Triacontanol is a naturally occurring plant hormone that acts as a growth promoter. Triacontanol raises plant yield by improving photosynthesis and cell division.
All product descriptions should not be interpreted as a claim. It is only a summary of information commonly found on the internet including laboratory research. Products are not available in Canada.
I grow roses and have been using UltraBoost from a company
called Primary Products. From what I have read, Ultraboost uses Triacontanol,
so I figured I would try and make my own.
I bought 5 American Beauty roses all around the same size and health. I
mixed several batches of the solution, 2 ppm, 10 ppm, 25 ppm and 100 ppm. I
labeled each rose bush accordingly including one using the UltraBoost. The
25 ppm and 100 ppm bushes did the best, almost identical. So it appears in
my small experiment 25 ppm is the way to go. No use using 100 ppm if the
results are the same. Anyway, the surprise was that the 25ppm and 100ppm
bushes over a weeks time actually doubled the size of new growth of the bush
using UltaBoost. Go figure. - D.L., Sunnyvale Texas - May 23, 2005
Triacontanol powder is a wax-like flake that must be dissolved into a liquid. The best method of turning
the Triacontanol powder into liquid is by using a food additive called Polysorbate 20. Among other uses
Polysorbate is used in ice cream. You can find Polysorbate 20 on Ebay (www.ebay.com) and it's pretty cheap.
Heating
I placed one scoop (1/32 spoon) of the Triacontanol in a glass
container with 50 ml of water and one scoop of Polysorbate 20. After heating it in the microwave
and shaking it a bit the Triacontanol was completely dissolved.
Diluting
After the Triacontanol has been dissolved it's important that you add the solution to
water and not the other way around. In this case we added enough to make 0.1 liters of a
100 PPM solution.
One published recommendation (1) has been to spray a 1 to 2 PPM triacontanol solution at two
different times. The first is 15 days after transplanting the plant and the second time when the plant
is at full bloom.
Another study (2) tested triacontanol concentrations of 10 PPM and 15 PPM. It concluded that
triacontanol improved flower initiation, pod setting and retention of flowers. It also reduced fruit drop.
A third study (3) on a variety of rice concluded that a foliar spray of 2PM at 25 and 65
days after transplant greatly improved crop yield.
Over time suppliers change their products and each time the amount of product
that fits in a scoop changes and each product comes
with a sheet of paper that shows how much fits in the scoop and there are different
mixing tables for each one. The older product had 0.022 grams
in a scoop and the newer product holds 0.054 grams in a scoop.
Please read the FAQ and select the PPM that seems the best for you type of plant and the type of results you
want. It may be smart to start at an even lower PPM and over time, depending on results, you can raise or lower
the PPM.
Please read the FAQ and select the PPM that seems the best for you type of plant and the type of results you
want. It may be smart to start at an even lower PPM and over time, depending on results, you can raise or lower
the PPM.
Please read the FAQ and select the PPM that seems the best for you type of plant and the type of results you
want. It may be smart to start at an even lower PPM and over time, depending on results, you can raise or lower
the PPM.
Please read the FAQ and select the PPM that seems the best for you type of plant and the type of results you
want. It may be smart to start at an even lower PPM and over time, depending on results, you can raise or lower
the PPM.
Please read the FAQ and select the PPM that seems the best for you type of plant and the type of results you
want. It may be smart to start at an even lower PPM and over time, depending on results, you can raise or lower
the PPM.
Please read the FAQ and select the PPM that seems the best for you type of plant and the type of results you
want. It may be smart to start at an even lower PPM and over time, depending on results, you can raise or lower
the PPM.
