In the Lab with Doc Bud

Doc Bud;1652363 said:

Foliar Feeding

Foliar feeding is the secret for achieving high brix. It's rather counter-intuitive, but we're actually feeding the soil with the foliar sprays, not just the plant. The proper foliar spray will increase carbohydrates, phosphates, calcium and other things in the leaf tissue. This is then sent down to the roots as Root Exudates.

The root exudates then become food for the biota, which exchange their boring rocks, minerals, NPK and other stuff to the roots, for a hit of that sweet exudate. Mmmmmmm. They love it.

Before we get into it, there are a couple cautions.

1.)Do NOT invent your own foliar spray! It's not about NPK, it's not about feeding deficiencies, and it's not about trying to approximate these products with stuff off the shelf in a hydro shop. To just share a couple examples, ammoniacal forms of nitrogen will stimulate reproductive growth. Nitrates will stimulate vegetative growth. Do YOU know how much of each to put in your home-built foliar spray? I don't either.

2.)Do not waste the "right" foliar spray in the wrong soil. Let's say you ordered my kit but have plants growing in regular organic soil......don't try using high brix foliars in this situation. They won't do much, because the soil probably isn't right. You're just wasting good sprays. Use the right spray with the right soil.

Don't screw around. Use the right sprays at the right time. The wrong foliar spray will seriously impact your grow in a negative way!

The kit contains two foliar sprays:

Brix and Stress.

The following instructions work for either one.

Using 32oz of water, add 1 ounce of either Brix or Stress. Do NOT mix them!!!

Shake it up and spray a fine mist on the plants, trying for the underside of the leaves as much as possible.

These pictures were taken while I was spraying these plants. As you can see, they're not dripping like in a rain, they're just moist and misty. The sprays are very low pH, and will quickly penetrate the waxy layer of leaves and get into the plant tissue. Again, don't try to lower the pH of a homemade foliar spray.....it probably won't work and might do a great deal of harm.

1 ounce of Stress or Brix will cover about 60 square feet.

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