The Crystal Palace is back, now with a Spiderfarmer SE5000.

[Observationist]

I was rewatching bugbee and he was going over how trichomes are mostly silica and needs it to produce them

so I might still feed a little silica during flower, I had left it out last watering, and usually stop in flower

 

[Observationist]

Don’t care to fuck around too much with these little flowering plants

like experimenting

 

[Dirtbag]

I was rewatching bugbee and he was going over how trichomes are mostly silica and needs it to produce them

so I might still feed a little silica during flower, I had left it out last watering, and usually stop in flower

I used to always run silica up until about week 6. But dyna gro recommends using it right up until you flush so that's what I've been doing. I just dose all my water up to 50-100 ppm of calcium silicate for this stage in the plants life. A bit more earlier.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I used to always run silica up until about week 6. But dyna gro recommends using it right up until you flush so that's what I've been doing. I just dose all my water up to 50-100 ppm of calcium silicate for this stage in the plants life. A bit more earlier.

A cup of beach sand per 3 gallon pot takes care of it.

 

[Observationist]

I used to always run silica up until about week 6. But dyna gro recommends using it right up until you flush so that's what I've been doing. I just dose all my water up to 50-100 ppm of calcium silicate for this stage in the plants life. A bit more earlier.

Dynagro knos what’s up

 

[Observationist]

A cup of beach sand per 3 gallon pot takes care of it.

I used sand in my outdoor bed before

plant to get some sand and mix it with my perlite and coco

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I used sand in my outdoor bed before

plant to get some sand and mix it with my perlite and coco

It helps drainage and strengthens the plant.

 

[Observationist]

I was gonna try an all sand media with a plant but never got around to getting sand

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I was gonna try an all sand media with a plant but never got around to getting sand

That would be a hydro grow.

 

[Observationist]

That would be a hydro grow.

Yup

I probably won’t be doing soil grows for awhile or unless outside

doing coco/hydro
And I want to setup an aeroponic system eventually

 

[Observationist]

I liked smell of soil but eh don’t wanna have to use such big pots

and they grow faster in hydro

 

[Shayne010944]

I used to always run silica up until about week 6. But dyna gro recommends using it right up until you flush so that's what I've been doing. I just dose all my water up to 50-100 ppm of calcium silicate for this stage in the plants life. A bit more earlier.

silica ? i must be missing out on stuff.

all i have is GH micro . grow , bloom . and i add great white to my rez also.. do i need to add other things ?

 

[Dirtbag]

silica ? i must be missing out on stuff.

all i have is GH micro . grow , bloom . and i add great white to my rez also.. do i need to add other things ?

What is your media? Sorry I've never grown Wilma, don't know what that is lol.

 

[Shayne010944]

What is your media? Sorry I've never grown Wilma, don't know what that is lol.

straight hydroton brother

 

[Shayne010944]

 

[Dirtbag]

straight hydroton brother

Then yeah I'd be using Protekt in your water before adding nutrients. It's one of the better and more readily available forms of silicate. Unless others have recommendations. I use Ag stuff that only available for commercial use.

 

[Shayne010944]

Then yeah I'd be using Protekt in your water before adding nutrients. It's one of the better and more readily available forms of silicate. Unless others have recommendations. I use Ag stuff that only available for commercial use.

i use great white ? is that not the same ? i dunno i was just told to add great white so i did lol .. so also add protekt ?. im in australia too so it might not be available here

 

[Dirtbag]

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That looks great!
You will still grow nice plants without silica. It's not a miracle tonic. But it does help a lot, and has a lot of plant science to back it up. It's not snake oil.

 

[Dirtbag]

i use great white ? is that not the same ? i dunno i was just told to add great white so i did lol .. so also add protekt ?. im in australia too so it might not be available here

Great white is a blend of beneficial bacteria and fungi. Protekt is a silicate product.

 

[Shayne010944]

That looks great!
You will still grow nice plants without silica. It's not a miracle tonic. But it does help a lot, and has a lot of plant science to back it up. It's not snake oil.

thanks mate , not as nice as your ones but im getting better with every grow