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nice info thanks for sharing Crazy Composer
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Pics of, and notes on growing my cannabis
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B. Self Reliant
If you don't want to get any more specific I understand, but I'd love to know how you added the silica. Did you use a commercially available supplement and just add it into your nutrient mix?
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dramamine
Thank you for that, CC. Duly noted, for sure...I've meant to drop the ph+ and start using silica for some time. Gonna be this week now.
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. Please rest assured that many of us are actively taking notes.
It is quite apparent that you truly love and are dedicated to this craft!
Very best regards,
Ojo
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. Please rest assured that many of us are actively taking notes.
It is quite apparent that you truly love and are dedicated to this craft!
Very best regards,
Ojo
This is the place I will get specific. I used Pro-Tekt the first time. It has a high K value, which raises pH. There are other sources of additive silica in liquid form with lower levels of Potassium that will not mess with pH so much... But they also need more per gallon to get the right amount of silica... so... 6 of one, half dozen of the other... same idea.
In my own garden I used Pro-Tekt, but the other garden I spoke about used Botanicare's Silica Blast. Same basic results.
angustotse
Member
Which silica product do you use? And how often?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I cannot express enough how much this discovery has changed the way I think about growing cannabis... It's like I have entered Crazy Composer's grow career version 2.0. 
Every strain I have every grown without silica can be grown again, and it will be like growing that strain for the first time. It's a completely new ballgame now, the rules have changed.
It's amazing to think that there are so many folks using silica for the health of the plant, and don't know that the good results they are getting in the quality of the smoke is because of the silica... It never occurs to people! It's been right there under our noses the whole time.
Think about it now... these plants THRIVE in their native environments... in the SANDY, pebbly soil of Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc. Think about it. As it turns out, plants grown in sandy soils turn out so nice NOT solely because of the drainage provided by the sand, but by the silica in the sand.
Every strain I have every grown without silica can be grown again, and it will be like growing that strain for the first time. It's a completely new ballgame now, the rules have changed.It's amazing to think that there are so many folks using silica for the health of the plant, and don't know that the good results they are getting in the quality of the smoke is because of the silica... It never occurs to people! It's been right there under our noses the whole time.
Think about it now... these plants THRIVE in their native environments... in the SANDY, pebbly soil of Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc. Think about it.
As it turns out, plants grown in sandy soils turn out so nice NOT solely because of the drainage provided by the sand, but by the silica in the sand.
Pro-Tekt or Silica Blast work for me. Advanced Nutrients (Advanced costliness) has a product called Rhino Skin.
I use it with every watering now, except the final few days.
Stay tuned! More interesting stuff to come! How about a finished Sharon White Widow with a bud that is half albino, half green? It's being harvested as I type... and my Nikon battery is charging up just to shoot that one bud.
It's being harvested as I type... and my Nikon battery is charging up just to shoot that one bud.
I left this picture BIG because you can zoom in and see how the material left behind by the burning plant (carbon) has kept its rigid structure, and has become ash. The silica has helped this structure become rigid. Joints without silica tend to ash off very easily, I think you all have noticed that. Now with silica, the ash will stay attached to the joint for longer, similar to how a cigarette burns. Silica helps keep the heat in the burn (the cherry), as well as invites air in, and will get you more stoned than herb that has any degree of trouble burning. The better the burn, the better the head. Probably because of the proper activation of the THC that occurs during a clean, even, slow burn.
Still burning without help! And more rigid than non-silica ashes.
And more rigid than non-silica ashes.
The return of Sharon... and her... idiosyncrasies
The return of Sharon... and her... idiosyncrasies
This is the first Sharon Widow I have grown in several years. I wondered if she still existed at one point... but now I know I have the real Sharon for sure... because she is the only herb I have ever grown that does this albino buds thing.
The return of Sharon... and her... idiosyncrasies
This is the first Sharon Widow I have grown in several years. I wondered if she still existed at one point... but now I know I have the real Sharon for sure... because she is the only herb I have ever grown that does this albino buds thing.
The bigger picture of the situation.
I originally wanted this pic to be HUGE so you could scan up and down the leaf and scope the trichs... But it seems the pic has been automatically down-sized.
This one's cool. Due to all that white flesh, you can see the color of the individual trichomes.
Due to all that white flesh, you can see the color of the individual trichomes.
And a wider view of the chaos.
whatsupdoc
Member
Thanks for taking the time to teach. You are a true cannabis superhero.
