fetilizing the plants by spray

[smokinbuds21]

ive been spraying my plants with water and liquid fertilizer the will soak that up and feed of that also right?

its good to do that right? atleast i hope so because i started doing it today!!!

[CRIME IN STEREO]

thats what ive heard, but i dont hear of many people doing it so you might want to get a second opinion... supposedly its nearly impossible to over fertilize this way....

[stinkyattic]

Foliar feeding is primarily used to correct deficiencies.
Most of us just stick to feeding with the waterings, and if something crops up, foliar spray for a little while until it is fixed. I keep a supply of the Micro part of the GH 3-part for this purpose.
Foliar feeding NPK works but IMHO is far more trouble than it is worth- I try to supply my plants' needs through their roots.

[smokinbuds21]

so basicly the plant wont get more potent or it will its just better and easyer just to water?

you cant water with fertilizer and spray with the same water and fertilizer?

what about watering with blackstrap molasses and spray aslo?

[smokinbuds21]

im probley gonna keep on spraying because the baby is growing fastethan my diiiiic can get up and the one thats like 3 weeks old the new leaves are coming out orenge i wonder if thats normal.

[the image reaper]

I used to use foliar-feeding exclusively for all my fertilization ... it worked well, and I never had an over-fert situation, etc ... I liked it ... now, the downside: it is time-consuming, and messy, and raises humidity, if in a cabinet ... you need to spray the undersides of the leaves, in the mornings, while the pores are opened, time consuming ... the overspray is a disaster around Mylar, etc... and, the humidity increase is obvious ... also, the days you are not feeding, you will need to spray the leaves with plain water, to wash off any accumulation of solids ... so, as you see, it is much more WORK, if done properly ... :smokin:

[smokinbuds21]

so should i keep spraying with fertilizer on the days it dont get waterd and in the morning time do i spray with water or the same spray?

[smokinbuds21]

ill tell you what idont know what it is but the plants are growing so fast its amazing everyday i check and cant bieleave it!!!

where the leaves come of the stalk there are like new leaves starting at everyone are those notes?

[the image reaper]

I can only tell you how I used to foliar-feed ... I mixed a 1/2 strength solution of my fertilizer, sprayed the undersides of the leaves, ONE day a week, then would spray the leaves with plain water the next day ... soil-watered the plants as needed, usually every 3-4 days ... be aware, if you foliar-fertilize indoors with organics, I hope you grew up on a farm :wtf:

[smokinbuds21]

whats that supposed to mean? on a farm

[faithlessxxx]

whats that supposed to mean? on a farm

That it will smell.

[smokinbuds21]

oh ok!

[smokinbuds21]

oh ok!

every thing i say here is a lie just like the user name on the internet and just a lonely person who likes to talk about everything im on message boards everywhere

[Tomthehippie]

Say you had a ph problem would Foliar feeding with a ph up or down help correct the problem?

[stinkyattic]

No, pH problems are in the roots' inability to uptake nutrients in poor soil (out of range).
They must be fixed at the source, and it would be appropriate to foliar feed a fertilizer solution as an emergency measure to get them some nutrition while you are woking on the soil issue.
Foliar feeding with pH up/down would simply kill your plants.

[Tomthehippie]

Thanks stink! :)