PGRs Hormones and Willow Watter
Superthirive: The main synthetic ingredients that effect plant growth are:
NAA [Naphthalene Acetic Acid] (a "plant growth hormone" and an "auxin")
Triacontanol (a plant growth hormone)
Alfalfa: The main ingredient that effects plant growth is:
Triacontanol
Willow: The main ingredients that effect plants growth are:
Salicylic acid (a "plant growth regulator")
Rhizocaline (aka "Willow Rooting Substance" a non-auxin, it is still being studied but it works in unison with auxins to aid root development)
I have searched many scholarly horticulture/botany journals and have yet to find one study which shows that these compounds are anything but helpful when used in rational quantities (say 5-50ppm). Triacontanol, NAA and Salicylic acid are positively indicated during nearly all phases of growth in higher plants of dioecious, monoecious or hermaphroditic sexuality (Fwi: cannabis is a higher plant of dioecious and/or hermaphroditic nature). In fact, a foliar spray of NAA and IBA (1:10000 each) at the onset of flowering (eg. 12/12) and again two weeks later will almost completely prevent expressions of monoecious or hermaphroditic sexuality in many higher plants (including Cannabis L. Sativa [hemp] if I remember correctly, I look up the study).
The only times I've read about an issue with these compounds is when they are over applied...less is more...Heck, triacontanol has been used for generations by rose gardeners to bring about full and robust rose buds...if it's good for when roses are blooming why not for cannabis?
NAA:
Naphthalene Acetic Acid can significantly increase the number, length and dry weight of root hairs, small roots and large roots.
Rhizocaline:
The theory is that auxin alone is insufficient to cause rooting; there must be an additional substance, tentatively called "rhizocaline," which acts with auxin to stimulate root formation. Plants with an abundance of both substances are easy to root with no external hormone applications. Plants which root easily with a commercial auxin preparation must have adequate natural rhizocaline, but they lack adequate auxin. Still other plants, which are difficult to root even with an auxin preparation, must lack natural rhizocaline. It is these plants which would benefit most from a willow water treatment.
Triacontanol:
Triacontanol is a naturally occurring plant hormone that acts as a growth promoter. Triacontanol raises plant yield by improving photosynthesis and cell division.
Chlormequat Chloride:
Chlormeguat activates a dormant trigger that unleashes a cellular division process that is immediately visible. Also provides the key elements required for plant photosynthesis to occur, accelerating initial and continued flower development, to unparalleled levels. Not only are greater yields achieved, but also a quality that out performs the rest of the competition by miles. To increase the berry set and yield.
Paclobutrazol.
For vertical growth control of container grown ornamentals.
Salicylic acid:
Salicylic acid is a plant growth regulator that increases plant bioproductivity. Experiments carried out with ornamental or horticultural plants in greenhouse conditions or in the open have clearly demonstrated that they respond to this compound. Moreover, lower quantities of SA are needed to establish positive responses in the plants. The effect on ornamental plants is expressed as the increase in plant size, the number of flowers, leaf area and the early appearance of flowers. In horticultural species, the effect reported is the increase of yield without affecting the quality of the fruits. It is proposed that the increase in bioproductivity is mainly due to the positive effect of SA on root length and its density.
Salicylic acid (SA) is a phytohormone; and a phenol, ubiquitous in plants generating a significant impact on plant growth and development, photosynthesis, transpiration, ion uptake and transport and also induces specific changes in leaf anatomy and chloroplast structure. SA is recognized as an endogenous signal, mediating in plant defense, against pathogens[1] It plays a role in the resistance of pathogens by inducing the production of 'pathogenesis-related proteins'. It is involved in the systemic acquired resistance [SAR] in which a pathogenic attack on older leaves causes the development of resistance in younger leaves, though whether SA is the transmitted signal is debatable. SA is the calorigenic substance that causes thermogenesis in Arum flowers.
[2] just a warning some of those hormones if used too much will cause your flower sites to multiply too much, so you will end up with many small buds and lots of branches, I have seen it before it is not pretty
I recommend if you are going to use them in flower only use them the first week so that your plants have time to figure out which way is up.
I haven't read where triacontanol (it's a growth stimulant, not an auxin) has caused negative effects when over applied. Though triacontanol does increases the number of basal breaks in roses so it could have the negative effect you describe in cannabis if really over applied I would assume. From my readings, over application of triacontanol has the effect of no effect (in roses). Too much triacontanol generally does not have a negative effect but it doesn't offer positive effects at that level either. By "over application" I am still referring to rational over application levels of triacontanol.
Another discovery: In the January, 2004 issue of The Avant Gardener, a monthly newsletter, editor Thomas Powell notes that gardeners reported all sorts of plants growing remarkably better when given regular doses of tiny amounts of aspirin (1 part to 10,000 parts water; larger doses actually proved toxic), and that The Agricultural Research Service is investigating the reasons behind aspirins beneficial effects.
Plants make salicylic acid to trigger natural defenses against bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Aspirin thus is an activator of Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR). However, plants often dont produce the acid quickly enough to prevent injury when attacked by a microbe. Spraying aspirin on the plants speeds up the SAR response. Tests have shown this works on many crops, producing better plants using less pesticide. It also makes it possible to successfully grow many fine heirloom varieties which were discarded because they lacked disease resistance. Powell says.
Scientists first encountered the SAR phenomenon in the 1930s. After encountering a pathogen, plants use salicylic acid as a key regulator of SAR and expression of defense genes. Only recently have companies begun marketing salicylic acid and similar compounds as a way to activate SAR in cropstomato, spinach, lettuce, and tobacco among them, according to Powell.
ARS scientists are studying plants defenses, such as antimicrobial materials like the protein chitinase which degrades the cell walls of fungi, and nuclease enzymes which break up the ribonucleic acid of viruses. Theyre also testing aspirin and other SAR activators which could be effective against non-microbial pests such as aphids and root-knot nematodes, Powell says. This may be the most important research of the century. Stimulating SAR defenses with aspirin or other activator compounds could result in increased food production and the elimination of synthetic pesticides.
He recommends we experiment by spraying some plants with a 1:10,000 solution (3 aspirins dissolved in 4 gallons of water), leaving other plants unsprayed. Tests have shown that the SAR activation lasts for weeks to months. (Sort of homeopathic heart attack prevention for your plants.)
