If you use a organic source of Si like key to lifes silica sourced from zeolite you wont have any issues at all running it through the whole cycle.
This all depends on strain/environment and quite frankly the grower him/herself. When did dense nugs become a problem? What weighs more, a bag of rocks or a bag of cotton?You've tested this and were looking for frangibility changes? You can gently crush a flower and it breaks into tiny frosty bits?
I have no idea what you're going on about. Just about everything comes out of my garden the same way. Dense and frangible.This all depends on strain/environment and quite frankly the grower him/herself. When did dense nugs become a problem? What weighs more, a bag of rocks or a bag of cotton?
I've also grown without it, and I'm really happy with the results. When you say "I now use it, where appropriate...", where are you using it that you think it's appropriate? Hydro? What does it do for your final product?Grew without it for over a decade, flowers were always highly frangible. Easily break into tiny, frosty bits of yummy goodness.
Silica scene came around and a couple years ago I played with it. Different times, concentrations, couple of different runs. Use beyond first filling flower res is low-grade to me, hotter/harsher end smoke with tougher flowers. I now use it, where appropriate, and mid-end flower is not it.
Flowers are back to easily broken yumminess.
It's awesome in veg. As I stated earlier it builds very strong branches and sturdy vascular tissue systems.I've also grown without it, and I'm really happy with the results. When you say "I now use it, where appropriate...", where are you using it that you think it's appropriate? Hydro? What does it do for your final product?
Spoken like a silica product rep. My studies showed quality was hit pretty hard when used later in flower.When should silica be used in the garden? "Studies show that silica should be used throughout the entire life cycle of the plant
I add it at the beginning of flower and I'm sure there's still some there near the end. I also know it's not much as it only affects pH for the first 10 days.A lot of our customers actually prefer the tighter structure and burn characteristics. While I agree that in flower too silica much will create a hotter and harsher burn, the proper amount will add to density and longer burn time without adding harshness.
I doubt you're growing the quality I am, No offense. The contamination you have is covering up the effects of the silica.[/quote]I have used pro tek properly for years with excellent results from start to near finish. With that being said I find that the information you are giving here to not be supported by dry flower testing of all minerals and compounds that I have seen. Flowers with the use of Pro tek and without were very similar in silica % so I don't buy what your saying.
Were cannabis "not" a dynamic/hyper accumulator, this statement would be correct.The plants use what they need when flowering and don't load up on it because it's more available.
This tells me you've never had super clean cannabis before. Again, no offense. I didn't either, the first 5 years I grew. Was quite a shock when my "better n' anything I came across" turned out to be barely 'decent,' when compared to truly clean cannabis.And for the record, I have successfully grown cannabis many different ways and have had the finish product burn with a clean ash and perfect taste and flavor with many different methods.