ethylene through the roots??

[Alaska]

Hey all, I had a long thread typed out but I lost it when I clicked foward, so you will have to do with a gist now.

I have two plants of the same strain in the same pot. One has been hit with STS to reverse, the other was coverd when spraying and will be the pollen recipient. However, the sprated one, It is not reversing. I have other stains that are reversing successfully right beside this one.

So, my question is is ethylene transmittable throuhg roots. That would explain why it is forming female fowers, even though being sprayed with STS twice

Thanks

Alaska

[plantbuilder]

yuh.
not really sure what it explains but yes easily carried into the planty via roots
peace.
pb

[mace]

Howdy Alaska,

i don't understand what you are saying..

Why do you think that ethylene has something to do with female flower production?
Why does your res contain ethylene?

mace

[Alaska]

OK, to clarify, this is the situation.

I was out of pots(not pot, but pots, you know, to plant stuff in) and only had one left, but had already planned an STS reversal with a local clone only, the Alaskan(where I get my namesake)

So, both plants(the reversal target, and the pollen recipient) were planted in the same 2gallon container. After a couple days of hardening off, one plant was covered with plastic, while the other was sprayed with STS. I know the STS was made correctly, as I successfully reversed other females right next to this one with vialbe pollen and successfull seed set.

The plants were follow up sprated two weeks after 12/12 initiation.

Here is the issue. The reversal target plant that is double potted is not reversing, while the others that are potted singly are.

I hypothesize that if ethylene is transferrrable through soil (or in this case soilless medium) between the roots of two different plants,m that would explain why the double potted one is not reversing.

As a side not, It does appear to be reversing slightly, with just a couple male flowers and mostly female, I do not believe that they will form vialble pollen.

I have also done some of my own research which suggests that ethylene is mobile in soil, so I will repeat the experiment again. In that experiemnt I will reverse a single potted plant of the same strain as well as a double potted plant as a repeat of this to see if the condi9tions can be replicated. If the single potted plant won't reverse, is suggests that the strain I have might need 3 applications instead of two, of is just unusually resisant to reversal. If the single potted one is successful, then I will knjwo that ethylene is transferrable through soil


Clear as mud now, right?

Alaska