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GoRealUhGro

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I usually foliar feed my ass off but I have only done it once this year...I have heard ppl saying they made foliars out of guanos and other dry nutes like kelp and alfalfa...if so how much do you use per gal and do you make it like a tea?...I'm just transitioning into flower outdoors so that would be said when making a recipe I suppose but I still would like to know about the guano and other nutes...I use to use thrive alive green and some other shit but the others were synthetic bur it seemed to work well...I have a bunch of synthetic foliar feed ..humboldt snowstorm ...bembe...flower kiss...and a few others ...so my next question is foliar feeding with them shouldn't affect my micro heRd or soil at all correct?...I can deal with some synthetic foliar feeding early on...I'm not going around telling ppl I give weed to its organic anyways...ppl around here would give two shit's anyhow...but I would rather make a 100% organic ff that works just as well or better than those fakes...any and all comments on the subject would be greatly appreciated ...ty
 

Rasta Roy

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I usually foliar feed my ass off but I have only done it once this year...I have heard ppl saying they made foliars out of guanos and other dry nutes like kelp and alfalfa...if so how much do you use per gal and do you make it like a tea?...I'm just transitioning into flower outdoors so that would be said when making a recipe I suppose but I still would like to know about the guano and other nutes...I use to use thrive alive green and some other shit but the others were synthetic bur it seemed to work well...I have a bunch of synthetic foliar feed ..humboldt snowstorm ...bembe...flower kiss...and a few others ...so my next question is foliar feeding with them shouldn't affect my micro heRd or soil at all correct?...I can deal with some synthetic foliar feeding early on...I'm not going around telling ppl I give weed to its organic anyways...ppl around here would give two shit's anyhow...but I would rather make a 100% organic ff that works just as well or better than those fakes...any and all comments on the subject would be greatly appreciated ...ty
For foliar feeding you want a much lower strength than you would a soil application...say guano...you might use 1 tbsp per gallon when you water your rootzone... You'd want to do maybe 1/4-1/2 tbsp per gallon for a foliar feed. Basically quarter to half strength whatever you would feed your rootzone is a good rule of thumb.

I'm a big fan of mixing fulvic acid into whatever I'm doing when it comes to foliar feeding. And then I use disposable paint strainers to filter out the sediment from whatever meals I use. They're about the size of coffee filters, i bought em in packs of hundreds when I ran a paint crew. No more paint jobs for me but the filters come in handy.

For freshly transplanted plants or clones:

Alfalfa Meal, Indonesian guano (Jamaican works too but indo seems more water soluble), kelp meal, fulvic acid

Veg-last week before switching to flower/first week of flower before buds form:

indo guano, epsom salts, kelp, fulvic acid

The foliar feed that's always a good idea and the one you should do if you do any, and the one most bottle foliar feeds are trying to mimic:

Kelp Meal, fulvic acid...

Those are the foliar feeds I use...as well as just plain old fish hydrolysate but that's not really a recipe lol.
 

Amshif87

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I like to add aloe juice to my foilars. Either fresh or lilly of the dessert makes one that is suitable for use as well. It's the one that is 100% aloe and the least processing. It's also readily available at vitamin or health food stores. Fresh aloe is great, just filet and scrape the pulp out . I squeeze it through cheese cloth when I mix it in before the final strain. 2 oz per gallon of either. I picked it up from ClackamasCootz a while ago and don't remember why. I can tell you it makes the girls pray though, and that can't be a bad thing. I second the fulvic acid. I ran out of fulpower and am waiting to make a big order from buildasoil so I have been substituting humic acid I had in hand and it seems to be working fine. I agree with @Rasta Roy about adding these to all foilars, even IPM sprays. My favorite is Cootz recipe for quick kelp tea. Soak a kelp meal in warm water and then blend purée until it's completely demolished. Take this paste and put it into the fridge. 1 tsp per gallon soil drench or 1/4 foilar. With the fulvic and aloe of course. Stay safe and happy farming.image.jpeg
 

GoRealUhGro

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Yeah I use aloe in my teas sometimes ...I would use it everytime if I could but I have about killed my poor aloe plants ...it's some good shit thats for sure...I didn't know they sold pure aloe though...have to check into that. ...I have another question...I have some tm7 micro nutes ...and it has humic or fulvic acid or bit in it but other micros ...would it be safe to use...check it out @Rosa Roy and @Amshif87
 

Rasta Roy

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Yeah I use aloe in my teas sometimes ...I would use it everytime if I could but I have about killed my poor aloe plants ...it's some good shit thats for sure...I didn't know they sold pure aloe though...have to check into that. ...I have another question...I have some tm7 micro nutes ...and it has humic or fulvic acid or bit in it but other micros ...would it be safe to use...check it out @Rosa Roy and @Amshif87
Got a link or pic of products label?
 

GoRealUhGro

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Damn it ..that link won't work for some reason....I google tm7 micronutrient and went under the buildasoil link
 

Amshif87

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Tm7 is good for foilars. I'd cut the application rate in 1/2
Yeah I use aloe in my teas sometimes ...I would use it everytime if I could but I have about killed my poor aloe plants ...it's some good shit thats for sure...I didn't know they sold pure aloe though...have to check into that. ...I have another question...I have some tm7 micro nutes ...and it has humic or fulvic acid or bit in it but other micros ...would it be safe to use...check it out @Rosa Roy and @Amshif87
 

GoRealUhGro

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Well I broke both my garden sprayers aND bought another lil one and the pos broke!...so I'll have to wait till I can try the rest out....and my blender broke too....damn I forgot about that. ...no more kelp paste till I gets a new one
 

Amshif87

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Well I broke both my garden sprayers aND bought another lil one and the pos broke!...so I'll have to wait till I can try the rest out....and my blender broke too....damn I forgot about that. ...no more kelp paste till I gets a new one
That sucks man. I broke my chapin and waited 3 weeks for mini fogger to arrive in the mail. I opened it and it was broken. Still waiting on my money to come back on PayPal. I went to Home Depot and bought a 2 gallon for $20 bucks and it is awesome. Also it's Friday. The day for garage sales. I've already seen 2 sprayers and lots of blenders this morning
 
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