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No. Gibberellic acid is a plant hormon. Not the acid group is used to break up dormancy but the hormon interacts with other chemical substances in a more complex way.
But you do not need Gibberellic acid to break the dormancy of Drosophyllum seeds. I always had good germination rates without any special treatment. To assure good germination you could soak the seeds in water for some days before sowing them.
What the above two folks said. I always had germination in less than 10 days with Drosophyllum lusitanicum. I chip off the "pointy" end which exposes the endosperm, and sow it on the surface of an appropriate substrate.
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