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Put down your flame throwers and think about Bio control as a first step. Steinernema feltiae predatory nematodes applied as a drench is the basic approach we recommend .. let those guys eat up your fungus gnats that are being harbored in your roots. Always check your roots if you have...

To echo a sentiment from an earlier comment: I come to this forum with the thoughts that Sulfur (found readily and plant-available) from molasses in a water soluble solution does make physiological sense. The plant will utilize nutrients if available - even to the point of toxicity which is why...

You should measure your soil runoff (look for Pour Through Method at NC STate Extension link at bottom of this post ) to get a reasonable read on the nutrient profile within the soil solution. Generally, you don't measure the ppm's, you measure EC and pH of your sample. The EC is directly...

With all of the pressure our clients have to deliver product to their dispensaries (Colorado), curing seems to be where people are cutting corners. A one to two week curing cycle is barley enough time just to get the moisture levels near where you want them. At 2 weeks, the curing processes may...

Looks like permanent wilt condition to us .. did the plant maybe dry out too much? Otoke hort

Plant growth processes retard at 85 Fahrenheit .. growers of peppers, geraniums, tomates etc all respect the 80-85 degree Fahrenheit limits for their crops ..we should too. In fruit crops, the flowers are often the most effected, resulting in smaller flowers/fruits Some strains may take...

Folks, I also found the same sugar uptake papers noted in earlier posts and we sent out inquiries to our scientific network at The American Society for Horticulture Science ... no one that answered from that network has heard of anyone in commercial horticulture pouring sugar on their plants as...

We have made up all of the various H&G solutions and have run an irrigation suitability analysis on them (gives you the nutrient profile of the solution). Thee analysis was performed by a mainstream horticulture water analysis lab that services Colorado's ag community ($$$$$). The results...

Hello, we are Otoké (Oh-toe-kay) Horticulture. Our principle Horticulturist is Kerrie Badertscher, the only Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH*)in Colorado and she is now working in Cannabis. We specialize in production Horticulture consulting and providing basic plant science classes...

So this is one of those areas where looking at the physiology of plants and roots in particular, I'm not seeing a mechanism in the roots that allows anything other than water and inorganic ions to be passed through the plant's gateway membranes. I have found one article that talks to injecting...

Here are some links to articles on Foliar feeding for your edification... Maintstream Horticulture uses the technique exrtensively. However, alwasy keep in mind that mainstream growers don't have near the light levels on their crops and the dangers of wetting your cannabis foliage in a high...