BIOCANNA - Anyone tried this line?

[brad4theanimals]

After revising my emails from Canna support, they actually said the opposite of what I remembered! Wowza.
So thank you for bringing that up. I'm going to share my recent well water test results (going through the softening system). There isn't much to it from what I can see.

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And apparently a softener removes calcium, magnesium, and other minerals from drinking water HAHA Oh man. I might have found the common denominator here not that I was using the softened water, but the RO system is AFTER the softener system. I'm going to start watering with pure well water and THEN I'll report back.

 

[brad4theanimals]

The mixing instructions apply to every drop of water the plants get. There are no days when they just get water.
Follow the bottle properly, and if that gives you problems, I could advise from there.
If you have RO, then canna agent is missing from your lineup.

Just water. No agent. I agree the mg might be depleted. Why have you taken it out with an RO filter? Canna is formulated for tap, and expects the tap to provide Ca and Mg. It should be 0.4 - 0.6 ec. If not, the agent is used to get it in range.

Also, I don't see Canna Agent listed on the Canada website. I sent them an email to confirm it's availability in North America. I'm in Canada for what it's worth.

 

[PlastikeRubba]

Interaction of Sodium with Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium


Sodium has a negative effect on most plants due to its toxicity, when it accumulates in certain tissues of the plant, and its capacity to harm the soil structure by competing with other cations for adsorption (the adhesion of the cation to the surface of some soil components). When a soil contains a level of sodium that might prove harmful to crops, it is said to be sodic. Soil sodicity should not be confused with soil salinity, which refers to the total quantity of salts in the soil, without specifying which salts are more prevalent.

There are two ways of determining where there is a risk of harm from excess sodium. One is by calculating the ratio between the sodium and other dissolved cations that will be absorbed by the plant. This is known as the sodium adsorption ratio or SAR. The formula is as follows:

Interactions between nutrients
Irrigation water with a SAR over 18 is considered as having a high sodium content.

Another way is by calculating what proportion of sodium cations is retained in the exchange complex, as compared to others. This is known as the exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP).

ESP = 100 x Na / CEC

A soil is considered sodic if it has an ESP of over 15%.

Finally, the ratio between calcium, magnesium and sodium can be altered by the presence of carbonates and bicarbonates. In other words, even if there is initially more Ca and Mg than Na – in principle a good ratio for avoiding problems – if you irrigate with very hard water containing large quantities of carbonates and bicarbonates, they can make the calcium and magnesium precipitate in the form of insoluble carbonates, tipping the scales in favor of sodium and increasing the SAR.

This is known as the residual sodium carbonate (RSC) index. The formula is as follows:

RSC=(CO3-+HCO3-)-(Ca+2+Mg+2)

Tap water with values over 2.5 should not be used, as it can cause problems.



You don't need to pester people through email either.

 

[Ca++]

And apparently a softener removes calcium, magnesium, and other minerals from drinking water HAHA Oh man. I might have found the common denominator here not that I was using the softened water, but the RO system is AFTER the softener system. I'm going to start watering with pure well water and THEN I'll report back.

It swaps them for sodium. Your water report appears to be after the softener. Which as you say, increases the EC. It's not a filter.

Using the unknown well water, there is a degree of uncertainty. I can't vouch for the unknown, but me.. I would be using the raw well water.

Another option would be increasing the RO's hardness with calmag. It's generally adds N though, perhaps 30ppm. I'm not sure it fits your organic ethos either. Though it's the common home-grow answer to overly soft water.

I'm not going to talk chalk and epsom. I think your well is probably just fine for irrigation.

 

[brad4theanimals]

Interaction of Sodium with Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium


Sodium has a negative effect on most plants due to its toxicity, when it accumulates in certain tissues of the plant, and its capacity to harm the soil structure by competing with other cations for adsorption (the adhesion of the cation to the surface of some soil components). When a soil contains a level of sodium that might prove harmful to crops, it is said to be sodic. Soil sodicity should not be confused with soil salinity, which refers to the total quantity of salts in the soil, without specifying which salts are more prevalent.

There are two ways of determining where there is a risk of harm from excess sodium. One is by calculating the ratio between the sodium and other dissolved cations that will be absorbed by the plant. This is known as the sodium adsorption ratio or SAR. The formula is as follows:

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Interactions between nutrients
Irrigation water with a SAR over 18 is considered as having a high sodium content.

Another way is by calculating what proportion of sodium cations is retained in the exchange complex, as compared to others. This is known as the exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP).

ESP = 100 x Na / CEC

A soil is considered sodic if it has an ESP of over 15%.

Finally, the ratio between calcium, magnesium and sodium can be altered by the presence of carbonates and bicarbonates. In other words, even if there is initially more Ca and Mg than Na – in principle a good ratio for avoiding problems – if you irrigate with very hard water containing large quantities of carbonates and bicarbonates, they can make the calcium and magnesium precipitate in the form of insoluble carbonates, tipping the scales in favor of sodium and increasing the SAR.

This is known as the residual sodium carbonate (RSC) index. The formula is as follows:

RSC=(CO3-+HCO3-)-(Ca+2+Mg+2)

Tap water with values over 2.5 should not be used, as it can cause problems.



You don't need to pester people through email either.

I didn't realize that inquiring to company about one of their products was pestering. I guess I could just not give them my money instead? And for what it's worth, they were extremely helpful.

 

[brad4theanimals]

It swaps them for sodium. Your water report appears to be after the softener. Which as you say, increases the EC. It's not a filter.

Using the unknown well water, there is a degree of uncertainty. I can't vouch for the unknown, but me.. I would be using the raw well water.

Another option would be increasing the RO's hardness with calmag. It's generally adds N though, perhaps 30ppm. I'm not sure it fits your organic ethos either. Though it's the common home-grow answer to overly soft water.

I'm not going to talk chalk and epsom. I think your well is probably just fine for irrigation.

Before BioCanna, I was following the Lucas Protocal using GH FloraNova which is why I was using RO. I had great results with the exception of taste. For some reason, my brain defaulted to wanting to use as plain H2o as possible. Anyway, I'm going to get the well water tested from before the softener tomorrow morning and take it from there. I would suspect that I may still need to supplement with CalMag but unfortunately it won't be Canna Agent since it's not allowed in Canada for some reason. We have weird laws here surrounding that stuff which is one of the reason I stopped using GO. But I probably am okay to use my well without testing it, like you said, it's not a filter so the results will likely be similar except maybe less sodium and more of the minerals it exchanged for the sodium. Makes me wonder if I should be drinking softened water because I have been for many years now haha

 

[Ca++]

Is cannabio just for soil?
Many soil feeds, including canna, offer no calcium or magnesium. The canna terra can work in coco, if you add calmag appropriately. In soil, I was also having to add calmag to my moderate tap water, or canna wasn't cutting it. Perhaps since the global domination of LED is well under way, they should reformulate these feeds. It seems crazy to have everything in there, even the small stuff, but skip Ca&Mg