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Post by canadamike on Nov 16, 2012 13:46:49 GMT -5
very intereting....thanks I suspect it is more about carboxylic acids than else. You can look up NUTRISORB, it is probably similar. www.innovakglobal.com/en/products/nutrisorb-l The granular version is OMRI listed (in the process), the liquid, they are working to change it a bit to make it organic
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Post by davida on Nov 16, 2012 20:20:42 GMT -5
very intereting....thanks I suspect it is more about carboxylic acids than else. You can look up NUTRISORB, it is probably similar. www.innovakglobal.com/en/products/nutrisorb-l The granular version is OMRI listed (in the process), the liquid, they are working to change it a bit to make it organic You are correct. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactic_acid states: "Lactic acid, also known as milk acid, is a chemical compound that plays a role in various biochemical processes and was first isolated in 1780 by the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Lactic acid is a carboxylic acid with the chemical formula C3H6O3. It has a hydroxyl group adjacent to the carboxyl group, making it an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA)". And then the website that you referenced states: The ECCA carboxy acids of aromatic type in this formulation improve auxin metabolism that induces root hair production and overall root growth. This product stimulates the ability of root hairs to absorb nutrients by inducing the electrogenic pumping process that leads to more absorption of nutrients per root’s superficial area. These combined properties result in more extraction of nutrients from the soil solution, and as a result, better development of the crop. After making Lactic Acid Bateria (LAB) using the method described in the YouTube video, the smell was pleasant and "alive". Similar to knowing that a good sour dough starter is working with activity. It is working great at controlling odors and we are adding it to our cow, horses and chickens water as a Pro-biotic. Next year we will use it as both a foliar feeding application and as a soil sweetener application in our gardening. CanadaMike has documented the amazing results of foliar feeding. I would certainly like to learn more.
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Post by steev on Nov 16, 2012 21:19:20 GMT -5
Interesting; sounds like it could be useful in rooting cuttings, as well as encouraging the establishment of bare-root stock.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 2, 2012 1:11:11 GMT -5
There is a lot of stuff on the net about foliar feeding. But we must not think it is a miracle thing, it has a big role to play to help, but the role of the roots of plants is not dead yet One way that it helps a lot, apart from the abilities of plants to translocate nutrients is that when it fills the leaves, they give the signal to the rest of the plant that '' we are ok here, you can focus elsewhere''. And that elsewhere is often fruits You have to work with it really, foliar neans everything or nothing, it always depends on what is used. There is an excellent research done on humic acids and millet on the net, I have it in my puter. It documents all sorts of feeding techniques, using humic acid in millet, and it concludes that by many measurement methods, foliar is optimum. I have attached it here. Quite interesting Attachments:
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Post by raymondo on Dec 2, 2012 15:59:40 GMT -5
The yield increase in millet was quite substantial Michel. Impressive. I have some barley growing. I might try some humic acid foliar spray on a single row just out of curiosity.
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Post by herpnut on May 17, 2013 9:14:35 GMT -5
Any more info on this .... ODC is a colloidal form of chitosan ....Anybody else trying it out yet??? Cucumber Beetles dessimated me last year
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Post by canadamike on May 26, 2013 22:27:25 GMT -5
Any more info on this .... ODC is a colloidal form of chitosan ....Anybody else trying it out yet??? Cucumber Beetles dessimated me last year All I can tell you is that my client bought a bottle at 300$ for his commercial squash fields that was totally infested by the bugs when I did my inspection run, and had a great harvest. It is NOT sold as a repulsive but a crop ''immune system enhancer''. That is the purpose NASA paid for to help failing crops in the Skylab. MY friend in NC uses it to fight southern pine beetles, I tried it home against the striped cucumber beetles in my melons and cukes, and then very successfully in squash fields that are so friggin big you can't see the end of them.....it worked.... If you need more than what the people here , all experienced and knowledgeable have to say....well, what can I say....there are a lot of people here from whom I will take advice long long long before any printed or written claims...
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