Feed your soil. Not your plant.
I just wanted to share all the wonderful benefits of a weekly top dress of malted barley powder among other grains and oats. I buy a 50lb bag of pilsner malt grain and grind it right before I apply it.
- Contains easily available chitin [chitin is found between layers of carbonate. As it is broken down it is converted to chitinase which breaks down exoskeleton of larvae and eggs.]
- Contains urease, phosphatase, and potasase.
- Increases fungal activity in soil
- Contains naturally occuring growth regulating hormones and defense triggering hormones
- Contains enzymes that increase decomposition
- Growers have reported up to a 20% faster finish in bloom (I have seen it)
- Increases worm reproduction
Diastatic MBP is ideal for fungal growth while rye is higher in phosphatase. Any grain ground as fine as possible works, even oatmeal. Always water into soil surface with fulvic acid/aloe/silica using a sprayer. Try to wash it into the soil.
"Enzymes are the catalyst, fulvic acid is the catalyst to the catalyst."