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Botanicare Silica Blast
Botanicare Silica Blast
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Description
Description
Botanicare Silica Blast is a premium plant supplement designed to enhance the health, resilience, and growth of your plants. This bioavailable silicon-based solution provides numerous benefits to a wide range of crops, from ornamental plants to fruit and vegetable gardens. Silica Blast supports the development of robust cell walls, increasing a plant’s resistance to various stressors and environmental challenges.
Key Features:
Silicon-Based: Silica is an essential nutrient for plants, contributing to the formation of strong, rigid cell walls that provide structural support.
Enhanced Resilience: Silica Blast strengthens plants, making them more resilient to adverse conditions such as drought, heat, and pests.
Improved Nutrient Uptake: By reinforcing cell walls, this product can improve a plant’s ability to absorb and transport nutrients efficiently.
Balanced pH: Silica Blast helps maintain optimal pH levels in various growing media, ensuring a stable and favorable environment for plant roots.
Foliar Spray Compatibility: Can be used as a foliar spray in addition to root feeding for enhanced nutrient uptake and defense against environmental stressors.
Benefits:
Enhanced Growth: By strengthening plant structures and supporting nutrient uptake, Silica Blast promotes healthy growth, leading to improved yields and plant vitality.
Disease and Pest Resistance: The reinforced cell walls can deter pests and diseases, reducing the need for chemical treatments.
Environmental Tolerance: Plants treated with Silica Blast are better equipped to handle adverse conditions like extreme temperatures and water stress.
Optimal Nutrient Utilization: Improved nutrient transport within the plant can lead to more efficient use of fertilizers.
Applications:
Botanicare Silica Blast is suitable for a variety of applications:
Indoor and Outdoor Gardens: Ideal for both indoor hydroponic systems and traditional outdoor gardens.
Soil and Soilless Media: Can be used in soil, coco coir, and other soilless growing mediums.
All Plant Types: Suitable for use on a wide range of plant types, including vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit-bearing plants.
Usage Instructions:
Shake well before use to ensure a thorough mixture.
For root application, mix 1-2 ml of Silica Blast per liter of water (0.25-0.5 tsp per quart).
Apply the solution to your plants as needed. In hydroponic systems, include Silica Blast as part of your nutrient regimen.
For foliar application, use a diluted solution of 0.1-0.2 ml per liter (1/4-1/2 tsp per quart) and spray directly onto plant leaves.
Botanicare Silica Blast is an essential supplement for growers looking to strengthen their plants and improve their overall health and resilience. By incorporating Silica Blast into your plant care routine, you can enjoy more robust, stress-resistant plants with improved growth and nutrient utilization.
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INFORMATION QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Hydroponics?
Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil. The plants thrive on the nutrient-water solution alone. The growing medium merely acts as a support for the plants and their root systems while the solution passes freely. The growing medium, if any, is totally inert.
What types of plants grow best hydroponically?
Anything can be grown hydroponically, but some plants prove to be more space efficient. Some plants we suggest are tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot chilies, lettuce, spinach, squash, cucumbers, broccoli, beans, snow peas, herbs and flowers of all types.
Can you REALLY get better yields/quicker growth?
Absolutely. The plants, when receiving everything they need, tend to be healthier, faster growing and generally more productive. You can expect 30% faster growth with many crops.
What are the watering cycle timelines hydroponic systems?
Once the reservoir is filled with nutrients, it is time to put your hydro system to work! The ease of hydroponics is automation – automation is achieved by putting the pump on a timer according to your watering needs. The watering cycle depends on growth stage, growing medium and hydroponic system. In an ebb and flow or drip system with rockwool as the medium, seedlings, clones and plants in the early vegetative stage require watering only once a day for 15-30 minutes (twice a day for higher temps). Mature, flowering and fruiting plants require a heavier feed and can be fed once a day for 30 minutes (twice a day for higher temps). Typically soiless mixes and coco fiber can be watered for about 15 minutes twice a day, and can be adjusted for heavier feeding during the flowering and fruiting stage or higher temps. ViaStone, Hydroton, Grow Rocks, and Silicate mediums need to be watered more frequently – a constant drip for drip systems, and about 15-30 minutes every 3 hours for ebb and flow systems and can be adjusted for heavier feeding during the flowering and fruiting stage or higher temps. Aeroponic systems require frequent watering cycles; 30-60 seconds every few minutes or a constant spray.
What do I need to test pH? How do I test pH?
pH has a range from 0 (acidic) – 14 (alkaline), with 7 being neutral. A proper hydroponic pH range is between 5.5 to 6.2 for most hydroponic crops. For specific crop pH, check out our Plant Guide. pH must remain within the proper range for good plant health, disease resistance, and proper nutrient uptake. pH is maintained by adding pH Up and pH Down to the nutrient solution. For more information, see the Testssection of our site.
How will the flavor compare to my outdoor grown, organic produce?
The taste may be even better! This is simply due to the fact that the hydroponically grown plants are getting everything they need, when they need it. Don’t be fooled by “hot house” produce grown commercially. The grower’s primary concern is shipability and storage, not flavor. When you grow your own vegetables at home, you can expect nothing less than excellent results. Plus, hydroponically grown produce has the added benefit of a longer shelf life.