I’ve personally never used any sort of foliage feed but am increasingly interested. Mostly I’m looking into doing an epsom salt foliage spray but wonder what you guys/gals might be using and recommend. I veg under t5’s and flower with 1000w phantom DE’s, 24 plants in each room using general hydroponics and mammoth P in a flood and drain system.
 

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BaginsZA

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Foliar feeding is an excellent way to feed your plants, and or enhance a typical feeding program. Never used Epson salts as a food source personally, so keen to hear if this brings its own benefits. Typically I supply different feeds for the various stages - for example, a Nitro rich tea during veg, potassium heavy tea during early flower. Most important aspect of foliar feed, is to do so during low light and cool temps - you can very quickly cause damage if you feed in high heat / intense light. Kelp / fulvic acid works really well during pre to early flower. Fish emulsion or any Nitrogen heavy feeds work well in veg. Just be mindful of all that extra humidity that you are introducing - a simple water wash is great to clean the leaves after a few sprays. I stop all foliar feeds late into the season outdoors, and once flowring is well underway indoors. This is to avoid PM and excessive RH during flowering.
 
Foliar feeding is an excellent way to feed your plants, and or enhance a typical feeding program. Never used Epson salts as a food source personally, so keen to hear if this brings its own benefits. Typically I supply different feeds for the various stages - for example, a Nitro rich tea during veg, potassium heavy tea during early flower. Most important aspect of foliar feed, is to do so during low light and cool temps - you can very quickly cause damage if you feed in high heat / intense light. Kelp / fulvic acid works really well during pre to early flower. Fish emulsion or any Nitrogen heavy feeds work well in veg. Just be mindful of all that extra humidity that you are introducing - a simple water wash is great to clean the leaves after a few sprays. I stop all foliar feeds late into the season outdoors, and once flowring is well underway indoors. This is to avoid PM and excessive RH during flowering.
Pm and rh?
 
PM = Powdery Mildew and RH = Relative Humidity. When your RH is high for long periods of time, PM moves in and takes over, more so with dead spots in airflow. Best to foliar feed at lights on or early morning, and let things dry out fully before lights out.
Do you know if there any reason that it’s better to foliar feed lights on but recommended to spray for mites with lights off?
 

BaginsZA

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I do both in the morning, in very low light and cool temps. Indoor it's at lights on and I turn the lights right down. After a couple hours I turn lights back up and always keep air flow going to avoid PM issues
 
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