I want to be the first to point out that this looks like it was a thread revival. I want to be the first so that someone else doesn't point it out in a more dick-ish manner. I think a subject like this never really dies.
Can I ask why you cut it during flower? And do you mean you cut it 100% or 50% or what?
What is the result of over doing it? Aside from money out the window...
Here is my recipe in hydro
RO water
GW
Armor Si 5ml pg
Cali-Magic 10 ml pg
Gh Micro - 8 ml pg
Gh Bloom - 16 ml pg
Liquid KB - 5 ml pg
Liquid Karma 8 ml pg
PH to 6.5 and dilute to 1200 ppm or 1.6 EC. As it goes, I up the ppm a bit.
It's a banging hydro recipe if anyone wants to use it. But I have messed with every part of that recipe, both up and down, just to see what happens. My intention was to perfect the recipe, so I went about it as methodically as possible.
But the Armor was one that when I removed it totally, I noticed (clearly) that the leaf strength wasn't as pronounced. A healthy plant will splay the leaves out and angle towards the strongest light source. So, it may be at a 45* angle, or it may be horizontal. E.g. this plant is almost directly underneath the light so you see the leaf position
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You can see the leaves in this one, pointing towards a light source that is at a different angle
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And an extreme example of what I'm talking about. The leaves turning towards the light.
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So back to my point, I notice that when I omit the Armor, that structural rigidity isn't as strong. I don't know how much of a difference it makes in light absorption to the plant, I've just noticed that it plants aren't doing it as well. It could be placebo, I won't rule that out, but the plant doesn't seem to have the same manipulation capability.
With it, and in hydro in perfect conditions, the plants on Armor almost seem to be actively finding the light. W/out it, they seem a little more passive. I don't know how else to describe it.
But if I go overboard with the Armor, I don't notice anything except clogged feed lines. For me, it seems like I'm just drawing the line based on what
seems reasonable, and what is financially sensible, and that won't clog the lines.
So what is the effect of using too much?
When I use extra Cali-magic, the plants start to stink! It seems like they could take even more, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. If I use less CM they slow way down. I'm not meaning to turn this into a cali-magic discussion, just to show what I mean about Armor.
When I use too much Armor, I don't notice anything at all? But I'm sure it large ++'s of it must have some ill effect? If so, what is it?