Silica

[Dynamo626]

Come on dynamo626 at least show them the 2017 article. More study and scientific research

i just linked the first one that came up. beeing spoon fed information only helps so much. you remember more when your doing the research your self

 

[Mellowthecat500]

Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.

 

[Dynamo626]

Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.

would love to read that. hope you find the link

 

[ANC]

Even when you just use it as an addon (I use it to bring my pH up) as one drop of acid isn't enough and two is too much. It really confers an ability to withstand high temperatures and drying out.

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

Oh sure you do, you ever have blight, powdery mildew, nematodes, gnats etc... Only to spray your favorite poison to deteriorate the genetics of your favorite strain.

No. No I haven't..

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

This post is not to necessarily prove that I'm right, but to help the average grower, see from the pros how they can grow a better product. Silica is the start of discussion. The most overlooked 4 nutrients that can make an inferior strain compete with the best are silica yucca amino a fulvic acid.

I'm going to say nope.

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

Your cool lordhooha referring to the guy saying I'm throwing a sales pitch

What are you talking about?

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.

Sounds like you should calibrate your meter

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4317640/

Just thought I'd drop this in to reiterate that it's really only used to shield against poor conditions. It's not going to improve thc production directly and instead of hoping this snake oil cure fixes all that ails your room you should focus on getting your system and conditions correct for your ladies first.

 

[Dynamo626]

Sounds like you should calibrate your meter

he is right there i know. silica does not register on a ppm meter. never heard the fulvic "activating" silica thing before.

 

[Mellowthecat500]

Oh yes he is so correct after 2 years straight of 2+. Brought in from a dispensary a new strain. That affected the entire crop reducing yield 50 percent. In a large growing community. Hydro, rockwool. Within 4 days of 12 12 each shop suffered the same fate within a week the vegative state was not near what it used to be and when it was the buds were much smaller than what we were used to seeing on day 28. I admit that I failed as well the first 2 runs. On run 3 I decided to up my game big time and dedicate 6 hours a day to research.

 

[Dr. Who]

while silica can be beneficial for some plants, it is not a required nutrient. There is plenty of work that shows that silica can be useful to plants but is not essential for plant health. one of the uses for it is for increasing the thickness of a cell wall that has been compromised by insects or other pathogens in an effort to quarantine that portion of tissue. That being said, if the plant doesn't feel the need to use it, it likely wont even take it up.

^^^^^THIS^^^^^

The use of any Si in soil is basically useless. The plant takes all it needs from the soil! Even with synthetic nutrient use....

Now any type of hydro, that is where the use of Si can be a benefit.

 

[Mellowthecat500]

Absoloutley correct my experience is absoloutley not in soil

 

[Jypsy Dog]

Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.

Activated Silica.....?????
https://www.corrosionpedia.com/definition/40/activated-silica

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

Activated Silica.....?????
https://www.corrosionpedia.com/definition/40/activated-silica

Right. I remembered when I toured our water facility they used a silicate in floculating poo bits out of solution.