Anybody have a good foliar spray recipe they would like to share?

[HappyDaze]

Happy looking garden! Looking forward to seeing them flower.

My first setup was in a homemade credenza like cabinet stuffed with T8s. I think it was around 30" high on the inside and a little over four feet long. I got a few Oz here and there out of it, and had a ton of fun growing. If there'd been LEDs available at the time, I'd probably still have it.

That dude with the sea creature poo fetish, Gingerbeard.... have you seen his micro garden output? Pretty sweet...Do what he does and you won't go wrong.

 

[HappyDaze]

The G.O. Biweed (Kelp) seems to make a pretty good foliar using a 2.5ml / liter of water. It certainly didn't hurt them.



I'll give them another shot after defoliation.

Lucky13 Thanks for starting this thread. You motivated me to do something I haven't done before. I think I'll try FlyingDutchPaddy's 5:2 mix on some dirt clones.

 

[FlyingDutchPaddy]

nice video that talks about the seaweed & fulvic acid ratio, Organic Biostimulants With Harley Smith:
https://youtu.be/bAZyBp6yJsU?t=1081

link starts where he talks about the seaweed, fulvic comes just after it. thats where the 5:2 ratio is mentioned.
overall, the entire video is well worth watching.

 

[Gingerbeard]

I would shave a shark's butt-hole for nitrogen. Porpoise blow holes are full of potassium. And manatee tail fins are 90% phosphorous. Whale meal is a good substitution for chicken meal. This is mostly assumption, really.

 

[Lucky13]

Ok, quick update. Ive been using a freshly made 8oz sprayer ~ 1.85 mLs Kelp, 2 drops SuperThrive, every 4 days on the plants, and damn! I wish I would have done some before/after pics of the garden outside as well! Everything is flowering and still sprouting new growth everywhere! ..at least on the veggies.. The feed water for the soil has been varied.. When in veg mode, they got better nutes, but since kicking over to flowering and spraying, they have only gotten filtered water with CalMag and molasses for support. Still showing no signs of burning, which is awesome!

 

[Lucky13]

Ha! My cat!

well, this is about day 70 for each of these. I moved the taller one (lemon diesel) under a better light, and that combined with spraying sprouted a whole bunch of great growth~ my last spray day was about 2 or 3 days ago, and I am done spraying them with anything while I wait for them to finish a bit more. I am totally sold on this idea. The garden outside is still sprouting tomatoes and my habenero plant is literally falling over from the weight! (I have to finish using the spray bottle the same day because I use superThrive) I believe with a better light, this technique will prove fatal to any flimsy stalks! I still burnt the shit outta them though.. I really gotta lay back on the nutes..

Thanks to everyone that chimed in, this has been a fun experiment that I have turned into routine.

If I were to add or remove anything from my particular recipe, I would add silicates to my spray bottle, and some fulvic acid to it as well.. a giant container of fulvic acid powder is relatively cheap, however, I would not put any CalMag in for foliar feeding again.
That would change my recipe for an 8oz spray bottle to;
1.85mLs Kelp extract
0.74mLs fulvic acid (5:2 ratio kelp/fulvic acid)
2 drops superThrive
2 drops Armor Si

I was going to do one plant with and one plant without, but after a few times trying that, and seeing benefits first hand, I have decided spraying is just plain better, and will be sticking with that assumption and just change up my recipe as needed.

 

[HappyDaze]

Lucky13 I experiment with ferts on my tomatoes and herbs outside too. I have parsley and basal that won't stop coming out of the ground.

I've got four clones just starting to show roots and I'm anxious to see how they respond to foliar feeding. Their clone moms got a couple of doses of kelp spray outside this summer and they loved it.

My version of your recipe:

500ml RO H2O
2ml General Organics BioWeed (kelp)
5ml Liquid Gold (fulvic acid)
2 drops Queen Bee (Vitamin B complex)
2 drops GroTek Pro-Silicate

Tomatoes will get a trial this week, just to be sure.

Thanks for posting.

 

[FlyingDutchPaddy]

Hi everyone,

Wanted to clarify the 5:2 ratio, 5ml Fulvic to 2ml seaweed.



i notice some are doing it the other way around.

saw some nice plants up there,

 

[HappyDaze]

Hi FDP, Thanks for noticing the typo...I managed to mix it right, but I wrote it down wrong here. The tomatoes and a Blue Widow mom both liked the bath yesterday, so the clones will get some this week.

 

[Lucky13]

FlyingDutchPaddy Whooh! Good catch! I had my ratios all dyslexic!
So, for an 8oz spray bottle, my new improved recipe would be;
1.85 mLs Kelp extract
4.625 mLs fulvic acid (5:2 ratio fulvic acid/kelp)
2 drops superThrive
2 drops Armor Si

Good to see HappyDaze was paying attention! lol Good luck with the clones.. thats an art I am not adjusted to yet..

 

[Cali]

Lol. Just do the CC Mix and forget about it.

 

[HappyDaze]

Cali You can definitely throw your wallet in the door at the hydro shop and buy a feeding program....or you can experiment and build one....all of my Max i nutrients including additives, cost less than the CC A/B base nutes.... and they work.