Im not so sure nutrients can increase trichs.The only thing i ever noticed to increase them was lower temperatures in flower.I think good trich production starts with the genetics.Has anyone ever done a side by side of clones with and without the added supposed trich boosters?
Both Mag Sulfate and Potassium sulfate will increase trich production. Several products are sold on the market to do so. They have stupid high price tags for the insanely cheap ingredients in it.
The above statement is proven fact....I have people come back and tell me how much my formulas work, a cpl have even said better then the store bought (Why I chose the Carb form I used) I back engineered the the formula's because I could make them for less then a buck a gallon for the Mg sulfate one and less then 4 bucks for the K sulfate one.
I can
guarantee these don't create foxtailing either.....
@psychadelibud You may have had other issues doing that...Don't think I have to go through that list..eh?
The formula's are stupid simple to make...
Mg sulfate formula:
8 TBL Epsom salts
1.5 tsp DARK BROWN sugar
1 gallon RO
Mix well and 10 ml per gallon of feed....every feeding...
Potassium Sulfate formula....(this increases bud size too....I mean K does that..period)
I'll give you 2 formulas.
1 is for a 10% solution.
The other is 6%, and I've settled in on the use of the 6% personally (Due to the amount of K being applied, or in the soil already)
382 grams of Potassium sulfate (0-0-50 and the 53% version is good too....I have that for the farm, so I use that. [10%]
OR
227 grams of K sulfate.
1.5 tsp DARK BROWN sugar.
1 gallon RO
Mix these well and I used to dissolve by heating but, don't any more. Just mix and shake till dissolved. Same 10 ml per gallon, every feeding.
Notes on these formulas
I get asked why not Molasses for the carb source. It adds micro's.....Yes it does but it doesn't have the carb "bang" I'm looking for to feed the bio's in the soil. This increase in bio activity, increases the up take of the compound. Makes it more effective......
Now for use in synthetic runs.... I adjust the K sulfate formula a bit for just that...
I will use a molasses -
fermented molasses! This removes the carbs from the molasses. Once fermentation of your molasses is complete. You simply simmer it on the stove......you know, light boil.....This evaporates the alcohol and your left with a nice micro source.
Mix un-sulfured molasses with an equal amount of water and add a brewers yeast....Let ferment for 14 days to get a very complete carb removal. (be sure you use a closed and bubbler topped jug - the same as home brewing)
Now simply simmer it and reduce by half the volume - back to the thickness of the molasses, as it was.
Use this at .5 tsp a gallon.
I use organic compound source's....
This works! Many use it.... The bi-product is increased terp production, and not just by increased trich volume either! I've had every person who's tried it say, It sure does make your plants stink more. Even a cpl of folks who didn't like it in the end (hyper organic, vegan growers)...
Give it a shot. Whats to lose?
@psychadelibud
Why are you going to spend a shit ton of money on Mammoth P?
For Christ sake man, you can do the same thing with a simple AACT bio tea! The only difference is that the Mam P is filtered, has a more specific bio cross section, concentrated, and has been formulated to keep the living bio's alive longer for shelf life.
One of the things they don't tell you, is that the bio's are slowly becoming less effective as time passes about 4-5 months in the bottle.....At what is it? 6 months the product is taken off the shelves and discarded. Because the bio's have died off so much they have become ineffective!
Now it's not a far reach to see that some dealers maybe redoing the date codes on the packaging....I mean, look at the ab-so-fucking-lutely INSANE price for that shit!
Make some AACT and do the same thing ... Besides any big increase in P can, and does ripen the plant faster.....I feel that is not a good side effect.....Not only that, it's increasing all nutrient up take..(Mam P). So the benefits of the added K are doing more for bud size then the damn P is.
In all my time growing. I found increased P is ok but, you need to temper that, and specific timed increases and reductions can be far better then any
huge. mid bloom boost of P..
Look at AACT like this....In my organic runs. I use a cpl of Closely timed AACT applications, mid bloom, to do the same thing Mam P does. This boost's the plant uptake in P, in my SS's..
The living bio's increased action in the soil, increases the availability... To make AACT at home.....
So stupid, stupid cheap!
Be smarter then nutrient makers!
Give these a shot...
