Seaweed for foliar spray?

bbates

bbates

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Is it ok to use organic Seaweed fertilzer for foliar spray? This is also what I feed my plants in their water every 2nd or 3rd watering. The bottle I got doesn't give any details on how much nitrogen etc is in it. This is the stuff I use here: http://www.amgrow.com.au/products/org_seaw_org.htm and more specs here: http://www.amgrow.com.au/msds/seaweed.htm

So does this sound ok for my fertlizing requirements? I'm currently in the Veg stage and will be for some time yet. I have a diary in the CFL forum if anyone is interested.
 
satch

satch

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Seaweed is great for everything, but I wouldn't really recommend foliar spraying inside. If you're hurting for nitrogen I'd invest in some fish emulsion to go with your seaweed. Also with organic nutes like a seaweed supplement, you can add some with every watering.
 
tusseltussel

tusseltussel

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your feeding it through the roots and when you foliar feed you may end up burning your plant. if your roots are healthy they will do all you need. foliar feed is a quick temporary fix for starving plants. less is more
 
bbates

bbates

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tusseltussel said:
your feeding it through the roots and when you foliar feed you may end up burning your plant. if your roots are healthy they will do all you need. foliar feed is a quick temporary fix for starving plants. less is more
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ok thanks for the tip, so I should not bother then with foiler spraying.
 
satch

satch

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bbates said:
ok thanks for the tip, so I should not bother then with foiler spraying.
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Organic nutes won't burn your leaves themselves, it's light heating up the moisture that hurts them. People who say it does, are assuming you are using chemical nutes, and these will destroy any kind of living creature in the wrong amounts.

TLDR- if you plan on foliar feeding, use Alaska Fish Emulsion for your Nitrogen and don't foliar feed during flowering.You can find the stuff at just about any garden store, and I'm pretty sure Walmart sells it now.
 
bbates

bbates

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Ok that's good to know I can water my plants with organic nutes everytime. I was on a 1 day water then next day rest then next day water with nutes etc.

Yes the leaves would get burnt with water on them as I always throught. I have found my two small plants and a slight bit on my large plant have a golden brown tinge on the ends and a few spots near the ends of the leaves. Would that be from water and light burning or would it be from the lights been too close? The lights were at 2 - 4 inches at the time (48 watt CFL natural 5000k) but I moved them back a bit in case?
 
tusseltussel

tusseltussel

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bbates said:
Ok that's good to know I can water my plants with organic nutes everytime. I was on a 1 day water then next day rest then next day water with nutes etc.

Yes the leaves would get burnt with water on them as I always throught. I have found my two small plants and a slight bit on my large plant have a golden brown tinge on the ends and a few spots near the ends of the leaves. Would that be from water and light burning or would it be from the lights been too close? The lights were at 2 - 4 inches at the time (48 watt CFL natural 5000k) but I moved them back a bit in case?
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i have totally burned plants with organic foliar feeding you can burn a plant with organics, if you have proper ventilation water will dry before light burns leaves through it with hids cfl and any other light. with hid lighting you should raise your light as high as you can so you don't get your bulb wet and have it explode in your face......without seeing your plant by what you discribe is either nute burn or moisture stress. whats the humidity dry air dries out leaf tips. nute burn burns leaf tips and makes spots
 
GreenThumbsMcgee

GreenThumbsMcgee

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bbates said:
ok thanks for the feedback, 50% say it's ok and 50% not! yes it is very diluted.
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yep. thats what i get every time i have a question...half say fuck yea, half say fuck no! so....square one? lol i burnt my [plants to some degree....and i ended up here by searching if i could foiler spray with kelp/seaweed....and my question still goes unawnsered.
 
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