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What do people Spray on their outdoor plants (foliar, IPM, etc.)

OrganicBuds

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I just wanna make some basic tea and need to know how much stuff to add per 10l -25l
and how long to leave it in the water so it becomes usable

just with:
wormcastings
see weed extract in dust form
molases

thx in advance

Check this thread out, read through it and it will answer all your questions. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=110620

Microbeorganics.com is another fantastic site for learning about ACT's. It also has what to put in teas, at what quantities. It has your exact ingredients, except the kelp is not water soluble, it is feed form. You can do a brew with just EWC and molasses.

To answer your question:

for every 5 gal of water:

1.9 cups EWC
.4 cups unsulfered mollasses
.15 cups soluble kelp

I would brew this for 36 hours at 70 degrees F.

(cut and paste from Microbeorganics.com)
"Length of Brew;
This will provide a CT with a microbial content of, bacteria/archaea and fungal hyphae (if present in compost) when brewed for 18 to 24 hours. When using our fungal inhabited vermicompost, the optimum time seems to be 18 hours for a bacteria/archaea and fungal brew. If brewed for 30 to 36 hours (and up to 42 to 48 hours if you have a microscope) there will be flagellates and amoebae (& some ciliates) as well, providing a functioning microbial consortia which is better for nutrient cycling in the soil/root interface. Because of the variations in brewing compost tea, it is better to examine the microbial content with a microscope and decide at what period of the brew you should apply it but if you do not have a microscope then use the CT between the time periods mentioned above for the desired effects. "
 
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bajangreen

A while back i had a main stem that look brown and hard and dry (like it was root bound basically suffering) i sprayed the stem with tea and she perked right up and looks very vibrant and green. I don't know if spraying the stem directly helped but i make sure to spray the whole plant now.
 
Unpasteurized milk on the garden seems to be warding off Powdery Mildew this year in the garden and on the pot plants as well. Just found some PM on some Zucc's so will get more hippy milk tomorrow and spray down the whole yard. I just hit the plants and their containers and half the back lawn with Cayenne and crushed Garlic for slug control see how that looks in a few days. They will have a hot supper for sure.
 

OrganicBuds

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So it's past the solstice, and we are headed on the downward slide when it comes to outdoor plants. So far I have been using Pure Protein Dry, Calcium25, ACT, Silica, Kelp, and micronized soft rock phosphate with fantastic results. I was wondering if I should change anything once flowering begins? What is everybody flowering foliar sprays look like? I think what I am doing is actually fine for flowering plants, but would love to know what you guys are coming up with.
 

furrywall11

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Hey OrganicBuds, would you mind telling me how much Calcium 25 you use per gallon? Also, do you know if Pure Protein is sold in stores? I want to also get some Ocean Grown mineralizer but I'm going to hold out for a little while and see if I can find it in a store instead of ordering it online. thanks
 

amannamedtruth

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I find that my roots are healthier and smoke is better if I don't spray a thing on my plants, not even water (prevent mold). Though I grow indoors, so I don't have the benefit of rain to wash any nasties off.
 

self

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Ill be spraying in to mid august.
Me too.
I usually stick to ACT made with hydrolized fish fert and either molasses or maple syrup with ewc, I like to inoculate it with some wild harvested BIM, but i Think I'm nearly out.
Going into bloom I add guanos in small amounts, and I'm experimenting with adding a pinch of Himalayan salt to add some trace minerals. I spray every two-three days, in the early morning or evening. If we don't get rain for a week here (unusual) ill wash the plants clean with water.
I definitely don't spray once there are buds on the plants, but through the stretch is golden.
My indoor plants in veg love a nice spray down too, but I alternate ph ed water every time i spray indoors.
 

anonymousgrow

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From what i understand, you can foliar anytime you want as long as its not something that is going to degrade in UV, though I wouldn't, from say 10am-4pm just cuz its hot and bright and i think more foliar will evaporate than be used by the plant. Ultimately though I don't know. It would be a fun thing to study I am sure.

I was at a seminar with Elaine Ingham earlier this month and she said that with applying AACT to the leaves as a foliar, she in the past had recommended not spraying from 10-3 in the middle of the day because of higher UV levels. She then encountered a farmer using Pivot irrigation that wanted to use AACT through his irrigation. The caveat is that his pivot irrigation took 36 hours to go around the field one time and the suggestion of not spraying for 5 hours a day was not received so well. So Elaine and the farmer decided to do tests by looking at the microbiology on the leaves 1 day before application of AACT , then look at another sample of leaves collected the day after and then again a week after application of AACT. She intentionally omitted informing the lab that did the tests, which samples came from what times, and to everyones surprise there was no discernible difference from early morning, to midday, to midnight. She now recommends that one sprays AACT whenever you want. Also, interestingly she only recommended to apply compost tea as foliar 3 times in an annual plants life, when they are seedlings shortly after they pop out their first real leaves and then about 30 and 60 days after that. She said that admittedly she has done very little study with cannabis specifically, but in the various annuals that she has studied AACT foliar applications with, she has seen that only 3 applications is necessary to jumpstart and maintain high populations of life on the plants surface, anything more than that is just needless work (I personally want to study this under a scope cuz i would love to not work more than i have to.) Lots to learn...

Did you spray at 5am? Do the plants seem to like it?
 
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bajangreen

Someone need to pass the good Dr. A spliff, get her studing our favourite herb.
 

OrganicBuds

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Did you spray at 5am? Do the plants seem to like it?

Great info in your last post btw.

yes I did spray, and yes the plants seemed to have loved it. I have never seen such growth from my cannabis plants before. The one two combination of cal25 then a foliar feed of PPD really does wonders.
 

OrganicBuds

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So how much soft rock phosphate are people adding to their sprayer? I have the micronized product that was talked about in this thread. I have been adding only a teaspoon per gallon of water. What about everybody else?
 

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