New Grower Surfactants

[Hugo]

Who uses dish washer, organic or not, on their mixes?

Any other surfactant you have experience with?

Can you show results?

 

[JM]

dr. bronners castile soap... peppermint....

1 tsp per gallon as a bug spray... see "Organic Pesticides" in Tips/tricks / knowledge base

also can be use as a dose into the soil to stop all sorts of bug issues... but be ware.. ph goes up a bit with it... :smoke:

 

[Hugo]

Thank you, I was actually searching it for increasing uptake on nutrients for next feedings, but that's perfect aswell!

 

[Hugo]

1 tsp per gallon might be ok on nutrient mix

 

[JM]

Thank you, I was actually searching it for increasing uptake on nutrients for next feedings, but that's perfect aswell!

I've never heard of this... can you explain more?
I'm not sure Dr. Bronners is the guy for the job in this case... or maybe a different flavor? (lavender maybe? )

 

[HomieHogleg]

dr. bronners castile soap... peppermint....

1 tsp per gallon as a bug spray... see "Organic Pesticides" in Tips/tricks / knowledge base

also can be use as a dose into the soil to stop all sorts of bug issues... but be ware.. ph goes up a bit with it... :smoke:

The Eucalyptus, would work better than the peppermint, for bug issues. I use it on my tomato plants, regularly. Never see any bugs, on my tomatoes.

HomieHogleg

 

[Hugo]

Well dishwasher and other surfactants are wetting agents. They help the water permeate better into all the spaces of the soil and help retain nutrients from run-offs, so that way they'll be more available to the plants.

http://homeharvest.com/insectspraysurfactant.htm

They are commonly used on spray, but some companies seem to be having good results with liquid fertilisers. Very interesting.

http://www.ehow.com/info_8724935_list-agents-used-fertilizers-pesticides.html

 

[astronomy420a]

hey hugo, i use a product called coco wet organic wetting agent. dont know if avilable in portugal? it works well!

 

[Hugo]

That's coco oil wright? It looks good, how do you use it astro?

 

[astronomy420a]

no brother< it's called coco-wet,it improves wetting and improves absorption of foliar feeds, and liquid nutes and myco absorption. i use it in foliar spray mix and add a few drops to all nutes.:smokebuds:active ingredient...cocodiethanolamide