HydroLynx
Well-Known Member
Has anyone experimented using Salicylic Acid (SA) for hydroponic nutrient solutions?
There is a ton of good info on foliar application on food crops, and I hear it can make a great chelate/complex agent for minerals, because fuck synthetics like EDTA, which are building up in the environment and chelating things like Lead. Yuck.
I love the fact that chelates like Aminos and Citrates get taken up into the plant so don't hang around once they've done their bodyguard job, despite having ~1/4 the stability of synthetics
Also, SA is one interesting plant hormone with great effects like boosting photosynthesis and yields and terpenes, delaying ripening, improving nute uptake, and stimulating immune response. BUT only at particular doses. I hear anything between 10^-5 to 10^-3 moles can work magic, but applying larger doses we may start to see negative effects.
So I'm thinking about chelating my micronutes using SA etc. BUT SA does have hormone-like effects, so may or may not be wise...
This website has stability constants for "organic" chelates such as Citric Acid, Glycine, etc.-- a real pants wetter:
http://www.coldcure.com/html/stability_constants.html
There is a ton of good info on foliar application on food crops, and I hear it can make a great chelate/complex agent for minerals, because fuck synthetics like EDTA, which are building up in the environment and chelating things like Lead. Yuck.
I love the fact that chelates like Aminos and Citrates get taken up into the plant so don't hang around once they've done their bodyguard job, despite having ~1/4 the stability of synthetics
Also, SA is one interesting plant hormone with great effects like boosting photosynthesis and yields and terpenes, delaying ripening, improving nute uptake, and stimulating immune response. BUT only at particular doses. I hear anything between 10^-5 to 10^-3 moles can work magic, but applying larger doses we may start to see negative effects.
So I'm thinking about chelating my micronutes using SA etc. BUT SA does have hormone-like effects, so may or may not be wise...
This website has stability constants for "organic" chelates such as Citric Acid, Glycine, etc.-- a real pants wetter:
http://www.coldcure.com/html/stability_constants.html
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