Saponins from Quillaja

franklinz · Jan 14, 2022

I'm thinking of trying some Saponins in my living soil. Is anyone using and what type of benefits are you seeing? I've read that it can kill nematodes.

CatHedral · Jan 14, 2022

franklinz said:
I'm thinking of trying using some Saponins in my living soil. Is anyone using and what type of benefits are you seeing? I've read that it can kill nematodes.

What benefit do you seek?

franklinz · Jan 14, 2022

CatHedral said:
What benefit do you seek?

To avoid hydrophobic conditions due to top feeding and better growth in general

CatHedral · Jan 14, 2022

franklinz said:
To avoid hydrophobic conditions due to top feeding and better growth in general

This is a wild guess, but I’m thinking that living soil in equilibrium makes enough local surfactants.

Kind Sir · Jan 15, 2022

I didn’t realize people put that in their soil. The bag I bought was pretty small and wasn’t cheap, from BAS. To my knowledge without googling, I thought it was for foliar.

DCcan · Jan 15, 2022

franklinz said:
To avoid hydrophobic conditions due to top feeding and better growth in general

Ever look at Regalia? It's nice and foamy, coats everything in the soil, seems to work great for that.

franklinz · Jan 15, 2022

Kind Sir said:
I didn’t realize people put that in their soil. The bag I bought was pretty small and wasn’t cheap, from BAS. To my knowledge without googling, I thought it was for foliar.

Absolutely. Great foliar benefits by softening the plant walls. I'm on the fence because of that expense but the dual-purpose of soil drench/foliar feed is nice. I've used ThermX70 but it is messy and also pricey. Have you seen noticeable benefits from your foliar application of BAS Quillaja?

Kind Sir · Jan 15, 2022

franklinz said:
Absolutely. Great foliar benefits by softening the plant walls. I'm on the fence because of that expense but the dual-purpose of soil drench/foliar feed is nice. I've used ThermX70 but it is messy and also pricey. Have you seen noticeable benefits from your foliar application of BAS Quillaja?

I’ve only foliar sprayed twice now so can’t say, but I actually did soil drench the rest of my foliar spray and it definitely helped the dried SPM absorb the water rather than it sitting on top and slowly absorbing

Gumdrawp · Jan 15, 2022

I water thermx in about twice a month at 1/4tsp per gallon. Never noticed a major impact on my biology, can't really speak too much on it killing nematodes, but my fungus gnats still disappeared after treating with nematodes even though I kept using thermx70.

McShnutz · Jan 21, 2022

I use fresh aloe and yucca root powder. I can't even remember the last time I bought a bottle surfactant.

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