rhizome,

You use your mouth prettier than a $20 whore. The things you know about that I've never heard of continue to surprise me. Thank you for dropping in and giving me more things to research. I hope you donā??t mind a couple six more questions.

Wait'll ya start thinking about getting a pesticide applicator's cert- that's the mark of somebody who's losing it.
Wow, taking it to the boundaries and beyond.

Or buying very specific compunds from chemical suppliers...
Iā??ve actually wanted to look more into this, but Iā??m too afraid I will invent some miracle food and become a rich snob.

Have ya discovered Crop Production Services, Inc. yet?
Not yet, but I will.

I kinda think of foliar feeding as a medicinal treatment- It's something that I do as a respose to a situation, not as part of a regular nutrition regimen. What I'm putting on, and the concentration, are dictated by symptoms.
Iā??ve read a lot of things lately that say it is a good idea to feed through the leaves as well as the roots. And Iā??ve read that it is a very good way to fix deficiencies because you will see results in a matter of minutes instead of days or weeks. The plant gets extra food over the nutrient EC maximum. I figure that's gotta be a good thing. I'm forcing food down the stomata. Is this naive?

For that we used a compresser and an auto-body sprayer. Caution- Protekt will hose on an auto sprayer.
I think Iā??m getting a better idea of the scale of your projects.

In less surreal circumstances, I like a 1/2 gallon pump sprayer for most stuff- keep the pressure real high and the aperture real small- particle size counts. You want the finest mist you can achieve. You can get a really fine mist with a hand sprayerā?¦
Yeah, thatā??s what I was thinking and I hope this newest one does that.

ā?¦but the mechanism fails damned quick.
Oh way to rain on my parade.

Really, anything where there's a fine line between effective and toxic, I'll try to go foliar- you have much better dose control building a level over a couple of days , rather than pouring something into soil where it will take several days to be effective.
Iā??ve never thought about that advantage but it makes perfect sense.

If you keep your application concentrations really low, and build tissue levels w/ repeated doses, it's easier to catch things before they go to far.
Are you saying that you can actually increase the thickness of the foliage, or is it like the cellular structure, or well what do you mean build tissue levels? Is this done with silicone? Lord I probably sound like an idiot.

Doesn't work as well for the macros- you're just trying to move to many ions in the wrong direction. Way too easy to build toxic concentrations in leaf tissue way too fast.
Glad you asked. So it works fine for micros like Iron? Because you asked me once if I was sure my N deficiency wasnā??t really Fe chlorosis. The more I learn about that and compare it to my plants, the more I think it is. What do you recommend I foliar spray to improve the iron content. I may try some CalMag. If I understand correctly, youā??re saying foliar feeding doesnā??t work well for the macros like N,P,K but it does for the micro nutrients?

Oddly enough, a little electrostatic charge will really help penetration on a foliar.
So how do I do DIY that without electrocuting myself?

One last thing I've been wondering but keep forget to ask. Can you basically foliar feed with anything you feed the roots with? With the exception of the macro nutrients not being absorbed as well, would the micros be about the same thing? Bleahg - I can talk, what I mean is, can I mix up my grow nutes and foliar feed with them during the veg cycle, and can I use my bud nutes to foliar feed during the budding cycle? Etc.?

Thanks again for all your help rhizome, and anyone else jumping in here.