Silicon for your plants!

Silicon is very under rated it seems in the horticultural world. I always recommend it to my customers when they are having heat issues and they don't want to run co2. I usually recommend Silica Blast by Botanicare, only because that's what i use and i know it works from personal experience. i don't have heat issues, but from my personal experience, my stalks are just so much stronger when i use this product, and my buds don't fall over as fast like they use to prior to using it. i definitely recommend this product.

I've been using silica blast too and I agree with the above post.

Silica is great to make your plants more resilient to pests and stress and will give her stronger stems. I also recommend using ProTekt and not Silica Blast because Protekt is much more concentrated at almost 8% silica compared to silica blast being 2%. I think Silica blast is slightly cheaper but protekt is a better value at maybe 5 dollars more a gallon. It also make your PH very stable and can be used as a PH up when needed.

Diatomaceous Earth works pretty good in soil if you're unable to use SI in a solution.

I read somewhere it can help boost thc. Anyone out there able to back that up.

i know for a fact it works. i use silca blast in hydro and after starting to use it i no longer had to use support rails or tie my branches up. before my branches would start falling over at week 6-7 from weight.

Silica blast user here, might check out that protekt, but the blast strengthens stalks and branches for sure.

I've used both Silica Blast and Rhino Skin and I'm still on the fence about how I feel about silica additives. I have yet to see proof of any positive or negative effects from it in my own experience. I've always used it in at a very low dosage, maybe 25% strength of what the manufacturer suggests. Maybe I'll try the Dyna Grow stuff and a heavier dose to see helps my branches hold up my heavy buds better late in flowering.