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I read on a few sites that diatomaceous earth is high in silica, 80%-90%. Can this silica be used by plants? I was just thinking, if plants could use it then that would give my plants silica while keeping the pests at bay, for $10. I read its a good soil amendment due to its physical properties...

I have an Apollo 600w digital ballast I got off Amazon a few grows ago, I decided to replace the bulb with a fresh one and one that is designed for growing. I found Amazon had a 2 for $25 deal on the Vivosun 600w HPS bulbs so I got them (I know that isn't the $100 per bulb Hortilux, but I'm not...

So I blasted my plant with a bunch of nitrogen and now it's falling apart (more's better, right?). I went out and got one of the Luster Leaf soil tester kits and found I have a ~7ph, the water was pretty friggin' pink for the nitrogen test (surprise!), the P & K came back low. Is it possible to...

Hi everyone. Newbie here. I have a 5 week old Sour Diesel and a Critical Sensi Star growing in my indoor veggy garden (mostly peppers). I have all of them in pots with Fox Farm Happy Frog soil and I'm using Jobe's Organics Vegetable & Tomato granular food (2-5-3). I have a 600w HPS if that...

I have a garden going in the crawlspace in my basement, in the middle of the garden is an iced widow and critical sensi star plant. I have one of the dimmable Apollo 600w HPS ballast running a 400w MH bulb at 300w (50%). Can I turn the ballast up to 75% which is 450w and not blow anything up? If...