Foliar Feeding & Liquid Light, Miracle Food or Hoax?

[Opie Yutts]

Have you asked your hydro guys what their thoughts are on foliar feeding? I mean ones that have tried it? I hope it's not a complete sham (what? Dutch Master lie to me?), or I just wasted... I don't know but it's well over $100. My hydro guys in two different stores were very excited about it. They say it absolutely makes the plants go crazy. Sorry people, I just gotta try, especially since they won't take back nutrients.

[Opie Yutts]

Oldjim, thanks for those links.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

no problem, sorry i couldnt be more helpful, just have not a clue about thius subject, this is actually the 1st time ive heard of it, but it looks very intresting

[stinkyattic]

I remember foliar application of a tea made of chelated iron and silica derived from a boiled horsetail-weed, applied via high-pressure spray gun, at this facility where I used to tech... the particle size is much nicer than a hand-squeeze sprayer. I'm trying to think if there's a smaller-scale equivalent for home use.

[Opie Yutts]

I sure wish there was. I vaguely remember seeing some hand sprayers in the hundred dollar range. I would hope these would spray a fine mist in a full cone, instead of just the outer edges of a cone like most do. All they have to do is install a proper nozzle.

[stinkyattic]

I was thinking. I wonder if a system intended for airbrushing graphics would work. Seems like it should; it's basically a scaled-down auto body sprayer. The only thing I would be concerned about was making sure that the solution does not corrode the cone in the sprayer, since it's salty and acidic. You'd want to rinse out VERY well, maybe even running some alcohol (solvent) through as the last rinse step to get all traces of water out of there and make it work for longer.

[Opie Yutts]

Now that is a great idea. I've got like 4 or 5 of them around here somewhere, probably not unpacked from 5 years ago. A couple are kind of trashed and maybe I could try one. But where the heck is that little compressor?

[Weedhound]

OMG.....and you think X-C and I are geeks....auto sprayer...:S2:
Cannot WAIT to see this.

[stinkyattic]

OMG.....and you think X-C and I are geeks....auto sprayer...:S2:
Cannot WAIT to see this.

Well you ARE... but in a different way.
I want to put together a canncom team and compete in Junkyard Wars. I nominate xcrispi to be team captain, since it appears he's unusually mechanically inclined!

[Opie Yutts]

Now that would be fun.