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Aloe Vera
The succulent can provide profound benefits to cannabis plants via a wide range of nutrients that help ward off pests and diseases and promote root development.
Among many other ingredients, aloe vera can provide cannabis with additional micronutrients such as magnesium, calcium, zinc, and manganese. In addition, the gel from the leaves helps old cannabis seeds to germinate and stimulates root growth.
In combination with decoction from the willow bark almost guarantee fast and healthy growth of seedlings.
Aloe vera can also be used to provide amino acids such as lysine and glutamine or enzymes such as cellulase and amylase.
Aloe vera also provides high doses of saponins, which have been shown to provide protection against threats such as harmful microbes, fungi and mold. In addition to preventing disease, saponins help rejuvenate the soil and allow water to penetrate the roots. Saponins are also toxic to insects and help prevent pest infestations.
Aloe vera vs. willow bark
Salicylic acid is another beneficial substance in Aloe vera that triggers a response in plants called systemic acquired resistance (or SAR). Salicylic acid is required by plants to act as a signal molecule during SAR.
Salicylic acid is familiar to most primarily as an analgesic agent. The substance was first discovered in willow bark, where it serves the tree as a plant hormone to protect against viruses, bacteria and fungi.
Biological plant protection measures are one way of reducing the use of chemical
of synthetic chemical pesticides. Thus, great importance is attached to plant extracts. In the course of evolution, plants with bioactive ingredients have asserted themselves against microbial, plant and animal competitors.
Many plant secondary metabolites serve as effective chemical defenses for the plant against herbivores and pathogens. It can be assumed that selected plant extracts can be used to protect crops from pests and diseases in a largely biologically and ecologically safe manner (Aggerwal & Brar, 2006, Kleeberg, 2010).
In addition to the suitability of such extracts as plant protection agents, they can be
also be used as plant fortifiers. Based on observations and previous research, it can be assumed that willow bark extracts, with their high contents of phenolic compounds (including salicylates as important secondary metabolites), have plant-strengthening as well as plant-protective effects (Matyssek et al., 2010).
Few studies are currently available on the use of willow bark extracts as plant protection agents. Ruuhola et al. (2001) showed that high salicylate concentrations of Salix myrsinifolia had a feeding deterrent effect on the lesser frost moth (Operophtera brumata). Various studies were also conducted on the effect of phenolic constituents of willows on insects. In these studies, the bitter-tasting substances had a feeding deterrent effect on generalists in particular (Tahvanainen et al., 1985, Lindroth & Peterson, 1988; Boeckler et al., 2001).
Studies with Salix caprea demonstrate that phenolic compounds, which have potential fungicidal effects, can be obtained from the salicin-rich willows.
Source and authors: Nadja Förster, Marcus Müller, Christian Ulrichs - Humboldt University Berlin, Urban Plant Ecophysiology, Germany
The succulent can provide profound benefits to cannabis plants via a wide range of nutrients that help ward off pests and diseases and promote root development.
Among many other ingredients, aloe vera can provide cannabis with additional micronutrients such as magnesium, calcium, zinc, and manganese. In addition, the gel from the leaves helps old cannabis seeds to germinate and stimulates root growth.
In combination with decoction from the willow bark almost guarantee fast and healthy growth of seedlings.
Aloe vera can also be used to provide amino acids such as lysine and glutamine or enzymes such as cellulase and amylase.
Aloe vera also provides high doses of saponins, which have been shown to provide protection against threats such as harmful microbes, fungi and mold. In addition to preventing disease, saponins help rejuvenate the soil and allow water to penetrate the roots. Saponins are also toxic to insects and help prevent pest infestations.
Aloe vera vs. willow bark
Salicylic acid is another beneficial substance in Aloe vera that triggers a response in plants called systemic acquired resistance (or SAR). Salicylic acid is required by plants to act as a signal molecule during SAR.
Salicylic acid is familiar to most primarily as an analgesic agent. The substance was first discovered in willow bark, where it serves the tree as a plant hormone to protect against viruses, bacteria and fungi.
Biological plant protection measures are one way of reducing the use of chemical
of synthetic chemical pesticides. Thus, great importance is attached to plant extracts. In the course of evolution, plants with bioactive ingredients have asserted themselves against microbial, plant and animal competitors.
Many plant secondary metabolites serve as effective chemical defenses for the plant against herbivores and pathogens. It can be assumed that selected plant extracts can be used to protect crops from pests and diseases in a largely biologically and ecologically safe manner (Aggerwal & Brar, 2006, Kleeberg, 2010).
In addition to the suitability of such extracts as plant protection agents, they can be
also be used as plant fortifiers. Based on observations and previous research, it can be assumed that willow bark extracts, with their high contents of phenolic compounds (including salicylates as important secondary metabolites), have plant-strengthening as well as plant-protective effects (Matyssek et al., 2010).
Few studies are currently available on the use of willow bark extracts as plant protection agents. Ruuhola et al. (2001) showed that high salicylate concentrations of Salix myrsinifolia had a feeding deterrent effect on the lesser frost moth (Operophtera brumata). Various studies were also conducted on the effect of phenolic constituents of willows on insects. In these studies, the bitter-tasting substances had a feeding deterrent effect on generalists in particular (Tahvanainen et al., 1985, Lindroth & Peterson, 1988; Boeckler et al., 2001).
Studies with Salix caprea demonstrate that phenolic compounds, which have potential fungicidal effects, can be obtained from the salicin-rich willows.
Source and authors: Nadja Förster, Marcus Müller, Christian Ulrichs - Humboldt University Berlin, Urban Plant Ecophysiology, Germany
