I posted this on an old link but it won't come to the front for some reason.

Devo,

There is a good article from Peter Paroz in the latest Bromeliaceae May/Jun 2010 on Flower induction/inibition.

It quotes a study paper by DeProft which conducted a test on one year old Guz. lingulata var minor seedlings and using a product called AVG, if ten mls was pored into the cup most plants flowered - if 100ml of AVG was pored into the cup the test showed complete flower inhibition which could be again induced by poring 10 mls of AVG into the cup.

Another cause for premature flowering was discussed at a recent BSQ meeting, the grower said that they wouldn't take pups off Neos during the colder months Autumn and through most of winter because they found that the pups stuggled over winter off pup and would then try and grow in spring and flower next season - leaving pups on and taking them off in late winter early spring caused the Neos to flower a year later producing fuller and healthier looking plants.

Rick