Aloe/water foliar spray during flowering...?...

TicTac said:

I highly recommend washing your bud at harvest,no joke. After finding out about this and trying it, I love the results,wouldn't think of harvest without washing. I would recommend Doc Buds 4 bucket method, ( given credit as the originator can be found on 420) it leaves your bud plump clean and the smoke seems to be smoother. Extra work but its worth it to me. Happy Smoking!

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Organilush said:

This is my first time growing...All my plants are around 5+ weeks into flowering....

Just curious if it's safe to give them a foliar spray/rinse with water and aloe? Or just water alone?

Where I live the humidity is pretty low during the day still (15% to 25%) with temps in the 80s, so I figure there isn't much risk for mold/fungi/rot, the plants dry off pretty quickly.

Some of my plants are already frosted...a mild aloe solution won't harm the trichomes or the aroma/taste, will it? I won't be spraying the buds directly but no doubt they'll get wet.



I've given them a foliar spray with aloe once a week or so through out the summer while they were in veg but I stopped since they've been forming buds....I mostly want to do this just to give my plants a good "rinse down" before they're deeper into flowering/closer to harvest and before the air is cooler & more moist.


It's really dusty around my area and there's been a lot of smoke in the air this summer from fires...so my plants have a decent bit of dust and air borne crap built up on them.


.....is giving the plants a "rinse" like this something really silly and pointless to do(?). They look so much greener when their leafs aren't caked in dust/ash/etc lol.




I've seen some folks claim that they foliar feed all through out flowering....others claim that once the plants start to form buds that they should never ever be sprayed with anything....

So...just wondering what ya'll have to say...and if a mild aloe solution is ok?



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Mr. Greengenes said:

Never heard of the '4 bucket method', but I've been using water dips for years. I started it to fight mites, but even when I have none I'll still dip plants because they love it so much. And yes, you can dip plants that are covered in trichomes and it won't reduce the potency.

Double dipping with a strong soap and/or neem solution followed by a water rinse always seems to show signs of foliar feeding, probably from the P in the soap.

I don't have experience with aloe-water as a foliar spray, but I'd guess that it would be safe as long as not so concentrated that it clogs stomatas and chokes the plant. Of course, you could always double dip if you weren't sure.

I think the temperature of the water is important. I'm afraid that cold could possibly knock trichomes off, so I make it at least luke warm.

Even if you don't want to get into dipping, I think it's quite safe to spray the heck out of those dusty ladies with water. In fact, I'm sure they'll love it. Good luck!

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Organilush said:

This is my first time growing...All my plants are around 5+ weeks into flowering....

Just curious if it's safe to give them a foliar spray/rinse with water and aloe? Or just water alone?

Where I live the humidity is pretty low during the day still (15% to 25%) with temps in the 80s, so I figure there isn't much risk for mold/fungi/rot, the plants dry off pretty quickly.

Some of my plants are already frosted...a mild aloe solution won't harm the trichomes or the aroma/taste, will it? I won't be spraying the buds directly but no doubt they'll get wet.



I've given them a foliar spray with aloe once a week or so through out the summer while they were in veg but I stopped since they've been forming buds....I mostly want to do this just to give my plants a good "rinse down" before they're deeper into flowering/closer to harvest and before the air is cooler & more moist.


It's really dusty around my area and there's been a lot of smoke in the air this summer from fires...so my plants have a decent bit of dust and air borne crap built up on them.


.....is giving the plants a "rinse" like this something really silly and pointless to do(?). They look so much greener when their leafs aren't caked in dust/ash/etc lol.




I've seen some folks claim that they foliar feed all through out flowering....others claim that once the plants start to form buds that they should never ever be sprayed with anything....

So...just wondering what ya'll have to say...and if a mild aloe solution is ok?



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