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Does it matter if silica blast or cal mag go before the flora micro-grow-bloom GH . In Rez

Cal-mag no. Silica maybe. I'd add that last ... before pH adjusters of course.

Addback Calculator Example:
If you're running the 0-8-16 formula, at 0.7 conversion with a 20 gallon res. When you pour a fresh res, your ppm will be around 1250. A week has gone by, and some of the water has been taken up by the plants, some has evaporated, and now your res is at 947 ppm. You need to get your ppm from 947 to 1250. Here is the equation:

((target - current) / target) * 8 ml per gallon * res gallons = Flora Micro (ml) either double this figure to get Flora Bloom (ml) or use 0-8-0 of Flora Nova Bloom.

Example:
((1250 - 947 ) / 1250) * 8 * 20 (303 / 11250) * 8 * 20 0.24 * 8 * 20 = 38.4 ml Flora Micro 38.4 ml Flora Micro, double that and you get 76.8ml Flora Bloom.

So 38.4 ml Flora Micro and 76.8 ml Flora Bloom to add back to your 20 gallon res to get you from 947 to 1250. Flora Nova Bloom, has the same properties as FB & FM combined, so, you just drop the FB part of the calculation (Instead of 0-8-16 you use 0-8-0) and add just 8ml pG of the FNB.

Calculated EC/TDS levels:
EC microsiemen:
0-4-8: 946 µS
0-5-10: 1184 µS
0-8-16: 1894 µS

TDS @ 0.5 conversion:
0-4-8 = 473 ppm
0-5-10 = 592 ppm
0-8-16 = 947 ppm

TDS @ 0.7 conversion:
0-4-8 = 663 ppm
0-5-10 = 829 ppm
0-8-16 = 1326 ppm



Silicate is an additive. here's the order you need. First add water, then your nutrients, then additives/supplements, then PH your soup...hope that helps.

I don't know why but protekt (silica) says to always add it first.

Silica should always be added to water first and given a few minutes to completely break down before adding the rest of your nutes

silica is snake oil. Plants have grown for millenniums without it being added by us. It really pisses me of when I read these threads and peopl have a base nute mix and the 10 other additives. You don't need all that crap to grow good weed people! Carry on.

TMG Genetics said:

silica is snake oil. Plants have grown for millenniums without it being added by us. It really pisses me of when I read these threads and peopl have a base nute mix and the 10 other additives. You don't need all that crap to grow good weed people! Carry on.

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Plants havent been growing for millenniums under artificial light with synthetic nutrients in soilless mediums. Silica is not snake oil

Headshot!

Carry on.

yeah this is cultivation not letting the plant grow by germinating in the spring after it fell on the ground and hoping it survives.

I'm over here growing dank with two nutrients and a little koolbloom in week five. The hydro store guys love you additive growers. Carry on. Cha Ching!

Jbone77 said:

Plants havent been growing for millenniums under artificial light with synthetic nutrients in soilless mediums. Silica is not snake oil

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In that context I agree. What did you gain by adding silica to weed though, a couple of grams maybe? Well zippidy do da.

i can see the difference with and without silica. i dont use everything the store has but silica does have its bonus'. you apparently dont know what your talking about when it comes to this stuff. yes you can grow great marijuana without it but its a personal preference whether you add it or not but its not a snake oil.

a bottle of silica is what 15 bucks lasts me a year or more if i got 2 grams per grow in a year and got 6 harvests or whatever a year 12 grams at 10-15 bucks a gram it more than pays for itself.