I need ph up, so I use Pro Tekt. Veg and Flower.

Cassy said:

I need ph up, so I use Pro Tekt. Veg and Flower.

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Yes, I have read many farmers here use Pro-Tekt. It seems to be one of the best Cal/Mg products out there, especially if you are using coco coir?

Samoan said:

Yes, I have read many farmers here use Pro-Tekt. It seems to be one of the best Cal/Mg products out there, especially if you are using coco coir?

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It is a supplement that supplies soluble silicon and potassium, I use Cal/mg also with Coco.

Cassy said:

It is a supplement that supplies soluble silicon and potassium, I use Cal/mg also with Coco.

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My apologies, what I meant was Potassium Silicate, not Cal/Mag.

Is there a reason why Pro-Tekt seems to be in favor with Coc Coir?

Get whatever ph up and down is cheapest. As long as you are providing a balanced nutrient diet than the PH up or down compounds would have a marginal effect on overall plants health. As long as PH meter is accurate and within right PH range.

I was going to order botanicare ph down and noticed that its 0-15-0, how would that work for veg?

DrMcSkunkins said:

I was going to order botanicare ph down and noticed that its 0-15-0, how would that work for veg?

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I was using botanicarehdown which uses Phosphoric Acid at a 29% concentration all while my plants were vegetating and it seemed to work just fine, shortly after I made the switch to flower I needed another phdown product so I got earth juice citric acid crystals, -which seem to work just fine as well.

I'm in the game of giving the lady's what they want so I figured that Citric Acid Crystals would be suited for the vegetation cycle and the Phosphoric Acid might be better suited for the bloom cycle.

I did some more digging.
I found this titled
Citric Acid and Cannabis Horticulture by Proffesor Matt Rize.

Apparently Citric Acid, (C6H807) bonds with Phosphorus anions (P-) making them soluble in the rhyzosphere and soil solution and making them available for intake by the plants roots.
Phosphorus Anions can bond with media particles, other elements, and organic matter making them unavailable to the plants roots.

DID YOU KNOW?

There are ROOT EXUDATES (Substances secreted by roots)
And apparently roots secrete a large amount of Citric Acid which in turn mineralize (P-)

ORGANIC ACIDS HAVE MANY BENEFITS and as long as your ph is good organic acids are beneficial food sources for microbes. acetic acid (vinegar) is used as a food source for microbes infact microbes can actually generate electricity using acetate via a microbial fuel cell. organic acids aslo help to chelate micro nutrients. there are many synthetic fertilizers based on organic acids like ammonium citrate, potassium citrate, calcium magnesium as well as acetates and lactates. there is a product by CANNA called Bio Boost it is a fermented plant extract(you can make these yourselves easily) these fermented plant extracts are loaded with citric, lactic, acetic acids as well as amino acids and fatty acids (all produced biologically). these help give the products a very long shelf life through there acidity, chelate and solubilize just about everything and when the acidity is neutralized ,which can happen simply by aerating it for awhile. These compounds whicht suppressed microbial populations now act as a powerful ("boost") source of energy