CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS!?!?

[Flux451]

Good day to all concerned!

I have heard it is best to re-spray plants the have been covered by a previous spraying (say SM-90 or other more sinister things from neem to avid) with tepid water to clean easily clogged stomata.

Then I heard that a spray with water will help clean, but that even gentlr sprays strip leaves of beneficial microbes and stuff as well, so a good compost tea can resupply beneficial microbes and is more ideal of a follow up, or perhaps and as a (ahh!) third application

Can anyone attest to this?

Perhaps it makes perfect sense that a 'foliar feeding' kinda of spraying would perk up leaves with direct nutrients.... is that all though?

Do positive microbes from a tea create beneficial foliar situations?

I am talking coco, thanks guys

 

[feelingfactory]

WHY ON EARTH WOULD MICROBES BENEFIT LEAVES!?!?!

I can type in all-caps too.

 

[grapeman]

Good day to all concerned!

I have heard it is best to re-spray plants the have been covered by a previous spraying (say SM-90 or other more sinister things from neem to avid) with tepid water to clean easily clogged stomata.

Then I heard that a spray with water will help clean, but that even gentlr sprays strip leaves of beneficial microbes and stuff as well, so a good compost tea can resupply beneficial microbes and is more ideal of a follow up, or perhaps and as a (ahh!) third application

Can anyone attest to this?

Perhaps it makes perfect sense that a 'foliar feeding' kinda of spraying would perk up leaves with direct nutrients.... is that all though?

Do positive microbes from a tea create beneficial foliar situations?

I am talking coco, thanks guys

First let me say that it is NOT necessary to wash off or re-spray most anything that you apply via foliar. Whomever told you that is mis-informed. Re-wetting a recent foliar spray in some cases will reactivate the ingredient you sprayed previously. Sometimes that can be a good thing. But if you are applying anything that needs to be washed off due to plant health reasons, then you need to find another product to spray in the first place.

Also, I DO spray freshly made EWC teas on my leaves about once a week and the plants love it. Also, there is some research that suggets that microbes, from a well made EWC tea, can help reduce other pathogen counts such as powdery mildew and Botrytis.

 

[Flux451]

WHY ON EARTH WOULD MICROBES BENEFIT LEAVES!?!?!

I can type in all-caps too.

LoL thanks good to know... well, as to your question - I do not really know, I am asking am I not, also I could make up a nearly infinite number of responses...

Micro Predators
Chelating like functions w/ the foliar feed of tea
Symbiotic functions
Revitalization after the strain of a spray....
SAY
Maybe they run around and lick um clean and bust protein rich loads all over the plant I don’t know man....

At least it’s my first response on this topic
(Second post looking for an answer here)

Thanks Anyways

 

[Flux451]

Spot On

Spot On

First let me say that it is NOT necessary to wash off or re-spray most anything that you apply via foliar. Whomever told you that is mis-informed. Re-wetting a recent foliar spray in some cases will reactivate the ingredient you sprayed previously. Sometimes that can be a good thing. But if you are applying anything that needs to be washed off due to plant health reasons, then you need to find another product to spray in the first place.

Also, I DO spray freshly made EWC teas on my leaves about once a week and the plants love it. Also, there is some research that suggets that microbes, from a well made EWC tea, can help reduce other pathogen counts such as powdery mildew and Botrytis.

Thank you very much, I feel like your words are the extension of my thoughts corrected and clarified .

If you do review this - do you ever see the need to clean dusty like leaves with merely water to clean or no?

 

[grapeman]

Thank you very much, I feel like your words are the extension of my thoughts corrected and clarified .

If you do review this - do you ever see the need to clean dusty like leaves with merely water to clean or no?

I have a lot of air movement in my room and a 10" exhaust over a can 150 filter. All that means is that my room is pretty much dust free. But I wouldn't wash the dust off my leave even if they were a bit dusty.

 

[Flux451]

Hmm, I see - my next moves will be to research more into epsom and willow water uses, and EWC tea recipes

I was wondering if willow water is realy helpfull on open wounds from say pruning and if there are other ways to ease/heal/protect openings Thanks Man

Edit: Honey protects wounds from bacteria and fungi and is beneficial

 

[Japanfreakier]

Tests done with some teas on non cannabis plants showed that they really helped, kelp and fish emulsion teas as well.

 

[grapeman]

Hmm, I see - my next moves will be to research more into epsom and willow water uses, and EWC tea recipes

I was wondering if willow water is realy helpfull on open wounds from say pruning and if there are other ways to ease/heal/protect openings Thanks Man

Search for the "Tea Article" and see how easy it is to make EWC Tea. It's a sticky so it will be easy for you to find.

 

[Metalhead419]

Grapeman, I was reading through this thread, and i started thinking, it kind of hurt a little. lol, in another thread we were discussing amino acids, and I did a little re search on them. I guess amino acids can be applied through a folier feed, and maybe better applied as a folier than to the roots. You think the EWC tea could have aminos in it and that could have something to do with the improved disease resistance, and improved health. Just wondering if its the microbes in the tea, or amino acids or what, know what I mean.

I always wonder about folier feeding, whats best to use, does it actually do anything. Maybe i haven't done enough re search, but there just doesn't seem to be a lot of hard evidence that it really makes a difference.

 

[Flux451]

MetalHead, this is a good article if you dash through it lots of 411

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=51314&page=3