What would you say is your peronal single most chosen additive?

There are many additives that make all sorts of different claims, terpinator for better tasting terpenes, green sensation, etc...


Which have you personally used and would actually say its worth buying and you wouldn't no longer grown without!!!

I never use additives or so-called bloom boosters.......waste of money IMO.

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Pro-Tekt Silica.

Nobody used bat guano to enhance the taste?

i'm still on the fence about silica. been using bulletproof Si from CES instead of the "normal" KSil. mono silicic acid is really expensive: not sure when/if i'll ever try it

pegboy said:

Pro-Tekt Silica.

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What different results do you notice using this?

rkymtnman said:

i'm still on the fence about silica. been using bulletproof Si from CES instead of the "normal" KSil. mono silicic acid is really expensive: not sure when/if i'll ever try it

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Pro-Tekt is just soluble Potash. Love it. Helps really toughen up those stems and stalks imo.

pegboy said:

Pro-Tekt is just soluble Potash. Love it. Helps really toughen up those stems and stalks imo.

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have you ever run a side by side with and without?

i use Si most grows but the ones that i don't use it on, i don't seem to see much if any difference.

rkymtnman said:

have you ever run a side by side with and without?

i use Si most grows but the ones that i don't use it on, i don't seem to see much if any difference.

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Honestly I have not. I just notice my plants seem to be stronger and more rigid in general. Also what I like about it is that it definitely stabilizes the PH in my res.

pegboy said:

Honestly I have not. I just notice my plants seem to be stronger and more rigid in general. Also what I like about it is that it definitely stabilizes the PH in my res.

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have you ever tried the MSA? mono silicic stuff? it's $$$$$

In the short time I've been growing, I've seen a bunch of 'miracle' products that people swear by; "my plants were greener and perkier the day after feeding this" types of claims. None of the few I've tried have seemed to make any kind of difference. Right now, I'm giving Real Growers Recharge a try. Maybe this one will be different.

rkymtnman said:

have you ever tried the MSA? mono silicic stuff? it's $$$$$

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I have not yet.

rkymtnman said:

i'm still on the fence about silica. been using bulletproof Si from CES instead of the "normal" KSil. mono silicic acid is really expensive: not sure when/if i'll ever try it

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I've been eyeing Impello's Dune, just not sure it's worth it.

NB @Rurumo swore by it so I need to try it.

curious2garden said:

I've been eyeing Impello's Dune, just not sure it's worth it.

NB @Rurumo swore by it so I need to try it.

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i saw that bioag makes supersil for hydro uses. it says source of Si is synthetic amorphous silicate which sounds good with lots of big words. lol. it's like $60 a gallon but min usage rate is 10mL /gal so it takes a lot weekly.

they also make ion 14 which i think is for soil.

curious2garden said:

I've been eyeing Impello's Dune, just not sure it's worth it.

NB @Rurumo swore by it so I need to try it.

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I took Rumuro's advice and I am now on my second bottle. Its replaced PH up for me, unless for whatever reason I need to make a mid week adjustment, which are few and far between these days. I feel like it makes my plants a bit more vigorous and hardy. If vigor and stem/branch rigidity arent issues, its probably not worth it. Same with a good dialed in grow. I believe it makes my mistakes less impactful.

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My rain water is acidic so I use a good amount potassium silicate as pH up since it adds two useful elements. There is no beneficial use for adding extra hydroxide into a plant nutrient.