Why you Should Avoid Using Plant Growth Regulators

Can you remember those funny looking plants in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland? If not, you certainly remember the scene when Alice eats a cookie to get shorter, go through a door and continue her chase after the white rabbit.

Maybe you didn’t know that it is possible to change the size of a plant by using plant growth regulators (PGR). Actually, PGRs are used to deal with growth, flowering and fruiting issues of plants.

                                                                                                                                                      Avoid Using Plant Growth Regulators

What’s the Story?

Technically, PGRs are chemicals used to treat seeds or growing plants in order to make the plants look more desirable. Unlike hydroponic plant solutions, plant growth regulators work as cosmetics for plants.

Hunger for Profit    

It doesn’t take a genie to understand the commercial reason for the use of PGRs. Joseph Tychonievich, horticulturist and geneticist, said it all: “Short, compact plants are easier to sell because they look more balanced in a small pot. Short stems also don’t get tangled together on the bench and are less likely to get broken during shipping; and you can stack many more flats of short plants on shelves in a truck”.

Make the Right Choice

It is true that some PGRs are organic compounds. This particularly refers to those which are used to encourage rooting. However, the plant growth regulators used in commercial agriculture are mostly synthetically derived. Is there an alternative? Sure there is. Start your own hydroponic growing adventure with natural plant solutions.

Label GMO vs. Don't Label GMO – What’s the Score

Get ready for a scary GMO fact - the effects of genetically modified foods on the human body has never been scientifically assessed. However, 80% of the packaged food you eat contains DNA-manipulated ingredients.

To make matters worse, genetically modified foods are not labeled as such, thus making your efforts to avoid them even more difficult. Requests for labelling GMO foods have so far been defeated with the help of giant food producers. 


                                                                  
Check the above photo for info on some of the countries that request GMO labelling. If you want to find out more about GMO labelling, we advise you to read the articles sponsors of anti-labeling GMO campaign and products of companies which opposeGMO labeling.

What you probably know in regards to GMOs is that scientists modify crops on genetic level in order to improve the resistance of plants to pests, increase yields and reduce the ripening time. The problem is you don’t know how these foods affect your organism, because there are no published studies on the impact of these foods on the human body and health.           

Well-known Canadian geneticist David Suzuki gave his opinion about GMO foods: "The experiments simply haven’t been done and we now have become the guinea pigs. Anyone that says, ‘Oh, we know that this is perfectly safe,’ I say is either unbelievably stupid or deliberately lying”.

Another prominent person who highlights the potential dangers of GMOs is Jayson Calton, a nutritionist who studied at Harvard and Yale, and a co-author of the book "Rich Food, Poor Food".