3rd Monkey
Well-Known Member
Too soon lol?
Thanks for the heads up . I and probably a few more of us use silica blast.@iceman2494 and everyone else, in reference to the specific ratio between Si and Ca.
From that LinkedIn article I posted before.
"Even if a grower is adding a silica supplement (not in silicic acid form), virtually all of the silica remains in the growing medium until it is converted, which can take many weeks to months for any meaningful conversion."
This is referring to soil but it's a good indicator that silica needs to be available to the plant right from the get go if calcium is going to be able to take advantage of it throughout the grow.
After a bit of reading and understanding/remembering that calcium is rarely, if ever a toxicity problem, I don't think we need to worry about there being something bad about having a lot of Ca available to plant. I think the part to pay attention to is having the right amount of the right kind of silica available to cause the plant to take optimal advantage of the available Ca and all of the other nutes it helps to increase uptake into the plant.
My research today says to use potassium silicate. As you'll read in this article, we don't want additional salts or any heavy metals from our addition of silicate.
"Botanicare’s Silica Blast, which contains sodium silicate, potash and potassium silicate.
Note also that Botanicare is now owned by Scotts Miracle-Gro, so it’s best to avoid all Botanicare products.
You already know why any product with sodium silicate is not good for your medical marijuana plants– too much salt."
I'm glad I found this because I was leaning toward Silica Blast. What we want to use is Advanced Nutrients, Rhino Skin.
It can also be used as a foliar spray.
"Foliar spraying potassium silicate is a preventive against powdery mildew, mites, thrips, aphids, heat, gray mold and other stress that attacks your plants from the outside."
https://bigbudsmag.com/marijuana-growers-use-potassium-silicate-br-to-get-more-thc-trichomes/
Nah right on time actually. Lmfao. Needed to move on.Too soon lol?
Lol, it's kind of a rabbit hole. A good puzzle to work out.Well.... Fuck.... lol
Still wondering why I gotta verify the banks the breeder are telling me to buy from are selling legit seeds?
Call it what you want but I have valid back end. I bought from a site dude questioning us linked me to from ethos website. Why should I have to double check they promise they’re real? Lol
Waiting on you to explain why. I gotta question who ethos told me to buy from. MIf you don’t understand then it’s not worth explaining.
Cool story though bro!
Lol, it's kind of a rabbit hole. A good puzzle to work out.
Lol, it's kind of a rabbit hole. A good puzzle to work out.
It's a huge frickin picture to wrap your head around if you don't come from a botanical background. Each little piece brings it more into focus. I love this shit! Shows me there's still a lot of potential for improvements.Shit man the more you know the more you know. Shit gets easier with knowledge.
No ones head hunting man . It’s over with bro . I bought from same place as you . No ones callin anyone out. Still getting the tropic thunder .What we gonna do tomorrow when ethos emails back and says every single one of them is legit?
Sorry Moab maybe you were right on trusting the handful of sites ethos linked you to? Because that’s what’s gonna happen.
Just wondering how I’m being made out to look like the dick.
Sorry.
I was confident in ethos retailers that you yourself linked me to smoke.