Centrum for Plants
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Flamingoman
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No i think it a good idea... i was thinking thinking somthing along the same route as you are... i too would like to know.
TheLastJuror
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Took the words out of my mouth
macdadyabc
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ahahaha, great picture ^^^^^^
Flamingoman
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k thanks for the info... could you recommend some good vitamans thanks
you pic mad my morning...lol
2nd!...lol
JonnyBtreed
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superthrive
born2killspam
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I highly doubt you'd risk overdoing too much.. You'd be doing more for soil microbes etc than the plant itself.. Along the same lines as carb loading.. Breakfast cereals are an excellent compostable source of carbs and vitamins btw..
Multivitamins are commonly used as yeast nutrient in fermenting..
Multivitamins are commonly used as yeast nutrient in fermenting..
Ganjamerican
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i recently germinated a plant and i noticed that it was kind of yellow after it poped out of the soil, so i waited a few day to see if it fix itself and it didn't it actually got kind of brown and droopy, so i put 2 centrum vitamins in a 32 oz spray bottle and the next day the plant was green and standing up straight so it might be a good idea. Although it does sound silly 
cannawizard
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070923205844.htm = vitamin C
http://www.food.dtu.dk/
(google "vitamin d on plants, look for the .pdf) = vitamin D
..not sure if Centrum will work on your plants, but you can always try & find out
http://www.food.dtu.dk/
(google "vitamin d on plants, look for the .pdf) = vitamin D
..not sure if Centrum will work on your plants, but you can always try & find out
DimebagDave
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No, that would just give them wings.
Wow! So first of all the article referencing vitamin C is talking about an enzyme in plants that produce the vitamin for them. Just like plants produce sugars but have no ability or use for sugar added to the root zone, so is the idea of adding vitamins to your root zone. And vitamin D is the same... Living things produce vitamin D in response to the suns radiation.
Furthermore osmosis doesnt work like that either. Only salts and minerals pass through the osmotic barrier. Plant have evolved for millions of years, much longer then humans, and know best how to produce what they need given the five limiting factors; Light, water, temperature, nutrient salts and minerals, and carbon dioxide. Those five things are all a plant needs and they can only grow as fast as the least of the five. Ie. adding Co2 will produce no effect if the light and temp are not high enough. That is all there is to mastering gardening... No fancy gimmick or additive or nutrient line will make you understand the interplay between genetics and those five limiting factors. Only sound botany, tried and true horticultural practices, and experience (or the willingness to learn from the mistakes of others). Many people have walked the hard road and can tell you stories of the hazards and of a better path, the wise man listens while the fool must see for himself.
Furthermore osmosis doesnt work like that either. Only salts and minerals pass through the osmotic barrier. Plant have evolved for millions of years, much longer then humans, and know best how to produce what they need given the five limiting factors; Light, water, temperature, nutrient salts and minerals, and carbon dioxide. Those five things are all a plant needs and they can only grow as fast as the least of the five. Ie. adding Co2 will produce no effect if the light and temp are not high enough. That is all there is to mastering gardening... No fancy gimmick or additive or nutrient line will make you understand the interplay between genetics and those five limiting factors. Only sound botany, tried and true horticultural practices, and experience (or the willingness to learn from the mistakes of others). Many people have walked the hard road and can tell you stories of the hazards and of a better path, the wise man listens while the fool must see for himself.
cannawizard
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++++ soil food web 101++++
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Plants don’t need you to add sugar to their soil; they make their own. Through the process of photosynthesis, which is powered in nature by energy from the sun, plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugars. Plants use their self-made sugars as a fuel for growth and reproduction.
Sugar you add to the soil will instead feed soil microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. These naturally occurring microbes are nature’s recyclers; they help to nourish plants by breaking down the bits of organic debris in soil into their nutrient components—including the potassium, magnesium, nitrogen, and other elements that are essential for plant life. In this sense, sugar could benefit the plants in your garden by boosting the microbial population, thereby speeding up the rate at which nutrients become available.
But plants already have a process for encouraging microbial life. Soil scientists have discovered that plant roots exude sugars—sugars produced by photosynthesis—as a way of developing mutually beneficial relationships with microbes. By controlling the types and amounts of sugars they release, plants can select which kinds of microorganisms will colonize the soil around their roots. Not coincidentally, plants choose to feed the microbes that will provide them with the nutrients they need most. Compared to this sophisticated à la carte system, a sprinkle of processed sugar from your pantry is just junk food for bacteria.
By the way, there’s another reason some gardeners haul the sugar canister out to the garden. Sugar added to the planting holes of vegetable transplants is said to discourage root knot nematodes, a destructive soil-dwelling parasite that plagues many Southern gardens. —Doug Hall
((Plants produce glucose through photosynthesis. Sugar is a form of glucose.
Adding sugar water to a plant does, in the short term offer small benefits as the plant is able to absorb small amount of glucose instead of using photosynthesis to produce it.
Long term use of sugar water on plants will result in the death of the plant! To much sugar in the soil solution prevents or hampers osmosis, resulting in ineffective water and nutrient uptake by the plant. This results in discolouration, stunting, wilting and eventually death.))
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this is for the for pro- sugar users--- "Minute amounts of can be absorbed." by the roots..
Here is a cool thread which debates the use of "sugar water" for plant roots..
http://www.treeworld.info/f29/sugar-water-trees-good-bad-soil-561.html
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hydro growers also state that sugars are absorbed in higher amounts because of the given environment~
There are also some sugars that are more important to your plants than others. xylose and arabinose are two of those sugars. Both, arabinose and xylose, are sugars naturally produced by plants. They are both also monosaccharides which means they are simple sugars therefore they are used more easily by the plant.
