Aloe and coconut water

So iv been checking out the aloe juice and coconut water...never used either one but I'm thinking of implimenting then to my watering a few times....and when using the coconut water do most of you use a fresh coconut and dilute the water?...just wanting to know how much...how often...and best times to use

Hi man,

I'm currently using mostly pure coconut water (with added vitamin C) on my current plants. I dilute around 8ml/l . Several sources claim that coconut water contains cytokinins which are growth regulators/stimulants for plants and that's the reason I use it. Be wary of the sodium content if you plan to use it at higher concentration. Sodium is generally bad for plants.

I can't tell you if it makes a difference because I haven't done any side by side comparison. However, I can confirm that 8ml/l won't damage your plants and is safe. I haven't grown for a while, but here are my current plants (2016-01-24) on this post ---> https://www.rollitup.org/p/12265762/

Humm..if it is high in sodium I wonder if it damages your microbiology In the soil...being organic and all ...I'll have to check around

Btw my phone takes foreverse to load pics on here but from what I seen of your plants they looked good me bud

Yeah, glad to report that they are all still ok lol. Had a little growth stunting issue with a plant and I dropped the seedling pot upside down which has unrooted it. But it's all fine and growing now ! I did the supercrop/tie down thing on two of them today and they currently look terrible and broken. So I didn't take pics lol

I haven't ever tried super cropping. ..I thought if trying it put this year

Take a look at the nutrition labels on organic coconut water and aloe juice - Calcium & Magnesium!!!! and a lot of good trace elements. It's a great foliar feed. I dilute organic coconut water 1 part coconut to 2 parts H2O. to get a 1/2 gallon I then add about 3 tablespoons of fresh aloe that I scrape out and pulverize with a stick blender and strain. You gotta strain it or your sprayer will clog up pretty quickly. And finally, I add a teaspoon of silica.

I find it particularly helpful with sick, damaged and recovering plants -- gives them a little boost.

So after I top it would be a good idea to give em a squirt of this mix right?....I have been looking around for awhile silica suppliments...organic ones....and I have seen a lot of ppl tali I ng about horsetails...which idk I'd they grow around here and if so idk where...but what do you use...I def like having super strong branches and stalks

I've been using dyna grow protekt, but I'm switching my whole feedling program to Humbolt Nutes. They also produce a Si supplement. http://www.humboldtnutrients.com/blog/structural-integrity-s-i/

You can buy dried horsetail. I've haven't. Growing my own aloe is as far as I'm going.

A few additional things I've learned on foliar feeding:

• Absolutely, make sure your fans AND lights are off when you spray AND until the plant is totally dried. This give the plant more time to absorb nutes and will help avoid burning your leaves.
• Spray the tops and bottoms of your leaves
• If you use any critter killing sprays, even organic (eg I use habanero pepper spray to get rid of spider mites), the plants seem to appreciate a nice refreshing coconut and aloe spritz the next day
• And, finally, use distilled or RO water. This avoids buildup and water spots on your leaves. I used Brita filtered water once and thought I'd done something awful to the poor girls. They looked like the gross, spotted glasses in a dishwasher commercial!!!

good luck!!!
Zo

GoRealUhGro said:

So iv been checking out the aloe juice and coconut water...never used either one but I'm thinking of implimenting then to my watering a few times....and when using the coconut water do most of you use a fresh coconut and dilute the water?...just wanting to know how much...how often...and best times to use

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Fuck yeah. I feed either plain water, heavily watered down fresh coconut water, watered down fresh aloe in water, & water and organic blackstrap.....thats all mine get minus some fish hydroslate once in a bit.
I use a couple (2-2) large cups of coco water per 3 gallon feed buckets. With aloe I will take the meat out of a couple (2-3) larger leaves and mix that innto gallons water. Also foliar with aloe same way, but in spray bottle. I alternate coco and aloe feeds, maybe once a week each

Good info...I don't grow indoors but I never feed during g the day...I will in the morning...I'll shake the water off and spray them down...I always make sure I get underneath the levaes really well...and for the humboldt line...I hear it's awesome...I was going to pick up some s.I from the place I order from but I was just being cheap and trying to find something g free I could use...I use thrive alive when I mix up my feed a lot and my plants love that shit

GoRealUhGro said:

Good info...I don't grow indoors but I never feed during g the day...I will in the morning...I'll shake the water off and spray them down...I always make sure I get underneath the levaes really well...and for the humboldt line...I hear it's awesome...I was going to pick up some s.I from the place I order from but I was just being cheap and trying to find something g free I could use...I use thrive alive when I mix up my feed a lot and my plants love that shit

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Mine are outdoors too. Rooftop garden

If you can't get your hands of fresh coconut water try Harmless Harvest. It is sold at most grocery stores, I get mine an whole foods. They have some sort of process that never heats up the coconut water so it is fresh and basically unaltered. It works for me @ 2 tbls per gallon, Oh yeah, and it is usually pink. Its not a die it occurs naturally

Harmless harvest...I'll have to remember that...lollolololol nobody in my state has prob even seen a whole foods let alone been in one...so I'll have to look around

GoRealUhGro said:

Harmless harvest...I'll have to remember that...lollolololol nobody in my state has prob even seen a whole foods let alone been in one...so I'll have to look around

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I don't know if you have Publix supermarket in your area but they have it too. If you go to the website they might have a store locator. It is worth the hassle. Some good stuff

I used Goya coconut water.

bertaluchi said:

I don't know if you have Publix supermarket in your area but they have it too. If you go to the website they might have a store locator. It is worth the hassle. Some good stuff

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No ..none of those around either...I haven't even heard of one..I'll look em up though...I travel a lil bit for Dr visits each month so I'll look around