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hydrotran
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I was wondering do you guys use silica throughout the entire veg and flower? Thanks.
MakinGoo
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I juss us some during veg.. When I flower I use 2 much other stuff.. I use it early on juss 2 make nice thick stems 2 hold up some big buds..
Onespark
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Ya I use it up until week four or five. Silica kicks ass.
Two weeks of veg, in week one of flower with silica rocking...
The new new is gonna be the H&G product that doubles cell walls at the end of summer. It's the craziest stuff I have ever seen. Makes silica look like... ya' know...
Two weeks of veg, in week one of flower with silica rocking...
The new new is gonna be the H&G product that doubles cell walls at the end of summer. It's the craziest stuff I have ever seen. Makes silica look like... ya' know...
watteva
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the new new ?
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sjmedicater
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On my system I use silica all through veg and until week 6 , week 6 no more silica.
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hydrotran
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how much are you yeilding per light?
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cymbaline
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I mix it into soil mix so they get it all the way through to chop.
When adding it with nutes I don't see any reason after week 5 really.
Stems have filled to where they will by that point, right?
When adding it with nutes I don't see any reason after week 5 really.
Stems have filled to where they will by that point, right?
motherlode
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up until week 4 of flower
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sfzoo
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what reason do you stop using silica?
is it just to taper ppms before the flush?
is it just to taper ppms before the flush?
bloads
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I'm curious too.
When you stop silica, do you just switch to PH-up instead?
In coco, should I have enough silica in my medium, after weeks/months of feeding w/it, that no PH up would really be needed, since my coco would be basically buffered?
sedate
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I ran through a couple quarts of silica I really didn't notice anything.
I quit buying it.
I quit buying it.
audius
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ive never used it
Venom818
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jah_hoover
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Never used it but my friends keeps telling me it makes his stems hench and i have seen the results, so i will grab a bottle and give it go:)
symbiote420
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I've used diatomaceous earth for years, first for gnats, now for the thickness I see in my stalks and branches, it's mostly silica, and provides and organic 1,2 punch as a pest control and a nutrient. I got a friend that uses it in his DWC system with the same 1,2 results as well.
singlespeed
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The reason not to use it all the way through is to avoid the silca/mineral taste. When I first started I used it all the way until I flushed, but never tasted it. LOL. I stop at week 5 or 6 now-a-days.
sedate
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Venom said:
Well hold on now if it raises pH there might be some actual value here - especially since you get that smallish dose of potash with it . . .
All that rep on your avatar there Venom surely you can ballpark this - if you mixed a batch of nutes @ 1000ppm that mixed up to a ph of 4 (I'm thinking of Botanicare base nutes here) - and added 5ml/gallon of silica - where would the pH be?
motherlode
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prolly way to high - lol
with my pure blend pro mix and some fulvic and aminos I add 1 ml gal gets it right to about 5.6
I stop with the silica after 4 weeks into flower personally - after that I use my well water to bring the ph up - maybe takes 1 gallon of water not run through the RO for 40 gals of water
ph up is a waste of money
Venom818
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like motherlode said bro probably way to high.A little goes a long way with silica u might need like 2ml to get you to 5.8 im in coco.usually i dont need more than 1 ml per gallon
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