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I use cyco potassium silicate and it works great. I'd never spray anything on my buds.Silica should be from silicone dioxide and is best absorbed by foliar spray.
Just to add to that...... it allows time for the silicate to break down and become accessible to the plants & other nutes. . I was told to add first and wait 10 -15 min as its like a jello.. ( even though it may look liquid ) and it needs time to dissolve and after the wait stir vigorously as it may have settled then add the micro and so on.........I don't use cal/mag. so I'm not sure where that would work in....What you are using is Potassium Silicate. What you want to use is bio-available Silica in the form of Silicic Acid. Such as Power Si. Then you don't have to worry about your bullet points.
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What you are using now is not immediately bio-available, it raises media pH over time and interacts with other nutes. And yes, you should let it sit with water for at least 10 minutes before adding other nutes.
I'm using Silica Blast, which is labeled for hydro and coco. The last line of the instructions are to set pH to 6.0.When I asked hydrobuilder why there is no Silica in UC nutrient line, they replied that Silica will only stay dissolved at higher ph. So, this is a pertinent question. How do we add Silica, if it is the growers goal, with that ph variable in mind? I plan on researching it but perhaps someone can chime.
That's a horrible study that doesn't at all show that humics are bad for THC levels. Their light schedule and environmental conditions were all out of whack, they were pushing insane amounts of humics at levels no one I know comes close to using. They were using low THC plants to begin with ( controls came in at ~12%). They also didn't examine any other cannabinoids or terpenes. That paper is just bad science. I wish they had done it well because it would have been fascinating.I mix silica, then calmag, then nutes. I never wait an hour. The results are obvious; stronger stems. I stop using silica around week 7 flower. I don't use humic acid, studies show it significantly decreases thc.
I wonder if you had a bad batch. The stuff I use makes a huge difference in stem strength and bud density. It's not a small difference; its very apparent.Discontinuing use of Silica didn't effect yield. Aroma and taste unaffected. Seemingly no apparent difference.
I've gone through more than one bottle. Always armor Si. But I realized when I didn't use it there was no difference. Weight and density and potency remained consistent. I guess I could do a side by side for my next one. Revisit it.I wonder if you had a bad batch. The stuff I use makes a huge difference in stem strength and bud density. It's not a small difference; its very apparent.
Don't know about armor, but the results I get using cyco is very obvious - amazing difference in stem strength.I've gone through more than one bottle. Always armor Si. But I realized when I didn't use it there was no difference. Weight and density and potency remained consistent. I guess I could do a side by side for my next one. Revisit it.
Was just checking to see if I had a silica analysis for my water supply. No data on silicates. I might have a lot though. Based on the type of reservoirs we have.Don't know about armor, but the results I get using cyco is very obvious - amazing difference in stem strength.
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