Home Improvised Polyploid Induction HIPI

Phytotoxicity means fertilizer burn. I transplant 5 healthy babies to ½ gallon pot. Change soil to “dirty” old soil with earth worm casting and chopped coconut husk. Added a bit of granular humic acid to reduce pH. Then I doused the seedling with manure tea prepared for mature plants. Leaves started to burn withing the hour. They will survive. This will set me back a couple of weeks. Lesson is that I should push them a little at a time. Big push is not love. Colchicine treated Golosa. Colchicine treated plant number T1 hardly has any root during re-pot. And over fertilizing almost killed her. Top tip was burned off. Oh well, this is like topping by fertilizer. She is resting and recovering in shade outdoor. Treated plant number T2 has full root. She is too healthy and looks the same as untreated. She was also burned but will easily survive. May be polyploid treatment did not work on her The smallest plant, T3, is the healthiest plant this week. She was too small for re-potting and was spared from fertilizing. So she recovered from colchicine treatment. She still has some growing to catch up to. Untreated Golosa, Phenotypes are more pronounced. Dark green leaf also have wider leaves and is shorted than light green leaves phenotype. They were all burned badly. But will survive. I need to smoke to ease my pain.