Monterey Florel Brand Growth Regulator 1 Gallon

Florel is a contact growth regulator based on the chemical ethephon. It is widely used in agriculture as a ripening agent. Florel is registered to control nuisance fruit in ornamental trees & shrubs such as: apple, buckeye crab-apple, carob, cottonwood, elm, flowering pear, horsechestnut, liquidamber (sweet gum) maple, oak, olive, pine, sour orange & sycamore trees.

How does Florel work?

Florel breaks down into ethylene, a naturally occurring compound, in the plant. When a plant is under stress it produces ethylene. If the plant is in bloom at the time of excess ethylene production, the first symptom is blossom abortion. This is how Florel works; it causes the plant to abort it’s blossoms.

Effective Against

• Prevents nuisance fruit on ornamental trees and shrubs.
• Removes mistletoe from ornamental conifers and decidous trees.
• Use in production of cantaloupe, cucumber, pumpkin and squash hybrid seed.
• Induces flowering of ornamental bromeliads.
• Reduces plant height of potted daffodils and stem topple of potted hyacinths.
• Increases lateral branching in ornamentals.

Ingredients

Active Ingredient:
Ethephon, [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid]* .......... 3.9%
Other Ingredients: ....................................... 96.1%
Total Ingredients: ....................................... 100.0%

*This product contains 0.04 lbs ethephon per pint.