I have heard that to get variegated sansevierias, some used giberrellic acid or ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) in treating the leaves of the plant before subjecting the leaves to irradiation treatment. Is this true? What is the concentration of the solution and the strength of radiation needed in gamma ray units?
2007-09-16 23:47:17 · 5 answers · asked by Jon K 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Whoa !! I thought I was into freaky stuff. I can get the chemicals but your going to have to take a trip to Chernobyl to see this one through. RScott
2007-09-17 00:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is it not possible that the sansevieria that you saw was a different variety. There are quite a few of them. The one native to my area is variegated.
2007-09-17 14:07:10 · answer #2 · answered by Rooikat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know chemicals that can induce variegation, i think sanseiviera has differnt varieties, the green, striped -white or sometimes yellow. you can choose what you like, why bother chemically inducing them,
when sanseiviera trifascata var. laurentii placed in shadowy area for a long time there variegation tend to lessen and turns to greenish white
2007-09-20 04:17:27 · answer #3 · answered by joey b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not so scientific.
Try changing the amount of light it's getting & see if it makes any difference.
2007-09-17 11:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
LOL...I'm glad I can't help you with that...LOL...
Frankensansevieria
2007-09-17 09:34:50 · answer #5 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