Where to find brix mix?

[Manitoid]

title says it. Probably cheaper for quantity to ship the powder... any ideas?

can someone also comment on how often the foliar with brix mix, as well as how often they foliar with Cal25?

Thanks

 

[McDank8O5]

Brix mix ingredients are somewhere around here, I believe a topic may hjave previously been made with the info, I know Trinity Gold has a post with all the ingredients somewhere. AS for Calcium25 I spray every 2 weeks and as the directions say only at mid day when temps are 75 degrees or over.

happy growing

 

[Manitoid]

Also how reliable do you believe these recipes are

Liquid Brix Mix


16.5% Molasses

16.5% non GMO pure Malt

25% Phytamin 4-3-4

24% Humax

16.5% liquid sulfur

1.5% Therm-X 70


Dry Brix Mix


13% Maxicrop

19% Fertall MB Powdered Chelates

31% Powdered sugar

37% Diamond K soluble Sulfate of Potash


and what constitues powdered sugar? if i mix up dry, then when i go to foliar mix in molasses, would that work as well for sugar?

 

[northstate]

Manitoid- That recipe is straight from PVGS and they used to make it for everybody, but have since stopped. You should only mix what you need to use that day, dry+wet as it doesnt keep well (fermentation). I would say that is the same list of ingredients I have and seems to be the real deal. Spray weekly, I like morning for stomata being open and ready for sugar. Hope this helps.

oh yeah, powdered sugar Hmmm, sucanat, dextrose or xylose should work there. NS

 

[Manitoid]

thanks for chiming in

now that i have the % of the dry mix... how much goes in per gallon of water for foliar?

PS. I must spread Rep around before giving it to northstate again

i feel like im always handing rep, why cant i circle back around?

 

[Slangheat]

thanks for chiming in

now that i have the % of the dry mix... how much goes in per gallon of water for foliar?

PS. I must spread Rep around before giving it to northstate again

i feel like im always handing rep, why cant i circle back around?

Mixture rates for PV Brix Mix ( 1 gallon). Fill sprayer 1/2 with h20. Add 2-5T dry. Mix well. Add 1-3T liquid. Mix again and filler up. Good luck.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=205314

All I've been able to find - I am about to make my own batch as well, so have not used these rates yet to say from experience.

 

[Manitoid]

I am not positive why i would go both the dry route and the liquid route.

I am assuming it can be much more K.I.S.S. than this...

ohhh great organic farmers on these boards, how do you raise the Brix of your plants?

 

[Manitoid]

researching and posting, solutions to raise brix:

From:http://www.highbrixgardens.com/victory-gardens/high-brix-faq.html

Why are foliar sprays used?

Foliar sprays are nutrient solutions that are highly diluted and lightly sprayed on the plants. Plants are able to take in these nutrients through the leaves. Foliar feeding of plants is the frosting on the High Brix gardens’ cake. Well made foliar sprays can have a tremendous impact in raising brix readings in plants. Foliar sprays are also used to direct a plant in which way it should grow. Plants can be told to grow vegetatively or to grow reproductively. A foliar spray that makes vegetative growth (new leaves) is great for spinach but entirely unsuited for tomatoes.
How do foliar sprays increase brix readings?

A good foliar spray will include phosphate in its nutrient package. Phosphates are the energy source in ATP. ATP drives the Krebs cycle in plants. Increasing phosphates in the plant through foliar spraying allows the Krebs cycle to transfer more energy within the plants. This allows the plant to be more efficient in storing energy as sugars from the process of photosynthesis. Some of these additional sugars are sent down to the roots and excreted out of the roots as exudates. Root exudates are a food source for bacterial colonies around the roots. The bacteria respond to the extra food from the plant by making more minerals available to the plant. The additional minerals are taken up into the plant and increase the total dissolved solids in the plant. This registers as a rise in brix.

These guys say Phoshpates

 

[Manitoid]

And From:http://ag-organic.com/Brix.aspx

So, How Do You Raise the Brix Value of Your Crops?

In simplest terms, give your plants better nutrition. Organics in general are going to help with that, but the quickest way to get your Brix values up is to foliarly apply a liquid based fertilizer containing a high concentration of kelp extract. Kelp is a VERY quick and easy way to improve plant nutrition and health and has been proven to raise Brix values considerably in a very short period of time. I hope that you will consider AGGRAND organic 4-3-3 fish/kelp fertilizer and

AGGRAND organic 0-0-8 kelp and sulfate of potash as integral components in your quest to improve plant health, increase Brix values and put more money in your pocket.

Whats important here is not to buy the products they are repping on their page but to see what improves brix... Here suggests Kelp and K

 

[Manitoid]

Interesting opposite beliefs about Phosphorus, with much scientific studies:

From: Brix manipulation for reducing pest pressure: Literature Review

In the case of whitefly feeding on sweet
potato, Skinner and Cohen (1994) found that as P levels decreased, whitefly oviposition
on sweet potato leaves decreased as well. In petunia Jansson and Ekbom (2002) found
that as P fertilizer levels increased, aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) development time
shortened, and the adult lifespan and number of offspring increased. Both of these studies (Skinner and Cohen, 1994; Jansson and Ekbom 2002) suggest that higher phosphorous levels are associated with higher insect levels.

For potassium the majority of studies demonstrate that increasing foliar K levels can
reduce insect pressure (Facknath and Lalljee, 2005; Myers et al., 2005; Myers and
Gratton, 2006; Walter and DiFonzo, 2007). This finding is in agreement with a
compilation of studies by the International Potash Institute (cited in Amtmann et al.,
2008). In 63% of the studies, higher K levels were associated with lower levels of insect
and mite infestations.

I know these are not studies of Cannabis, but there aren't many on the subject.

Of Note: they are talking about foliar levels. so it is looking like No P, but definitely K