Not the best idea to run silica in flower, it's really not needed either. Your buds will taste better without it.Don’t add silica to your concentrated mix, it will precipitate, add your favorite silica directly to the reservoir.
so far in my knowledge silica won’t mix in a concentrated mix with nitrates or sulphates.
Sorry for my English
Brown sugar is much better than molasses imo
isnt silica for veg to make the plant structure stronger???
Exactly it builds cell walls making them stronger. By the time flower comes you shouldn't need it and it's really just taking away from your buds potential smokeability..... Yup just made that word up lol
Can you link us to literature that proves that silica during bloom takes away from buds and/or smokability, or is this just your opinion?
I'm sure I could find something for ya, but I'm not in the Google mood. Basically too much silica is going to make your buds burn funny and give you black ash. Try both if you want to see a comparison. I respect dr.who and his ways of horticulture enough that I wouldn't be in one of his threads taking shit out of my ass bro. He would call me on it in a hurry anyway lol
I leave this on the shelf as bro science. I think it's more of a problem with running to high total salts in the solution ie overfeeding in late flower.
So you have no links, that's cool. I've been using silica since 2013 and never once had black ash and my buds burn just right. I have grown w/o silica and see nothing but benefits from growing with it. Also, I've never heard of discontinuing after veg until just now. And since I make 100% of my own nutrient formulations from salt, I'm not being fooled by bottles with crafty language and pretty pictures. If interested in making your own nutes, I made a tutorial about it on 420, here's the link.
What is "mid range ppm"? I don't know who you're talking to but it doesn't sound to me like you're actually using silicate yourself? I don't know why you're bashing it to be honest, probably because you're not using it.
Well right back at you buddy. There's a lot of ways to the finish line but I think you're the one talking bro science without taking everything into consideration.
You sure schooled me!
Now hows about you go get me some links that will tell me why I should NOT use silica during bloom?K the both of you, tell me what benefits you're getting from running silica in flower? Seriously, hard facts here. We gotta get this over with, we're cluttering up this thread...... better find me some articles, facts, proven science...... Ya it's not out there because it doesn't exist..... Peace, much love. It's stupid getting mad at each other over something we all love. If it works for you, more power to ya
ooooohhhh, now you wanted the good reason, my bad, because you said
that you meant there is NO REASON, but now you want the good reason. I suppose you're also going to remind me about that one time I left the toilet seat up too. You asked for "A" reason, I gave you 2, and asked you for "A" reason why silica should "NOT" be used during bloom and you melted. You are 100% Bro Science. Why don't you tell us all about your method of spotting female seeds???
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