All nitrogen can be fixed in the plant naturally. The healthier the plant is, the more it’s going to be
able to take up those types of nutrients. What we do is: we base everything we have created on a
calcium molecule. Through chemistry, calcium is the most active element that we can put into a
plant. It carries the most nutrients into the plant and creates the most bonds with other elements in
the soil to become available to the plant. We’ve chosen that protein version of nitrogen all through
extraction off the feathers because it’s: a) the simplest nitrogen molecule we can get naturally, and
b) it is so available, it does not need to be broken down; you can foliar feed it, and it will be
immediately absorbed into the plant. It is one of the most unique forms of nitrogen available to us.
It comes from animal protein, so it's going to be a little bit faster acting than if you were going to
use an alfalfa or some form of nitrogen based protein from a plant material. This way, it’s getting in there salt free unlike, say, urea Nitrogen. Urea is probably the worst form of nitrogen you can give
to a plant, especially if you are susceptible to pests, mold and mildew. Urea Nitrogen forms are
usually high in salts and high in water molecules. They promote growth and that’s it -- not health,
not strength, not solid structure; they promote water intake into the plant.
The active ingredient in bone meal, calcium phosphate, helps to
carry all nutrients to the plant, except for nitrogen and potassium. Calcium is the “queen-king” of
all nutrients, aiding enzymatic action, feeding soil microbes, improving nutrient availability and cell
wall integrity, and encouraging solid, strong stem growth (vs. hollow in a calcium-deficient
situation) which, in turn, prevents stem breakage. Calcium promotes smooth, sweet, aromatic
produce, and generally leads to healthier, more vigorous growth and increased pest and disease
resistance. Calcium also increases the cation exchange capacity of soils, making nutrients more
available to microbial activity and ultimately to the plant.
Calcium phosphate from the
bones will actually create a bond with the sodium inside the medium. The bond will lock up the salt
creating a new compound that gets tied up in the medium, waiting for a microbe to come through.
The microbe ends up consuming the calcium, releasing that sodium as a protein, an enzyme, or an
organic acid. Flushing with bone meal at the end will force the rocks up into the flower and fill all
the voids in the fruit. It helps mitigate the high EC, high salt content. If you’re using a 3-part
synthetic line, do a bone meal flush with the pH up every 2 weeks at a minimum. During this flush,
you’re giving your plant the calcium phosphate and calcium proteins it needs. You’re desalinating
your medium, offering your plants more nutrition, and creating more aggressive growth... and most
importantly, your CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) will increase, promoting protein pumps in your
roots to take in more natural nutrients from the medium.
From my bible.
