Foliar spray ingredients - Cottage 420's 2015 Organic Grow

bobrown14;2881206 said:

StonerThor;2880944 said:

Jeepers that Chemdawg looks space age! Have just semi caught up - man you grow some very nice ladies.

I was hoping you could give me some advice, I recently added kelp meal, alfalfa meal and AgriSil potassium silicate to my shelf and was wanting to know how best to utilize them to get the most out of my ladies where they're currently at. I'm about 7 1/2 weeks into flowering in Coots styled soil with no complaints. Was doing more Aloe, Comfrey and EWC earlier on but have been doing more malted barley tea combos of late. I've never really done foliars which needs to change. I know I've read the answers to my questions in this journal but have since forgotten the answers. Any pointers for a fellow ganja farmer?

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Hey there welcome to my little organic corner on !

Super glad to see another Coots style soil aficionado. I love that guy. I learned a TON from him and I've been growing organically maybe almost as long as he has. I started out in the 70's growing organically. He's probably got a few years on me!! hahaha I'm glad he shared what he did. He helped me get where I'm at now both indoors and out.

Foilers are pretty much a necessity with indoor container gardening, in my opinion. Sooner or later growing canna in containers you will get a pest infestation... and pray it's not spider mites! So the foiler is your proactive defense against pests AND you can give your ladies a boost at the same time. They will thank you in spades at harvest time. To this basic recipe you can add in kelp tea (diluted/strained) and pretty much any of your teas that you make but you need to strain them well so the sprayer doesn't clog. Mix it up for the ladies so they don't get bored..

My IPM 2 times a week - absolutely no skipping. Trust me .... you leave those little buggers a little break and before you even know it, tear down time. Spraying plants is soooo much more fun that fighting off pests. My last update was after an IPM - Immediate positive response and it's not subtle.

The only add in to foiler that I'm careful not to use on flowers is fish emulsion and I stop kelp foiler when there's flowers as well - makes the finished buds smell danky... instead of sweet. I like to top dress those in flower instead of foiler in flower.

1 gal RO water - to that I add:

1-2 tps Monteray Insect spray - You can use this all the way to harvest.

amazon link = Amazon.com : Monterey Garden Insect Spray with Spinosad Concentrate 16oz : Patio, Lawn & Garden

1-2 tbs (I use a cap full) - BioAg Fullpower all the way to flower

Amazon link here:

Amazon.com : BioAg Ful-Power Plant Nutrient, 1 quart : Gardening Tools And Accessories : Patio, Lawn & Garden

1 tsp of Dyna-Gro Pro-tekt Silicon Supplement

You can get the smaller bottle - a little goes a LONNNNG way. Don't over do it. More is not better here - same with your Agsil stuff - I've tried that but your cultivar that you pick to grow may not like that - you need to figure that out. some plants can and do like it some do not and cant tolerate it..why I use Pro-tekt. Very light hand here. All the way to flower.

Amazon.com : Dyna-Gro Pro-tekt Tek-32 --3 Silicon Supplement, 1-Quart : Soil And Soil Amendments : Patio, Lawn & Garden

For a sprayer I use this one: Chapin 2002-2 gallon sprayer - you could get by with the 1 gallon - I spray a crap ton of plants, not just canna. We grow a lot of berries and veggies etc outside.


Amazon link:

Amazon.com : Chapin 22 2-Gallon Lawn and Garden Sprayer : Patio, Lawn & Garden

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