How to Use Ethephon to Promote Germination Growth and Flowering in Crops?
Farmers rarely use plant growth regulators to control crop growth and improve yield and economic benefits.
For cucurbit crops like cucumbers and melons, applying Ethephon during the seedling stage can increase the number of female flowers, thereby promoting more fruit production and increasing yield.
For tuber crops like potatoes and ginger, soaking seeds in ethephon before sowing can accelerate germination, enhance branching, and increase the number of tubers or ginger seeds.
Applying Ethephon to rice seedlings during the seedling stage can promote short and sturdy seedlings, increase tillering, and promote flowering and fruiting, ultimately leading to increased yield.
Applying Ethephon to fruit trees during the vigorous growth period of new shoots helps to inhibit excessive growth, promote flower bud differentiation, and lay the foundation for subsequent flowering and fruiting.
These methods utilize plant growth regulators to precisely control crop growth and development, effectively improving crop yield and quality.
Mechanism of action:
Ethephon affects the balance of plant hormones by releasing ethylene gas, thereby regulating the plant growth cycle and physiological processes. Ethylene release promotes fruit ripening, accelerates leaf senescence, inhibits stem growth, and helps break plant dormancy.
Applicable Crops:
Ethephon is suitable for a variety of crops, including fruits (such as apples, pears, and citrus), vegetables (such as tomatoes and cucumbers), and flowers. Different crops have varying sensitivities to Ethephon; therefore, the appropriate concentration and application time must be selected based on the crop type before use.
Application Timing:
The timing of Ethephon application is crucial. Generally, it is used when fruits are nearing maturity or require rapid ripening. It is also effective in breaking dormancy, promoting germination, and accelerating growth. Applying it too early or too late may affect crop quality and yield.
To maximize the benefits of Ethephon, it can be used flexibly in conjunction with the specific needs of the crop's growth stage.
For example, timely application of Ethephon during the crop's dormancy period can effectively promote germination and growth, while in the later stages of fruit development, it can accelerate the ripening process, improving fruit quality and yield.
After applying Ethephon to crops, regardless of whether it is applied by spraying, seed soaking, or smearing, all treated crops require increased watering and fertilization to ensure adequate water and nutrient supply during the crop's growth period. This measure aims to compensate for the increased nutrient consumption caused by Ethephon's promotion of rapid crop growth and development and significantly increased flowering and fruiting, in order to avoid premature aging and yield decline due to insufficient nutrient supply.
For cucurbit crops like cucumbers and melons, applying Ethephon during the seedling stage can increase the number of female flowers, thereby promoting more fruit production and increasing yield.
For tuber crops like potatoes and ginger, soaking seeds in ethephon before sowing can accelerate germination, enhance branching, and increase the number of tubers or ginger seeds.
Applying Ethephon to rice seedlings during the seedling stage can promote short and sturdy seedlings, increase tillering, and promote flowering and fruiting, ultimately leading to increased yield.
Applying Ethephon to fruit trees during the vigorous growth period of new shoots helps to inhibit excessive growth, promote flower bud differentiation, and lay the foundation for subsequent flowering and fruiting.
These methods utilize plant growth regulators to precisely control crop growth and development, effectively improving crop yield and quality.
Mechanism of action:
Ethephon affects the balance of plant hormones by releasing ethylene gas, thereby regulating the plant growth cycle and physiological processes. Ethylene release promotes fruit ripening, accelerates leaf senescence, inhibits stem growth, and helps break plant dormancy.
Applicable Crops:
Ethephon is suitable for a variety of crops, including fruits (such as apples, pears, and citrus), vegetables (such as tomatoes and cucumbers), and flowers. Different crops have varying sensitivities to Ethephon; therefore, the appropriate concentration and application time must be selected based on the crop type before use.
Application Timing:
The timing of Ethephon application is crucial. Generally, it is used when fruits are nearing maturity or require rapid ripening. It is also effective in breaking dormancy, promoting germination, and accelerating growth. Applying it too early or too late may affect crop quality and yield.
To maximize the benefits of Ethephon, it can be used flexibly in conjunction with the specific needs of the crop's growth stage.
For example, timely application of Ethephon during the crop's dormancy period can effectively promote germination and growth, while in the later stages of fruit development, it can accelerate the ripening process, improving fruit quality and yield.
After applying Ethephon to crops, regardless of whether it is applied by spraying, seed soaking, or smearing, all treated crops require increased watering and fertilization to ensure adequate water and nutrient supply during the crop's growth period. This measure aims to compensate for the increased nutrient consumption caused by Ethephon's promotion of rapid crop growth and development and significantly increased flowering and fruiting, in order to avoid premature aging and yield decline due to insufficient nutrient supply.
