[Jellyfish]

Originally Posted by moonymonkey

i took outings in rock wool,used super thrive and rooting horemone powder,after a day seemed lik the cutng grew some..is this standard,or am i late on this? just started to use rock wool for cloning...quatermoon/

You're trippin'

[moonymonkey]

not yet but,will bee....stuttersss

[DRM Ranch]

Silica products go into the mix first...then everything else.

[moonymonkey]

drm ranch,why silica products first added?

[MrBungle]

Might wanna adjust the pH after you add the silica, but before everything else...

[DRM Ranch]

Originally Posted by moonymonkey

drm ranch,why silica products first added?

If you add it later it will cause precipitation in the nutrient mixture. Precipitation in our case is mainly with the calcium in your nutrient solution, once bound it is no longer able to be used by the plant.

Adding it prior eliminates this issue.

Alternatively you can use it alone in pHd water on non feeding days.

[Snook]

Originally Posted by MrBungle

Might wanna adjust the pH after you add the silica, but before everything else...

In my experience, silica raises PH.
I do not argue the point about adding it first but I'd think that one should know how much silica, added before anything else, will raise the PH initially and then the addition of the nutes should bring PH back down to the working PH required. Am I F'dUp?

[Aspenou812]

So dont know if it has been mentioned or not.... But if you sieve your Bubble Hash of Keif or whatever.... use a vibrator on the side of the screen... Take it from a woman..... it works...

[moonymonkey]

thnx drm ranch and all the other great people!gotta hit you back with some new tip+ moons/just like ronnie said..

[beta]

Originally Posted by DRM Ranch

If you add it later it will cause precipitation in the nutrient mixture. Precipitation in our case is mainly with the calcium in your nutrient solution, once bound it is no longer able to be used by the plant.

Adding it prior eliminates this issue.

Alternatively you can use it alone in pHd water on non feeding days.

It's my understanding that precipitation is only a problem with concentrated nutrients. Once they are mixed into the reservoir at working strength they are no longer in danger of precipitation.