Botanicare Silica Blast -- Quart

A Quart Of Silica Supplement For Plants At 2.5 To 5 mL Per Gallon A quart is 946 mL, and at the mature-plant rate of 5 mL per gallon that makes 189 gallons of finished solution. One tent for a full run, or a couple of rooms for a few weeks. It is the size to start on, because silica for plants is an additive whose effect shows up in week six rather than week one. The analysis is 0-0-0.5. The working ingredient is potassium silicate at 1.0% soluble silicon, which is close to 2% when the same silicon is written as silica. Half a percent of soluble potash is the only thing it adds to a feed. Silica For Plants In Soil, Coco And Small Reservoirs Soil and soilless containers take half a teaspoon to a teaspoon per gallon, at every watering or every other one. Reservoirs go by plant size instead. Mid-size plants get 2.5 mL per gallon and mature plants get 5 mL, refreshed every five to seven days. Add it to plain water on its own, ahead of base nutrients, because a silicate dropped into a mixed tank can cloud it. Then reset pH to 6.0, since potassium silicate is alkaline and pushes a reservoir up. One honest note on the size. A quart will not carry a production room through a season. Anyone already running silicon as standard is better served by the gallon, which holds four times as much at the same concentration. Key Features 189 gallons of finished solution per quart: Enough for one tent across a full run at the 5 mL mature-plant rate, and roughly double that at the lighter rate. 1.0% soluble silicon from potassium silicate: The same concentration as every larger size, so nothing about the rate changes if you scale up later. 0-0-0.5 guaranteed analysis: Half a percent of soluble potash is the whole nutrient load, which keeps it clear of a bloom feed. One rate range for soil, coco and hydro: 2.5 to 5 mL per gallon covers container gardens and recirculating reservoirs without a second chart. Bound into tissue within 24 hours of uptake: Silicon deposits into cell walls and stays there, so a quart run through veg still shows up at harvest. Quart footprint: It fits on a shelf beside the base nutrients instead of taking floor space, which suits a tent or a spare room. Technical Specifications Specification Value Size 1 quart (32 fl oz / 946 mL) Guaranteed Analysis 0 - 0 - 0.5 Soluble Potash (K2O) 0.5% Soluble Silicon (Si) 1.0% (approximately 2% as silica) Derived From Potassium silicate Soil / Soilless Rate 1/2 - 1 tsp (2.5 - 5 mL) per gallon, every or every other watering Hydroponic Rate, Mid-Size Plants 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) per gallon Hydroponic Rate, Mature Plants 1 tsp (5 mL) per gallon Coverage 189 gallons at 5 mL/gal, 378 gallons at 2.5 mL/gal Reservoir Interval Every 5 - 7 days Mixing Add to plain water alone, before base nutrients Effect on pH Alkaline. Reset reservoir pH to 6.0 after adding Uptake Bound in plant tissue within 24 hours Compatible Systems Soil, soilless container, coco, recirculating hydroponics