Foliar Feeding & Liquid Light, Miracle Food or Hoax?

[ToKAlot]

Ya i started using LL and i think it does a difference do you guys use the penetrator aswell!!

[Rock.Steady]

Galina started her 5th week sunday, and YES, using Penetrator as well.

its very dry here, and will maybe give her 1 more blast this week.

[fosomker]

Looks like I might have to check this stuff out. Great thread. I had been using VHO to help get mine to stretch because they are so dense.

Do you always have to leave your light 15" or is that just durning the application and dry time?

[ToKAlot]

And How many ML of LL and Pen to a Liter!!

[denial102]

excellent thread, big thanks to the two experimenters! is this foliar stuff just for flowering or can you use it during veg?

Denial

[Rock.Steady]

ok, i'm going to try to pop in some quick answers here since I am very active in this experiment, Move over Opie, I'm takin the wheel for a couple blocks

first off, i have a detailed tech write up in post # 43 of this thread on page 2.lets not get too lazy, scroll back boys

Ya i started using LL and i think it does a difference do you guys use the penetrator aswell!!

yes, we are using Penetrator. and it is STRONGLY recomended u do. It is a highly effective wetting agent, helps uniform absorbtion and u will likely burn the leaves without it as DM recomends spraying while under the lights.

Looks like I might have to check this stuff out. Great thread. I had been using VHO to help get mine to stretch because they are so dense.

Do you always have to leave your light 15" or is that just durning the application and dry time?

the 15 inch mark is DM's minimum limit from the light to avoid burn while using LL. I did read somewhere that they recomend approx 24 inch during your spraying/drying time.

And How many ML of LL and Pen to a Liter!!

dosage frequency and levels. Recommended to be twice per week, but DM does go further to say an "aggressive" grower could spray every 2 days, .
Recommended dosage levels are 60ml/4 tbsp LL per 1 liter/qt of final spray solution. Spray til runoff. They also say you can store it mixed in solution for a week.
I simply used clean water as my spray solution.
BTW- Penetrator dosage level is the same. I make up 1 cup water/1 tbsp LL/1 tbsp Penetrator.

excellent thread, big thanks to the two experimenters! is this foliar stuff just for flowering or can you use it during veg?
Denial

1st, yes, use in veg and up to the 4th wk of flwr according to DM, u may wish to evaluate factors like ur humidity levels and flowr density to determine how long into flwr u want to try. always avoid a mold/budrot scenario, ur mileage may vary
IMHO i think the boost they received was more substantial in veg. However, i would not recomend using before the 2nd node. I shot some babies early and the main single leafs got all twisty and have stayed that way, to me this is proof that the LL amplified my veg-cfl's so much that i ran on the borderline of burn-damage, i'll get a pic up to show what i mean.

ok, that should cover most of u for now.

ok Opie, u can drive again

[fredfarts]

I have been folier feeding seaweed with a paint sprayer for some time now. It adds BIG Time to the yield![attachment=o176393]

[Rock.Steady]

hey Fred.
how do u control the power coming out of that airless gun?
from my experience, usually u reqr at least 1000 psi to atomize properly. IMO this will created a powerful/forceful mist that can certainly knock those lil guys over in about a second.
additionally, your overspray must be going everywhere and creating a high moisture level in the air of the area which would in turn cause the mist to adhere to anything within a 5-10 ft radius. This would include, but not limited to, your electrical equipment. I would also assume u are getting moisture droplets forming on all surrounding walls. with that i would worry about things like promoting mold/mildew.

moisture plus electricity is a lousy combination in my book.

as u can tell, i am very familiar with this type of equipment.

any further info u can supply would be helpful, and thanks for playing.

[Rock.Steady]

hey Opie,
i reached out and think Stinky is gonna clean up the thread and slide it into "advanced",,,,and sticky it.

i'm guessing we may get some kinda notice/announcement, but i am speculating.

we may simply find ourselves teleported to the new section:abduct:

[stinkyattic]

Are there any mods in the cultivation section anymore? Or is it a free for all now?

Thank you Opie. I have in fact been popping in on this thread but didn't feel as if this particular crew needed to be babysat. Sorry. I'm spread a bit thin right now with a full time job and trying to get a farm up and running singlehandedly in time for the spring farmers markets (I have less than 3 months)... cut me some slack!

The thread is kind of a mess right now to stick- if someone would like to write a more concise and easy-to-follow tutorial on foliar feeding using this method I will put it in the FAQs, which are due for some serious maintenance pretty soon.