Interesting article. He mentions DeRoose, maybe it would be worth contacting them directly.

I remember seeing the pills for sale at the SF WBC in 2000. At the time it didn't interest me much because I've been using Florel, but as the article states, Florel does have some problems. I have been seeing damage on some of my treated plants, and have not been getting full take either.

In addition, the response time varies so much that things I've been trying to synchronize bloom in order to cross them end up coming in at different times, if at all. This last would be a problem no matter what method you use, though, so I guess you just have to experiment and keep records of how long each cv. takes from initiation to bloom. Kind of a bother, but in general you can get an idea by how observing fast the plant grows. The faster-growing varieties will come into bloom much more quickly than the ones that just sit there.

If you find out how to get the pills, let me know!

I was talking to Ken Marks yesterday and he says that the ethylene pills had a very short shelf life and DeRoose stopped selling them.

Too bad. Guess I'll stick with the Florel then.

I think I'll be getting some Florel too. Ken had some plants that he put Florel on and a few had some spots and others looked great.