foliar feeding????

jadatoker · Mar 3, 2011

What is the purpose of it??

yoctown · Mar 3, 2011

Foliar feeding | Cannabis Culture Magazine

Phosphorus is vital to the growth and health of plants. It assists in converting the sun's energy and other chemicals, such as nitrogen, into usable food for plants. A phosphorus deficiency will lead to stunted, sickly looking plants that produce a lower quality fruit or flower.
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Phosphorus is one of the three main nutrients plants require to thrive: phosphorus (P), nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) . It functions as one of the major players in the process of photosynthesis, nutrient transport, and energy transfer. Phosphorus also effects the plant's structure at a cellular level. A plant with the proper amount of phosphorus available to it will grow more vigorously and mature earlier than plants with inadequate phosphorus.
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Iron is needed to produce chlorophyll, hence its deficiency causes chlorosis. For example, iron is used in the active site of glutamyl-tRNA reductase, an enzyme needed for the formation of 5-Aminolevulinic acid which is a precursor of heme and chlorophyll.[2]
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http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/750798-homemade-foliar-recipes-discussion-2.html

Possuum38North said:

Skunk, you know of course that the discussion of efficacy of foliar spraying approaches the level of controversy of that such as .... oh say ... "to trim or not to trim". But, for every Dr. that suggests Bayer aspirin is the "best" we'll find another Dr. that says Tylenol is "best". And so it goes.

Here is an article that I think explains the process part of your question "ok" but we have to take all things into consideration such as plant type, leaf type, etc, etc.

http://masters.agron.iastate.edu/DB/CC/KellerCCProject.pdf

Here is a PPT that covers fairly extensively a whole range of excellent information that is often bantered back and forth here in The City. Read through all the pages of the ppt. I think you'll find this useful in a greater context than just that of foliar application of this-and-that.

http://turf.unl.edu/extpresentationspdf/GISFoliarSeminar2010.pdf

There are literally 1000's of documents in the .edu domains that discuss foliar feeding efficacy. Most of these tests attempt to dissect the uptake of non-organic plant nutrients. Most tests are specifically related to turf grasses, and some tests are specifically designed around food crops. Like everything else "us types" do we have to arm ourselves with some basics and then kind of filter through the overwhelming morass of data to find the useful information that relates to our subject of love and care.

Hope this helps. Limit your search criteria to strictly .edu domains. IOW skip the whole dot.com BS. Commercial sites are usually with motive different and opposing to that of academia.

Peace ya'll...
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