Hey @Doc Bud not sure if you've commented yet on Krips heavy handed tea method so wondering if you can? You cannot argue with his stellar results! I was always under the impression that I needed to be careful with the tea and not give too much because it would burn the roots. (Or is that too strong brix?) If its OK. I may try it on my next grow.
I'll look forward to Brother Doc's response, but tea shouldn't burn the roots since it's basically the "micro colony" and too strong Brix, I would think, would burn the leaves and not the roots. Also, remember you can safely double (or more!) the dosages and do just that when dunking.
My own thinking behind the high tea doses is quite simple...
If/when there's an issue NOT related to environment, the prognosis is almost always that "the Roots haven't hooked up with the soil, yet". A Destress foliar will alleviate some temporary deficiencies, but if the roots aren't hooked up with the soil you'll be spraying Destress through the whole grow.
The "cure" is either waiting for the roots to hook up, or start some Rescue Drenches. The Rescue Drenches have higher concentrations of both TP and Tea than I use. The TP would be providing some supplemental nutrients and the Tea providing the herd to break them down.
The way I look at it, by upping the dosage of tea, it's kinda like "micro-dosing" a Rescue Drench (without the additional TP since there's plenty of nutes in the soil mix!) with every feeding and helps keep everything "hooked up".
I do look forward to Doc's views on this!
Enjoy the time out Doc!
