Upon further interrogating the plants won't budge.. I tried squirrel pinching, donky punching, and gave each one a noogie with no response. What gives?
Here's some info on "Chitin" !
"Chitin is essentially a long chain carbohydrate compound, which gives it lots of binding sites along it's oligo-saccharide molecular ridge.
It has a pH of 2.5.
The use is insecticidal because it bonds to insect exo-skeletons so thoroughly that the insect "suffocates" & dies.
It can be deemed disease preventative, in the sense that it will occupy binding sites on the plant surface, so that pathogens can not take "hold".
The use of an adhering agent with chitosan is preferable to allow it to dry in place when sprayed on.
If you go to a Chinese grocery store & look for the extremely tiny shrimp you can not imagine how to eat, you've found a rich chitin source to experiment with. (Human consumption of this chitin frees the oligo-saccharide for good glyco-biology processes; think how healthy mushrooms are similarly rich in oligo-saccharides.)
It is non-toxic & essentially organic."
Seems promising!
I'm not looking for some huge secret of improving resin count, I just haven't heard it brought up on any forum..
Someone do a side by side! (Okay okay I probably should)
Here's some info on "Chitin" !
"Chitin is essentially a long chain carbohydrate compound, which gives it lots of binding sites along it's oligo-saccharide molecular ridge.
It has a pH of 2.5.
The use is insecticidal because it bonds to insect exo-skeletons so thoroughly that the insect "suffocates" & dies.
It can be deemed disease preventative, in the sense that it will occupy binding sites on the plant surface, so that pathogens can not take "hold".
The use of an adhering agent with chitosan is preferable to allow it to dry in place when sprayed on.
If you go to a Chinese grocery store & look for the extremely tiny shrimp you can not imagine how to eat, you've found a rich chitin source to experiment with. (Human consumption of this chitin frees the oligo-saccharide for good glyco-biology processes; think how healthy mushrooms are similarly rich in oligo-saccharides.)
It is non-toxic & essentially organic."
Seems promising!
I'm not looking for some huge secret of improving resin count, I just haven't heard it brought up on any forum..
Someone do a side by side! (Okay okay I probably should)