hehe lest see what sucks is the 25% tax on import from the states 
I started to type out the response before, but got sidetracked while researching. It's very expensive, as far as I can tell, to test the composition of carbohydrates in this type of application because a simple gas chromatography test would not show the structure of the oligosaccharides in question. I don't have a background in organic chemistry, so bear with me, but as I understand it, some of the testing processes can cause the carbohydrates to break down. I believe that what's contained in Boost is a number of sugars, one of which is a messenger oligosaccharide (again, no o chem background, so it may be attached to another structure) contained in the cell walls of plants, which is released during a stem snap. When you prune a plant, have you ever noticed that after it is done with the stress it speeds up a bit? We are doing the same thing (as I understand) by adding the carbohydrate artificially - triggering the stress response that mends stem breaks, without causing the stress-induced stunt that initiates the process.
Midwest Labs does testing for Botanicare, you might give them a holler:
Nope, not quite the same. Bud XL is designed to mobilize nutrients from the leaves, as I understand it. I don't think they have an equivalent. They have a lot of good stuff, though (I don't have most of their bloom boosters, but I got shooting powder). I might try to get the rest of the line and make my next run an experimental one
Yeah, I've been meaning to try H&G. I have most of it but it didn't fit into my plan last time and this time I really wanted to try canna bio.
, please debate but be nice if you disagree, we are ALL on the same side!. If anyone needs an example of how to disagree with good manners check out Bonecarver and Greyskull a few pages back. heheWe definitely got a lot of good discussion out of this thread. I really enjoy the experimentation aspect of this and being able to discuss/debate/whatever with other people who have similar approaches, even if we disagree is a good way to even better results. In searching for the secret to Boost, I think we may have found another way. My order should arrive in the next day or two and, heck, I may give them a little now. It's not a fair test at this point because it may not even do anything, but I'll give it a proper rigorous test next time (this run started from seed, so it couldn't possibly be a fair test anywayto comunicate nicelly is an artform
greyskull is very knowledgeable and i enjoy chatting about growing with him. i wouldnt want to come across as rude in any kind of way. specially since we are hogging your thread. thank you very much for letting us all have a common ground for debating
an open debate is the best way to be able to improve a process, we all gotto work together!
peace all!
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You are very welcome b'.to comunicate nicelly is an artform
greyskull is very knowledgeable and i enjoy chatting about growing with him. i wouldnt want to come across as rude in any kind of way. specially since we are hogging your thread. thank you very much for letting us all have a common ground for debating
an open debate is the best way to be able to improve a process, we all gotto work together!
peace all!
Hi d', please feel free to post anything and everything you feel will contribute, you have already added lots of good stuff so please don't feel your hijacking this thread, I value your input greatly, that goes for all the constructive comments etc, thanks again to everyone who has/is postingWe definitely got a lot of good discussion out of this thread. I really enjoy the experimentation aspect of this and being able to discuss/debate/whatever with other people who have similar approaches, even if we disagree is a good way to even better results. In searching for the secret to Boost, I think we may have found another way. My order should arrive in the next day or two and, heck, I may give them a little now. It's not a fair test at this point because it may not even do anything, but I'll give it a proper rigorous test next time (this run started from seed, so it couldn't possibly be a fair test anyway
I won't hijack any further with pics of my progress (I think my pictures are roughly a week ahead of the ones above), I'll put a few in a gallery if anyone's interested.
