Looking much improved...
very much.It's been 2 weeks since I sprayed anything other than Dr B's. I don't see any residue on my Wild Lady or any of the others. But you're right, I probabaly should. Thank you.
300 ppm of potassium silicate in plain water once a week is what I use in the greenhouse.My thoughts on how we got here:
Today, as I measured how high my plants are getting (2 inches in 2 days!), I saw a patern that was eirilly similar to my grow in '21. My Cream & Cheese CBD girl had the very same symptoms as my current Wild Lady. Back in '21, all my plants went into premature bloom during springtime. This was because of my improper use of artifical lighting before setting them outside. To remedy this, I used urea to boost the N, thereby kicking them back into veg. But the N also spured fast growth; growth that was too fast to be strong enough to hold up during the summer heat.
This season I have much the same thing going on, but for different a reason: Instead of reveging with N like in '21, I added my normal amount of bloodmeal to my soil, not knowing just how little N my Wild Lady really needed. So now she is growing very fast, sometimes and inch a day now, and is having trouble dealing with heat, even though her genetics favor a hot environment. I believe this is due to the bloodmeal in my custom mix of soil I'm using for all my plants this season. Keep in mind, only the Wild Lady is showing symptoms of heatstress, all others have no such difficulties, even with the very same ingreadients, measured exactly the same in all the soil used for them.
To prove my theory, I'm now adding MonoSilicic acid to each watering for the Wild Lady. This will help to stiffen up the cell structure of the plant and also help her better deal with heatstress. Of course, the real proof will be next year's grow without the bloodmeal, then seeing whether she still needs the MonoSilicic Acid or not.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on the matter, at least for now.
I Love My Girls..
My thoughts on how we got here:
Today, as I measured how high my plants are getting (2 inches in 2 days!), I saw a patern that was eirilly similar to my grow in '21. My Cream & Cheese CBD girl had the very same symptoms as my current Wild Lady. Back in '21, all my plants went into premature bloom during springtime. This was because of my improper use of artifical lighting before setting them outside. To remedy this, I used urea to boost the N, thereby kicking them back into veg. But the N also spured fast growth; growth that was too fast to be strong enough to hold up during the summer heat.
This season I have much the same thing going on, but for different a reason: Instead of reveging with N like in '21, I added my normal amount of bloodmeal to my soil, not knowing just how little N my Wild Lady really needed. So now she is growing very fast, sometimes and inch a day now, and is having trouble dealing with heat, even though her genetics favor a hot environment. I believe this is due to the bloodmeal in my custom mix of soil I'm using for all my plants this season. Keep in mind, only the Wild Lady is showing symptoms of heatstress, all others have no such difficulties, even with the very same ingreadients, measured exactly the same in all the soil used for them.
To prove my theory, I'm now adding MonoSilicic acid to each watering for the Wild Lady. This will help to stiffen up the cell structure of the plant and also help her better deal with heatstress. Of course, the real proof will be next year's grow without the bloodmeal, then seeing whether she still needs the MonoSilicic Acid or not.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on the matter, at least for now.
I Love My Girls..
LOL... I realize I'm "replying to myself" here... My reason for doing so is to ask:
Thank you Shed. I see now that I should've clarified myself more. So, my request for more input is all around whether a plant that's experiencing high growth rates due to excessive N makes the plant structurely weaker and more prone to showing heatstress symptoms, like my Wild Lady has done recently. To me, this seems to be the case, b/c when I use MSA, the plant seems to do better. But I fully realize that there are lot's of growers here with far more knowledge than I, and I'd much rather learn from people that been where I am, rather than me continuing to bumble along.
High ppm of N will create classic N tox signs like overly dark green leaves, tip clawing, and some folks believe an increase in the number of fans if it's applied in flower. It will also create deficiencies in other nutrients (potassium in particular) due to lockout.Thank you Shed. I see now that I should've clarified myself more. So, my request for more input is all around whether a plant that's experiencing high growth rates due to excessive N makes the plant structurely weaker and more prone to showing heatstress symptoms, like my Wild Lady has done recently. To me, this seems to be the case, b/c when I use MSA, the plant seems to do better. But I fully realize that there are lot's of growers here with far more knowledge than I, and I'd much rather learn from people that been where I am, rather than me continuing to bumble along.
So, what are your thoughts on this? Now that I've narrowed it down a bit. And this question is still open to all who are interested in responding. Thank you...
I Love My Girls...
Thank you Shed
for sharing rather interesting points of information. These sources make facinating reads for sure as I'm always eager to learn new things. However, the intent of my question is not: what's causing stretch, overly dark green leaves, tip clawing or high growth rates, but rather: the appearant symptoms of heatstress being addressed by silica/silicon. Because of the fact that the strains in my garden are well suited for hot climates, I attempted to offer an explaination as to why the observed symptoms of heatsress were being manifested, even in temps of upper 70ºf, as a background for my question, not the crux of my inquiry.
Your question has many moving parts, including your original assumption that excessive N causes high growth rates, whether high growth rates cause weaker plants, and if silica helps with the weaker plants that may or may not be weaker as a result of high growth rates.
Thank you
and I have already done this. I was just hoping for something from our community.
