short day
photoperiods.
of short days.
–! The time to apply Configure is one week after floral
initiation when black cloth is used.
–! If relying upon natural season day length
conditions, apply Configure within 2 days after the
first flower buds are visible. This typically occurs in
early October.
NOTE: Applications made in late September while
the plants are still vegetative will stimulate
additional phylloclades instead of flower buds,
resulting in flower delay.

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•! Can have a range of effects on crops,
including abortion of flowers & buds,
increase branching, and inhibit stem
extension
•! Can be applied as a spray or drench
•! Responses depend on the environment and
can be variable and less predictable
•! Generally inexpensive

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using Florel.
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–! Species and cultivars vary in response, thus
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–! Increases flower size
–! Increases bract size
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–! Increase stem length, leaf size and bract size.
–! Benefits: internode elongation, stimulated
vegetative growth
–! Early season applications
•! 3 ppm
•! Timing: prior to the start of short days and flower
initiation
•! Do not apply from short days until 2 to 3 weeks
after first color (delays coloration)
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