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So, I've been trying to learn more about silica and stuff recently. So, thanks for this thread. I posted this on another forum too, but figured I would create an account here to so see what you guys say.
The products I know for silica are as follows:
Potassium Silicate:
AgSil16H
Pro-Tekt
Silicic Acid or Orthosilicic acid or Monosilicic acid. AFAIK, they are all names for the same thing. At least, according to Wikipedia, they are.
OSA28
Fasilitor
MonoSilicic Acid from Bromley Ag
My understanding of potassium silicate products like Agsil or Pro-Tekt is that they don't work at all in low pHs. So, using them in a stock solution is out of the question. And then there's the obvious part of having to add potassium when you want silica. It makes getting 50ppm of silica in my feed solutions really hard it seems. I've been using HydroBuddy to try and figure it out for my veg formula and every time my potassium levels are way too high. I bought 1 lb of AgSil16H from MBFerts.com to try it, and honestly, I'm not happy about it. My potassium levels are too high when I use it, so, to get a reasonable amount of potassium, I have to drop my nitrogen levels since I have to eliminate potassium nitrate from my mix.
But using silicic acid products is generally okay to use in stock solutions. The label on Bromley Ag's MonoSilicic Acid says it can be used in stock solutions down to pH 3. There's also the benefit of there not being anything else in monosilicic acid. It's just supposed to be a source of silica. However, looking closer at Fasilitor, there's more than just silica in it. The downside is, these are all really expensive. It seems Bromley Ag's stuff is cheapest, but still, not cheap like AgSil.
No where on Wikipedia does it say anything about the stuff you mentioned above that I can find and this whole thing about Bromley Ag seems to be a sales pitch. ?
Yeah, after looking around I decided to buy the Silicic from Bromley AG. The price was so much better, and its more concentrated and it doesn't have anything extra like Fasilitor.
Where did you get 50ppm from as your target? From others I've heard 15ppm is as high as you want to go.
Where are you getting the 50ppm are you talking 50 ppm of silica or 50 ppm of the water readings after the silica is added, If so Starting with 1-2ppm RO water and then adding the Agsil 16 H @ 2.5mL to gallon from the 1 gallons stock mix as talked about in earlier post then the Rez Water comes up to 40ppm so thats 38ppm the Agisil 16H has raised it and this is on the 500 Scale on the Blue Lab Combo Meter.The Wiki for "Silicic Acid" lists "other names" on the right side where it says Orthosilicic and monosilicic acid.
Also, I'm not so sure why it seems like a sales pitch to you. Bromley Ag doesn't even list this stuff for sale on their website. Hell, they don't even say they make it on their website. Someone from Reddit told me about them for a completely different reason and I asked them about silica and they told me silicic acid. And now we're here. I'm trying to get an honest opinion on it as I've barely used anything silica related.
A friend of mine that grows ornamentals in a greenhouse told me 50 ppm was as high as I should go. So, that's what I've been doing. It's worked fine with AgSil in the past. Unless all the silica doesn't dissolve with AgSil, which might make sense in the acid solutions I use.
Where are you getting the 50ppm are you talking 50 ppm of silica or 50 ppm of the water readings after the silica is added, If so Starting with 1-2ppm RO water and then adding the Agsil 16 H @ 2.5mL to gallon from the 1 gallons stock mix as talked about in earlier post then the Rez Water comes up to 40ppm so thats 38ppm the Agisil 16H has raised it and this is on the 500 Scale on the Blue Lab Combo Meter.
If you are talking about the PPM like in Custom Nutrient Calculator or Hydro Buddy both similar programs per the 50lB page witch has 0-0-32 Soluble Potash (k2O........32.0% on the bag.
Derived from Potassium Silicate.
Yes. A free sample bottle of the Cutting Edge Solutions brand. Forget the name. One ml. per gallon of my tap. Mixed first before anything else. I usually use Europonic Silica. ...but this was free from The Cup and it lasts forever at a ml a gallon. Works as good as potassium silicate. Strong thick branches with fat "knuckles" at the nodes and thick turgid leaves and petioles. I definitely notice a difference without a silica additive. Used it with and without for years. Its not essential but i like what it does. Back in the day...Dynagro Protekt was all there was really. The only additive for years. I like a silica in my tanks and feed mixes.Anyone using Sodium Silicate?
Yeah, after looking around I decided to buy the Silicic from Bromley AG. The price was so much better, and its more concentrated and it doesn't have anything extra like Fasilitor.
Yep I was just about to chime in yes willow is a great organic sorce and aspirin work great as well I use a native tree here to derive it from I can get willow but I get bitten by mosquitoes when I'm near those trees so I use a Casurina or comon name She Oak .Salicylic acid is good stuff. A homie uses aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) instead of the overpriced hydro store stuff. I think willow is what you're looking for if looking for the organic source.
Extractable Si soil test levels was done using the acetic acid process, were Si increased by more than tenfold over unamended soil by the CaMgSilicate and Wollastonite amendments. Glacial rock flour and wood ash increased extractable Si levels to a lesser extent. Other amendments exhibited little impact of on soil test extractable Si. Most surprisingly, Montana grow that is marketed as a Si soil amendment had very little impact on Si soil test level.
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The one OMRI listed product in this study, Montana Grow, might superficially appeal to organic growers. Although it may have other merits not discovered in this study, Montana Grow was not shown to be effective as a source of plant available Si. Nor was it shown to be useful as a liming material.
I am using tap water,so if i make a stock solution from distilled water,then dump it first into my tap watered rez, will i have issues since the tap has cal/mag etc??.I mix a full gallon at a time and use it with a few months but I don't know how long self life is should be good for year if it's in airtight jug, if your worried just use the smaller batch size. about the falling out I shake the bottle far about a minute to mix and then pour out and add to rez before adding anything else never had any falling out.
There shouldn't be any problems but lest ask the expert on it @Quantrill What you think ?I am using tap water,so if i make a stock solution from distilled water,then dump it first into my tap watered rez, will i have issues since the tap has cal/mag etc??.