silica plus?

[pipeman]

at the hydro shop today and asked the guy about PH up. He said that instead of using chems that the plants can't use he recommends a product called "Silica plus". He said its normaly used as a foliar feed but can also be used to raise PH, and will help growth either way.

 

I seem to remember a thread with "swing" in which some raised a concern about using silica....or have I got my wires crossed? anyway I told the guy I had heard that silica may be bad for you and he said he didn't know why, because it is a naturally occurring substance and is absorbed through the root system.

 

anyway, I decided to leave it, just wondering if anyone else here had an opinion.

Edited March 29, 2003 by pipeman

[Tom]

I have just run a search on silica, it seems that silica dust is at least as detrimental as asbestos dust, I don't know if that's a problem once it's been processed through the plant or not, but I wouldn't feed asbestos to my plants so I'll stay away from the silica as well.

 

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[Mr Putard]

Hello, well I've got a 2 ltr bottle of budlink silica here that I'm dying to use on some mj plants...where's my seeds..so I guess if we're still friends in 30 years I'll let you know if it's given me any adverse health effects..

[pipeman]

ok cheers Mr.Putard, catchya in 30 years.