How to foliar feed

**turdnugget420** · 12-12-2011, 10:47 AM

Foliar feeding, no thanks.

**rockinriggin** · 02-02-2012, 07:54 PM

I use kelp extract and aloe gel for foliar feedong, and the plants love it. Just use homegrown aloe, because the gel you buy in stores has preservatives in it.

**xburninbluntzx** · 02-02-2012, 08:09 PM

Soap not detergent !!

**Doer** · 03-07-2013, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by Schotzky

DAWN brand probably works great. it is the best soap i use it for everything from washing my truck to dishes to animals even. i remember seeing on tv gull oil spill coverages where people use DAWN on oil covered animals and what not. a very gentle soap.

And I learned in sailboats, DAWN is the only thing that can make suds for dishes in cold sea water. Wow. So, just be careful. The tiniest amount.

**Doer** · 03-08-2013, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by turdnugget420

Foliar feeding, no thanks.

AH, it must have been in the Art of...thread, but there was a guy that went on about how it does not work, at all. So, I'm not picking on you.

But, it DOES work. Studies with Radio-isotopes were done. The tagged nutrition can move about a foot an hour from the leaves transported throughout.

http://www.ogtno.com/pdf/FoliarExperiment.pdf
CONCLUSION:
We have seen that materials are absorbed by the plant and move rather freely in the plant. The amounts may at first seem relatively small, but to offset this handicap, the efficiency rate is high. In fact, this is the most efficient method of applying fertilizer to plants that we have yet discovered.

If we apply these materials to the leaves in soluble forms, as much as 95% of what is applied may be used by the plant. If we apply a similar amount to the soil, we find that only about 10% of it is used.
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This from Dutch Masters
Taking his findings to another level by studying leaf (foliar sprayed) versus root absorption of radio-active tagged complex carbohydrates and amino acids at a prominent Vancouver University and discovered that these molecules are just too big to be effectively absorbed by the roots, but can be easily and effectively absorbed by the leaves.