Silica

Success with silica

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Mellowthecat500

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Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

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Mellowthecat500 said:
Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.
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would love to read that. hope you find the link
 
ANC

ANC

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Even when you just use it as an addon (I use it to bring my pH up) as one drop of acid isn't enough and two is too much. It really confers an ability to withstand high temperatures and drying out.
 
SmokeyMcChokey

SmokeyMcChokey

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Mellowthecat500 said:
This post is not to necessarily prove that I'm right, but to help the average grower, see from the pros how they can grow a better product. Silica is the start of discussion. The most overlooked 4 nutrients that can make an inferior strain compete with the best are silica yucca amino a fulvic acid.
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I'm going to say nope.
 
SmokeyMcChokey

SmokeyMcChokey

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Mellowthecat500 said:
Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.
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Sounds like you should calibrate your meter
 
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Mellowthecat500

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Oh yes he is so correct after 2 years straight of 2+. Brought in from a dispensary a new strain. That affected the entire crop reducing yield 50 percent. In a large growing community. Hydro, rockwool. Within 4 days of 12 12 each shop suffered the same fate within a week the vegative state was not near what it used to be and when it was the buds were much smaller than what we were used to seeing on day 28. I admit that I failed as well the first 2 runs. On run 3 I decided to up my game big time and dedicate 6 hours a day to research.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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ShLUbY said:
while silica can be beneficial for some plants, it is not a required nutrient. There is plenty of work that shows that silica can be useful to plants but is not essential for plant health. one of the uses for it is for increasing the thickness of a cell wall that has been compromised by insects or other pathogens in an effort to quarantine that portion of tissue. That being said, if the plant doesn't feel the need to use it, it likely wont even take it up.
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^^^^^THIS^^^^^

The use of any Si in soil is basically useless. The plant takes all it needs from the soil! Even with synthetic nutrient use....

Now any type of hydro, that is where the use of Si can be a benefit.
 
Jypsy Dog

Jypsy Dog

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Mellowthecat500 said:
Research is one thing yes, but experimenting incredible, I was always skeptical of sio2. Same npk label u showed me. Then browsed for about 2hours until this super smart chemist guy had a web page that explained how to properly use silica, by tonight hopefully I'll find the site. He explained to properly activate it you must use fulvic acid. In 1 gal water ppm no matter how much sio2 read 0. Each tsp of every macro read it's value in separate 1g. Then upon adding 100ppm npk fulvic something incredible happened the ppm read 700. Silica I now understand when activated connects all the microbes on a microscopic level.
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Activated Silica.....?????
https://www.corrosionpedia.com/definition/40/activated-silica
 
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