Glucose should be the main ingredient of the product since it is the main product of photosynthesis. Glucose is a monosaccharide which is used for energy and for starting cellular respiration in the plant. The name glucose comes from the Greek word “glykys,” which means sweet, plus the suffix “ose,” which denotes that it is a carbohydrate. Glucose is critical in the production of proteins and in lipid metabolism. Glucose is also used as a precursor for the synthesis of several important substances such as starch and cellulose. Starch is a way in which plants store energy and cellulose makes up most of the structural parts of plants.
Fructose is a monosaccharide and is a main component of most tree fruit, berries, and melons. It is the sweetest naturally occurring sugar and is twice as sweet as the disaccharide sucrose which consists of glucose and fructose bonded together.
Also the disaccharide maltose is an important sugar since it can be broken down by enzymes into 2 glucose molecules.
These are all sugars that occur and are produced naturally by plants. By adding a supplement containing these simple and complex sugars along with a well balanced nutrient, a plant will increase the levels of sugars in the leaves and throughout the plant.
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Plants don’t need you to add sugar to their soil; they make their own. Through the process of photosynthesis, which is powered in nature by energy from the sun, plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugars. Plants use their self-made sugars as a fuel for growth and reproduction.
Sugar you add to the soil will instead feed soil microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. These naturally occurring microbes are nature’s recyclers; they help to nourish plants by breaking down the bits of organic debris in soil into their nutrient components—including the potassium, magnesium, nitrogen, and other elements that are essential for plant life. In this sense, sugar could benefit the plants in your garden by boosting the microbial population, thereby speeding up the rate at which nutrients become available.
But plants already have a process for encouraging microbial life. Soil scientists have discovered that plant roots exude sugars—sugars produced by photosynthesis—as a way of developing mutually beneficial relationships with microbes. By controlling the types and amounts of sugars they release, plants can select which kinds of microorganisms will colonize the soil around their roots. Not coincidentally, plants choose to feed the microbes that will provide them with the nutrients they need most. Compared to this sophisticated à la carte system, a sprinkle of processed sugar from your pantry is just junk food for bacteria.
By the way, there’s another reason some gardeners haul the sugar canister out to the garden. Sugar added to the planting holes of vegetable transplants is said to discourage root knot nematodes, a destructive soil-dwelling parasite that plagues many Southern gardens. —Doug Hall
((Plants produce glucose through photosynthesis. Sugar is a form of glucose.
Adding sugar water to a plant does, in the short term offer small benefits as the plant is able to absorb small amount of glucose instead of using photosynthesis to produce it.
Long term use of sugar water on plants will result in the death of the plant! To much sugar in the soil solution prevents or hampers osmosis, resulting in ineffective water and nutrient uptake by the plant. This results in discolouration, stunting, wilting and eventually death.))
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this is for the for pro- sugar users--- "Minute amounts of can be absorbed." by the roots..
Here is a cool thread which debates the use of "sugar water" for plant roots..
http://www.treeworld.info/f29/sugar-water-trees-good-bad-soil-561.html
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hydro growers also state that sugars are absorbed in higher amounts because of the given environment~
There are also some sugars that are more important to your plants than others. xylose and arabinose are two of those sugars. Both, arabinose and xylose, are sugars naturally produced by plants. They are both also monosaccharides which means they are simple sugars therefore they are used more easily by the plant.
Glucose should be the main ingredient of the product since it is the main product of photosynthesis. Glucose is a monosaccharide which is used for energy and for starting cellular respiration in the plant. The name glucose comes from the Greek word “glykys,” which means sweet, plus the suffix “ose,” which denotes that it is a carbohydrate. Glucose is critical in the production of proteins and in lipid metabolism. Glucose is also used as a precursor for the synthesis of several important substances such as starch and cellulose. Starch is a way in which plants store energy and cellulose makes up most of the structural parts of plants.
Fructose is a monosaccharide and is a main component of most tree fruit, berries, and melons. It is the sweetest naturally occurring sugar and is twice as sweet as the disaccharide sucrose which consists of glucose and fructose bonded together.
Also the disaccharide maltose is an important sugar since it can be broken down by enzymes into 2 glucose molecules.
These are all sugars that occur and are produced naturally by plants. By adding a supplement containing these simple and complex sugars along with a well balanced nutrient, a plant will increase the levels of sugars in the leaves and throughout the plant.
Galvatron
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im gona sound like a loon here but i have tried the centrum and also generic multivitamin pills disolved in water. what i found worked best was to rinse the pills coating off first in warm water then you wrap the pill in 1-2 coffee filter with a rubber band and soak it in water over night then squeeze the pill out thru the filter in the morning, you can use a 12oz water bottle it doesnt have to be big. whatever vitamins and minerals that are soluble in water will end up in the water, you dont want the fillers in the pill,the cakey looking stuff, just the soluble goods. id dilute it 1 part vitamin water to 4-5 parts water and then foliar feed it. you can water it as well but the best result is foliar feeding. the best thing about vitamins is that the plant will not burn no matter what. ive fed them 3-5 times a day by foliage and there is no burn. the plant does look happy with some vitamins even if it sounds weird.
Figong
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Would be a very bad idea on more than a few levels.
svchop889
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the manner of uptake is different so yes it is different.