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Harpin protein/Messenger
Has anyone looked into treating orchids with a product called "Harpin" with
a trade name Messenger made by EDEN Bioscience. Info on their website (www.edenbio.com) sounds very intriguing. There is reference to an article in the journal SCIENCE that indicates that the harpin protein can be very beneficial to certain plants. Disease resistance, increased plant growth etc. Thanks Charles VanDyke |
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Harpin protein/Messenger
I haven't tried it yet (have a few sample packets laying around.) I heard a
presentation from one of their reps at a dahlia society meeting. It sounds like there is some possibility it could be useful. I think they isolated a protein from a fungus that attacks plants and when the plants senses the protein it is supposed to trigger more growth. One thing that turned me off was that their advertising at the time had the standard testimonials like "I sprayed this on my plants and every orchid I owned bloomed withing two weeks" which is complete bulls**t. The rep mentioned that they had a newer product with a couple additional proteins because the original protein didn't provide any benefit to one of the major crops (corn? cotton? I can't remember, have some notes buried somewhere around here but that may take a couple days to find). The three-protein formulation was being sold as a foliar fertilizer, can't remember the exact name right now. -danny "cvandyke" wrote in message ]... Has anyone looked into treating orchids with a product called "Harpin" with a trade name Messenger made by EDEN Bioscience. Info on their website (www.edenbio.com) sounds very intriguing. There is reference to an article in the journal SCIENCE that indicates that the harpin protein can be very beneficial to certain plants. Disease resistance, increased plant growth etc. Thanks Charles VanDyke |
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Harpin protein/Messenger
I've read about it before, and thought it might be worth playing with, even
though it isn't listed for orchids. Eden sells individual-gallon packets for $3 (the shelf life is 3 weeks after opening, so don't get a bigger package). -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "danny" wrote in message ... I haven't tried it yet (have a few sample packets laying around.) I heard a presentation from one of their reps at a dahlia society meeting. It sounds like there is some possibility it could be useful. I think they isolated a protein from a fungus that attacks plants and when the plants senses the protein it is supposed to trigger more growth. One thing that turned me off was that their advertising at the time had the standard testimonials like "I sprayed this on my plants and every orchid I owned bloomed withing two weeks" which is complete bulls**t. The rep mentioned that they had a newer product with a couple additional proteins because the original protein didn't provide any benefit to one of the major crops (corn? cotton? I can't remember, have some notes buried somewhere around here but that may take a couple days to find). The three-protein formulation was being sold as a foliar fertilizer, can't remember the exact name right now. -danny "cvandyke" wrote in message ]... Has anyone looked into treating orchids with a product called "Harpin" with a trade name Messenger made by EDEN Bioscience. Info on their website (www.edenbio.com) sounds very intriguing. There is reference to an article in the journal SCIENCE that indicates that the harpin protein can be very beneficial to certain plants. Disease resistance, increased plant growth etc. Thanks Charles VanDyke |
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Harpin protein/Messenger
On 2006-04-12 09:33:57 -0400, cvandyke said:
Has anyone looked into treating orchids with a product called "Harpin" with a trade name Messenger made by EDEN Bioscience. Info on their website (www.edenbio.com) sounds very intriguing. There is reference to an article in the journal SCIENCE that indicates that the harpin protein can be very beneficial to certain plants. Disease resistance, increased plant growth etc. Thanks Charles VanDyke Ralph Snodsmith swears by the stuff. Haven't tried it yet personally. |
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Harpin protein/Messenger
Messenger is no longer offered in the market, but a newer generation of Harpin is being released in July 2012 called Axiom Harpin Protein. Check out the research and results which are impressive. http://www.axiom-harpin.com/ or http://www.rxgreensolutions.com/prod...arpin-protein/
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