TY - JOUR AU - Schrader, Wayne L. TI - Growth regulator gives earlier harvest in artichokes JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1994/05/01 VL - 48 IS - 3 SP - 29 EP - 32 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v048n03p29 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v048n03p29 AB - Southern California growers raise artichokes from seed as annuals for a winter harvest to take advantage of the favorable winter market prices. However, this method of production ties up fields for 9 months because the plants mature at different times. Now trials have revealed that multiple applications of gibberellic acid produce an earlier and more uniform first harvest in annual artichokes.