Abstract
Height control for vegetable transplants has become challenging with the loss of the industry standard growth regulator, daminozide (B-Nine). Although chemical growth regulators remain legal for use in nonedible crops, their margins of safety, costs and looming reregistration uncertain ties, justify the investigation of nonchemical height control methods. Various cultivars of Lycopersicon esculentum and Capsicum annuum, were subjected to daily brushing treatments for at least four weeks. Various ornamental cultivars, which currently can be kept chemically compact, were also subjected to the same treatments. The experimental apparatus height and weight differences among test plants and the method's economic feasibility on a commercial basis will be discussed.
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