Foliar spraying / feeding under cfl (burn)

Thebanktella

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will foliar feeding under cfl burn my plants ? I wana do that as well to help with health , but not sure if it will burn my plants under cfl lighting ....please help

4X85watt cfl .... bout 40cm away from foliage
 

Blakey

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Should be low light to spray I spray under my cfl and jus higher light for a hour til they dry I've even left plants on Me kitchen side till they dry either is OK bro
 

Thebanktella

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Should be low light to spray I spray under my cfl and jus higher light for a hour til they dry I've even left plants on Me kitchen side till they dry either is OK bro
Shot man thanks for the reply I've raised my lights either way they just a bit too hot to be like 3inches from my girls I raised em like 10/ 15 inches
 

Thebanktella

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Shot man thanks for the reply I've raised my lights either way they just a bit too hot to be like 3inches from my girls I raised em like 10/ 15 inches
And then dnt shift em from there cors my plants aren't stretching for some reason and my stems are thick they short and bushy like about 4inchs in height
 

Thebanktella

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Beware. I spritzed my plant with lights fairly close and it really fried a lot of leaves. The droplet magnifying effect.
Got u , i normaly blow hard against the plant to get all the droplets off . Just till it's just wet and not dropletty if that makes sense
 

Beachwalker

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I never spray anything on my plants. I believe the possible negative effects outweigh any positive.

The one exception was alternating between neem oil and baking soda to deal with a nasty fungus several years ago, likely septoria and probably partially caused by spraying stuff on the plants! (by the way the sprays did very little if anything to fight septoria, proper humidity/environment is the key to control .. and a sulfur burner):hump:

.. if the canopy is not too thick (and if you're determined to spray) I would raise the lights, give spray 5-10 minutes to sit on the plant and then put a fan on it till it's dry
-good luck!
 
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Thebanktella

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I never spray anything on my plants. I believe the possible negative effects outweigh any positive.

The one exception was alternating between neem oil and baking soda to deal with a nasty fungus several years ago, likely septoria and probably partially caused by spraying stuff on the plants! (by the way the sprays did very little if anything to fight septoria, proper humidity/environment is the key to control .. and a sulfur burner):hump:

.. if the canopy is not too thick (and if you're determined to spray) I would raise the lights, give spray 5-10 minutes to sit on the plant and then put a fan on it till it's dry
-good luck!
TBH I actually do that let it dry quickly as to not let it sit on the leaves
 

grassy007

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I'll not spritz my plant's leaves again on any grow. I never used anything but water anyways. Too risky since I like to keep lights close. Question: Do CFL's also have the capability to cause the water droplet magnifying effect or is their light intensity not enough to do so?
 

KrazyG

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will foliar feeding under cfl burn my plants ? I wana do that as well to help with health , but not sure if it will burn my plants under cfl lighting ....please help

4X85watt cfl .... bout 40cm away from foliage
Spray just before lights out the plant will absorb the feed still.
 

Beachwalker

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As long as the room temps aren't too low, otherwise, spritzing when the lights go out may cause mold/mildew growth in cooler environments.
Spraying and letting them sit in the dark wet for hours is how I got brown leaf spot, aka septoria.

.. there's so little benefit from foliar feeding or spraying anything on your plants for that matter, if they're healthy it's just bad practice in my opinion
-good luck
 

femalelovin

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BUMP all right/wrong in a sense.. yes can magnify and salt burn thus you spray on BOTTOM of leaves.. and a good reason to foliar spray is if yoi started your plant in a seed starting mix and the growth of seedling required more nitrogen and youve just watered plain water thus you cant water again or you could drown roots so one should just give a little fish mix or seaweed to the underside of the leaves. another reason is say your doing pure organic grow in soil/rootzone but youre getting a little cal/mag def. one could foliar spray synthetic cal/mag on leaves and still keep organic soil!
 
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