Foliar Feeding and Liquid Light, Part two: The Reckoning.

[Opie Yutts]

I know for LL you don't go past week 4 of flower. Still pretty new to this but the main thing to worry about as far as I can tell with foliar feeding in flower is mold. Maybe before you hit to far into flower spray them really well with plain water if you are really worried about it. I just make sure to have my fans going on the plant to dry them out quick. Mold is far wosre to smoke than a very small amount of bat shit. But a last I am a noob in the grow world.

Agreed, mostly. I don't understand what good spraying them with water will do, unless you're trying to increase humidity, which will increase chances of bud rot. I've foliar fed as late as week 5 of flowering, but I have 30% humidity and good ventilation.

[GreenDestiny]

I tried a little foliar feeding once, and I used plain water to rinse off the leaves later after the leaves had absorbed the nutes and dried. I was using some liquid chemical fertilizer, the kind that leaves behind all that salty junk... so keeping the leaves clean and not allowing it to acumulate was an important thing for me to do. Doing it ensures that there's no residue or salts left behind to inhibit transpiration or light absorbtion, and possibly burn the leaves if too much builds up over time.

Of course, using that extra water to rinse off the plants will mean you gotta keep your eye on the humidity level. Also after wetting them down try to add extra airflow until they've completely dried.... I only had one big fan so I would just increase it's speed to do it. And I personally wouldn't use any kind of foliar feeding once buds have really started to develop, like around 2 weeks into 12/12.

[GreenANaCI]

ya bud rot and humidity is not my problem smoking things that you shouldnt be is... if and when i get my closet grow up and running (have to find a job first to get the money to do so just recently lost mine) humidity would not be a problem infact it may help some... where i live we have very very low humidity almost all year and the way the space would be set up the air is going to be constantly circulated in and out of the space at a fairly high rate (atleast for the size of the area) so bud rot and humidity are not issues its just the healthiness factor for me

which im assuming using foliar feed only during veg and right at the end of veg "wash" the leaves before inducing flowering will be the best practice for me

[Opie Yutts]

If you use a surfactant, especially a good one like Penetrator, there should be no salts left on the leaves. Otherwise I may consider washing them as well. I don't plan on smoking leaves since they don't get you high, but you never know if one will find its' way into the bowl.

[Opie Yutts]

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Posted: 2007-09-05 16:09:13

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[PlantHeadJ]

Opie
Thank You for this fantastic thread!! I have been useing foliar feeding for close to 15 years for treating a variety of plant problems on a variety of plants, all over the world. For MJ plants indoors I have experimented with many different products. Liquid lights, B'cuzz, fish emulsion, epsom salts, Chi, and to many peoples surprise...Kool Bloom, in the beginning of flower of course. I like to experiment with products. I tried the liquid lights on your recommendation, and all I can say is WOW! You were right! I was impressed. The B'cuzz makes things beautiful but not to the extent of LL! This thread is great, but we must remember to remind everyone to have ample ventelation when using Foliar Feedings. Thanks again and if this isn't a STICKY I quit. Peace,
Plant

[Opie Yutts]

Thanks for the kind words. Foliar feeding for 15 years, wow. Sounds like your experience would hit the spot in a thread like this.

I've been thinking of making a little portable fog unit for foliar feeding. One day, after the deck, and the shed, and the entry bench, laundry sink, french drain, and of course grow closet remodel. Or maybe somewhere during all that.

[EyelykPot1]

Thanks for the info. I had already purchased DM Folitech and Penetrator while I will be using DM Advanced for my res solution. I used a light (1/4 strength) solution this am on my seedlings (3 F Dutchman Dame Blanche, 2 F Dutchman G Force seeds, all fem, and 3 G13 Labs Ice seeds).
You are right about the whole Dutch Master line. Lots of studies to back it up! The one in BC that blew away Wet Betty and the others sold me!
I printed out my nute schedule for my Advanced Grow and Flower usage. What a great feature!
I was going to order Liquid Light tomorrow, but they said not to use the Liquid Light if you are using the Folitech. Maybe next round I will use LL instead of Folitech as an experiment and see if the yield is any different. Well thanks again for your input Opie! EyelykPot1

[Opie Yutts]

You're welcome Eyelyk.

I also found this interesting:

The Dutch Master R&D team have been hard at work designing and perfecting the upgrades to take regular Penetrator to GOLD status. Recently the R&D team tested out a radical experimental technology that not only allows everything you spray on your plants to get inside but now specifically targets and delivers foliar applied ingredients directly to the specialized cells that need them...

[razzapiggy]

anyone else used this stuff on his reccomendation? what did you come up with as results?

i'm just starting up a new cycle and am considering trying this shit out. i'm not really too into magic juices with gardening, i'm fairly straight forward with my nute feeding...but i wouldnt mind experimenting a bit

i use botanicare for my regular nutes... was thinkin of cutting back the PPM by 15% or so when trying the liquid light out