Foliar Feeding Questions

Midwest Weedist · Nov 18, 2014

Hello all, I've recently been turned on to foliar feeding and I have a couple of questions. I've been digging around the ROLS no till thread a lot but was unsure of a few things.

The difference between using powered aloe vera versus liquid?

What are everyones application ratios for coconut water and aloe vera foliars?

greasemonkeymann · Nov 18, 2014

Midwest Weedist said:
Hello all, I've recently been turned on to foliar feeding and I have a couple of questions. I've been digging around the ROLS no till thread a lot but was unsure of a few things.

The difference between using powered aloe vera versus liquid?

What are everyones application ratios for coconut water and aloe vera foliars?

I've yet to use coconut water, but for aloe I use a tbsp. per spray bottle, of fresh squeezed aloe. Some say a tbsp. per gallon, but my plants LOVE it at that rate, a gallon and I can't use it in time, from what I've read fresh aloe should be used immediately.
I may not be of much help because I haven't used anything other than fresh aloe, so I don't know about powdered vs liquid. In my mind I would assume the fresh is the best, but I don't know for sure

Midwest Weedist · Nov 18, 2014

greasemonkeymann said:
I've yet to use coconut water, but for aloe I use a tbsp. per spray bottle, of fresh squeezed aloe. Some say a tbsp. per gallon, but my plants LOVE it at that rate, a gallon and I can't use it in time, from what I've read fresh aloe should be used immediately.
I may not be of much help because I haven't used anything other than fresh aloe, so I don't know about powdered vs liquid. In my mind I would assume the fresh is the best, but I don't know for sure

I would assume fresh would always be best, but if I foliar feed often enough I may need to go powdered or just buy a couple aloe plants. Which actually sounds like my best option now that I really think about it.
I love coconut water and so do my ladies. I have some seedlings that I foliar fed twice in the past 36 hours and they've already shown a huge burst in growth.

doobered · Nov 18, 2014

what are you using to actually feed the plant? the aloe or coconut water will just make the water a little oily like a wetting agent

greasemonkeymann · Nov 18, 2014

Midwest Weedist said:
I would assume fresh would always be best, but if I foliar feed often enough I may need to go powdered or just buy a couple aloe plants. Which actually sounds like my best option now that I really think about it.
I love coconut water and so do my ladies. I have some seedlings that I foliar fed twice in the past 36 hours and they've already shown a huge burst in growth.

I HIGHLY recommend getting at least two healthy large aloe plants, you can use it for everything, I use it for cloning, and foliar sprays. Works very well.
Just for the cloning reasons alone its worth it

Midwest Weedist · Nov 18, 2014

doobered said:
what are you using to actually feed the plant? the aloe or coconut water will just make the water a little oily like a wetting agent

I've got a few plants in an FF soil mix with some organic amendments as well as a batch of super soil (I can list the ingredients out if anyone really wants) brewing for my next transplant with my current seedlings. The seedlings are in the same FF mix, just with less amendments. I water all my plants with un-sulphured blackstrap molasses.

Smokenpassout · Nov 18, 2014

I use water with yucca extract as a surfactant. I also add a bit of cal-mag and liquid karma. My plants really like one foilar feed of these weekly.

Midwest Weedist · Nov 19, 2014

Smokenpassout said:
I use water with yucca extract as a surfactant. I also add a bit of cal-mag and liquid karma. My plants really like one foilar feed of these weekly.

In your experience, what are the benefits of using a yucca extract for a foliar?

Smokenpassout · Nov 19, 2014

I think the yucca works great as surfactant. It maximizes the absorbtion of all the great things I like to feed foilar. The product I use is called wet betty organic from advanced. Its mostly yucca, and something else. Be sure to observe leaves and foilage a few days after foilar feeding, and check results.

anzohaze · Nov 19, 2014

Midwest Weedist said:
I would assume fresh would always be best, but if I foliar feed often enough I may need to go powdered or just buy a couple aloe plants. Which actually sounds like my best option now that I really think about it.
I love coconut water and so do my ladies. I have some seedlings that I foliar fed twice in the past 36 hours and they've already shown a huge burst in growth.

I get pure 100 aloe juice it works pretty well itself. It comes in a qt bottle. I use fresh aswell but dont have much of an aloe plant left lol this is what i use. 1.5rsp per spray bottle. I do mine 3-4 tines a week

Midwest Weedist · Nov 19, 2014

anzohaze said:
I get pure 100 aloe juice it works pretty well itself. It comes in a qt bottle. I use fresh aswell but dont have much of an aloe plant left lol this is what i use. 1.5rsp per spray bottle. I do mine 3-4 tines a weekView attachment 3297109

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for.

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