anyone here used/using keiki paste?

[mehitabel]

Hi, KC. So glad to find someone else who's doing this! Couldn't figure out how to enlarge your pictures, so I'm afraid I haven't seen your keiki's yet.

But the information about 6 weeks for a leaf to appear is really good news. That's a lot faster than I expected.

If there's any other information about your keiki project you want to share, I'll be delighted to hear all about it.

[KC Wong]

Originally Posted by mehitabel

Hi, KC. So glad to find someone else who's doing this! Couldn't figure out how to enlarge your pictures, so I'm afraid I haven't seen your keiki's yet.

Hi, your can enlarge the pictures twice.. 1st click on the pic that's the first enlargement and for the 2nd enlargement click the pic again. hope that will help.


KC

[gands]

Hi y'all,

KeikiPro can certainly be used to promote growth of back eyes. I have done it many, many, many times. Mix it with water at the rate of 2 drops per ounce of water, and then spray it on the growth stem / rhyzome of your plant when you see the lead eye become active. That is important, don't just do it "any old time" do it when you see active growth. It can, if done at that time break the dormancy of back eyes. Good luck with your efforts!

gands

[rexlacey]

hey guys! this is all so new to me, but i jumped in heads first! i ordered keiki paste and used it on all my phals and a couple epis. a couple of my phals have developed spikes instead of keikis. but, one epi, seems like over night, is developing 2 keikis and doing so fast!! i am so lost on how to read my replys etc, like i said so new to it all!, i need someone to please e-mail me and tell me when to pull a seed capsule off the mother plant. i'm afraid i've left some on to long! rextracats@juno.com thanks

[drmab]

Originally Posted by gands

The optimum temperature for phal growth is between 78 & 82 degrees (day and night). Other than maintaining those temps, the general culture of the plant will determine the growth rate. The reason for 2 different pastes, is that one contains a cytokinin for initial cell division. The other contains an auxin for growth of those dividing cells. I use a different product that contains both of these hormones in a stable liquid solution. So one application is all that is required. I have had blooming keikis in 8-10 months on many different plants. However.....now that you have used a hormone paste I would not recommend treating the plant with a different one, as this could be harmful. I hate to have to tell you this, because I hate hearing it myself, but you will just have to be patient.........lol

I have the Dip N Grow which has both cytokinin and auxins. But I read somewhere these are contradictory and are not to be used? Obviously your experience says otherwise….. too late now, i just applied the keiki past to two different old canes of the den anosmum- can I perhaps use the liquid on ANOTHER old cane of the same plant?

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