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wood vinegar

shaggyballs

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What are the benefits of using wood vinegar?
*accelerates plant growth
*acts as pest repellent
*promotes healthy and balanced plant growth
*improves sweetness of fruits
*increases shelf life of fruits and vegetables
*controls growth of harmful fungi and bacteria
 

Only Ornamental

Spiritually inspired agnostic mad scientist
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Shaggy, you really dig out everything published or used somewhere somewhen, even the things out of grannies sewing box :D .

Especially non-rectified wood vinegar should neither be used on living organisms nor for consumption. Rectified one has retained a limited use in medicine...
One part of its effects is mediated by acetic acid (safe to use), the other by the nasty smelling/tasting pine tar (the problematic thing about wood vinegar); methanol and creosote would be minor constituents with rather debatable benefit but a certain toxicity. Pine tar is not volatile and poorly degraded; having that on your buds may ruin your whole harvest cause not only insects despise that stuff!

For your points 1, 3, 4, 5 and partially 6: Go with different food grade vinegars although most of these are highly attractive to fruit flies (more a nuisance than a threat for cannabis)! Point 2 and 6 (eventually other points to some degree too) are mediated by the less healthy by-product. Keeping insects away with stench seldom is a good idea, especially for something supposed to be nice and pleasant smelling (unless you're a fan of dead skunk, putrid meat, rancid oil or chemical/fuel phenos LOL). Also, killing microbes with this stuff requires concentrations also harmful for plants and the beneficial soil inhabitants.
 
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