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i agree MJ my main focus for using chitosan is to activate the plants SAR and hopefully help prevent bud rot although i think it would best when used in combo with other SAR/ISR activators such as Salicyic Acid,Reynoutria sachalinensis,and harpin protein but this is only my opinion. i will be doing a few tests come flowering time with each of these things for Sar activationThere is current movement concerning chitosan, but lye being an inorganic compound and the salts involved leads me to think the long term results are not positive. I recognize its worth as a biopesticide, but I have noticed mention of it relative to seed starting and I have difficulty getting behind sodium hydroxide in that context. Concerning living soil, I'm not sure how well living organisms take to salts in this form or if caustic soda isn't devastating beneficial colonies. Certain strains do thrive in alkali soils, so I think something like chitosan is a case by case situation rather than complete solution.
I can get behind the willow/knotweed approach, its just that lye is funky and using it as buffer for a mix in a less agressive state might not show too much devastation. Like I said in its form to address pests its logical and usage is somewhat widespread, but I suppose the wider the spread the greater my concern.i agree MJ my main focus for using chitosan is to activate the plants SAR and hopefully help prevent bud rot although i think it would best when used in combo with other SAR/ISR activators such as Salicyic Acid,Reynoutria sachalinensis,and harpin protein but this is only my opinion. i will be doing a few tests come flowering time with each of these things for Sar activation
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