Few questions about foliar feeding

CARmick93

CARmick93

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I’m thinking of foliar feeding my plants this time round, I’ve never done it before so thought I’d give it a go as I’ve got a few nutes I wanna use up as well.

are you able to mix different nutes together and use in one spray or do you have to use them separately? I’m going to be using biobizz fish mix, alga mic and also have some plant magic bio silicon I wanted to use.

what must the water be phd to? And also how many times a week can you spray?

I will be spraying throughout the veg cycle just before the lights go off. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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Agreed.
Don't get too crazy with foliar feeding. Shit can go south fast. If you're feeding properly only a min amount of foliar feeding is needed.
I like to use optic foliar overgrow early on, then kelp spray once flowering starts once a week for 2 weeks. Then nadda. Maybe some epsom salts if needed. Don't worry about ph too much with foliar feeds. As long as you aren't extreme on either end of the scale you're good.
 
CARmick93

CARmick93

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Ok thanks for that I’ll probablies just try the fish mix at a lower strength then and see how I get on with that. Does it make much difference or not really?
 
lakesidegrower

lakesidegrower

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Jjgrow420 said:
Agreed.
Don't get too crazy with foliar feeding. Shit can go south fast. If you're feeding properly only a min amount of foliar feeding is needed.
I like to use optic foliar overgrow early on, then kelp spray once flowering starts once a week for 2 weeks. Then nadda. Maybe some epsom salts if needed. Don't worry about ph too much with foliar feeds. As long as you aren't extreme on either end of the scale you're good.
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How are you doing up your kelp foliar?
 
lakesidegrower

lakesidegrower

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Haha ok! So it a liquid kelp product? I remember reading about making a kelp foliar starting with kelp meal, but haven’t tried it yet, I think it was from subcool… something about making a paste first, I think..,
 
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1212ham

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Jjgrow420 said:
Agreed.
Don't get too crazy with foliar feeding. Shit can go south fast. If you're feeding properly only a min amount of foliar feeding is needed.
I like to use optic foliar overgrow early on, then kelp spray once flowering starts once a week for 2 weeks. Then nadda. Maybe some epsom salts if needed. Don't worry about ph too much with foliar feeds. As long as you aren't extreme on either end of the scale you're good.
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Yeah, I just use foliar as a fix, like epsom for mag def.
I really just just need to figure out what I'm doing to cause deficiencies with Jack's 321! :confused:
 
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1212ham

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Jjgrow420 said:
Ph issues?
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Possibly.... I've been feeding at 5.8-6.2 but I'm going to try 6.2-6.3.

3 days on jack's 5-12-26 and the plants are loving it! Bye bye General Hydroponics forever

looks like Mg on some leaves. if you run 321 vs 3part in a nute calculator, i wonder what the ppm of Mg is in each one? @TintEastwood usually has all these common formulas on hand. Jacks. My coco grows always do better with PH around 6.2. Running 5.8 often resulted in Mg defs. I made it...
www.rollitup.org

3 days on jack's 5-12-26 and the plants are loving it! Bye bye General Hydroponics forever

In my region, GH also delisted the ingredients off of the labels. They still show the minimum analysis, but not what constitutes the mix. Better alternatives to GH anyhow, even if you want basically the exact same formula. For example, Green Planet 3 part. Also cheaper.
www.rollitup.org

An interesting ph chart @TintEastwood posted.

Hydro PH Chart.jpg

Another factor may be my fluctuating and high CO2 levels a lot of the time (up to 1400) closing the stomata, decreasing transpiration and reducing nute and magnesium uptake? I have an Autopilot CO2 logger and just ordered a cheap monitor to move around the house and figure things out. Also got rid of the old gas stove with pilot lights.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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CARmick93 said:
I’m thinking of foliar feeding my plants this time round, I’ve never done it before so thought I’d give it a go as I’ve got a few nutes I wanna use up as well.

are you able to mix different nutes together and use in one spray or do you have to use them separately? I’m going to be using biobizz fish mix, alga mic and also have some plant magic bio silicon I wanted to use.

what must the water be phd to? And also how many times a week can you spray?

I will be spraying throughout the veg cycle just before the lights go off. Any help would be appreciated.
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Why would you want to spray your plants?
 
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