Sturdy Stalk
Sturdy Stalk is a potassium silicate supplement that increases self resistance of plants, besides volumen and weight of flowers and fruits. Emerald Harvest has formuled Sturdy Stalk to be used along all stages of growth. While in vegetative stage it helps building stronger and more resitant stems, in bloom phase it increases the size and weight of cannabis buds.
¿What's Sturdy Stalk and what is it good for?
Sturdy Stalk by Emerald Harvest is a potassium silicate supplement to improve plant's self resistance. The silicon sourced by Sturdy Stalk increases the thickness and rigidity of cell walls, making plants more resistant.
Thanks to this increase of plant's resistance you can see visible changes in stems, flowers and fruits, that will manage better stress situations.
Adding Sturdy Stalk to your nutrient solution during all stages of growth you get more resitant plants, with bigger and heavier flowers, besides healthier plants that are not affected by growing medium harmful fungi.
Advantages and benefits of using potassium silicates as supplement
The use of potassium silicates brings an overall improvement for plants, not only because it helps encouraging strength of cell walls (what affects roots, stems, leaves, flowers, etc). Also because silicon is an element used for internal nutrient transport.
The extra source of silicon improves the use plant's make from nutrients, making them more efficient, being able to uptake higher amounts of nutrients and boosters.
Another valued advantajeof silicate supplements is the higher stem strengthm that better hold the weight of the flowers without folding. It also increases resistance against wind and rain.
Sturdy Stalk has an anti stress effect for plants. Yoru plants will better resist in extreme temperatures seasons (high temps, low temps) or even against transplant stress.
Also as an overstanding benefit, we see the fact that thicker cell walls generates higher resistance against drought and dehydration. This effects is specially positive indoor growing, but also outdoors during hottest seasons.
The formula of Sturdy Stalk is also beneficial for flowering phase of plants, in this case due the extra source of potassium, one of the macro nutrients more consumed during bloom stage.
When to add Sturdy Stalk by Emerald Harvest and dose
Emerald Harvest recommends using Sturdy Stalk along all stages of growth. Being a supplement of potassium silicate it is important to adjust dose to each moment of the growth cycle of plants.
Another key detail is Sturdy Stalk must be added to your nutrient solution after all other compounds are mixed (once all fertilizers and boosters are in).
Dose of Sturdy Stalk in vegetative stage
Early vegetative stage: 0,5 ml/L.
Late vegetative stage: 1 ml/L.
How to apply Sturdy Stalk fortifier in flowering phase
Week 1 of flowering phase - Transition: 1ml/L.
Week 2 of flowering phase - Early bloom: 1ml/L.
Week 3 of flowering phase - Early bloom: 1ml/L.
Week 4 of flowering phase - Mid. bloom: 1,2 ml/L.
Week 5 of flowering phase - Mid. bloom: 1,2 ml/L.
Week 6 of flowering phase - Late bloom: 1,2 ml/L.
Week 7 of flowering phase - Late bloom: 1,2 ml/L.
Week 8 of flowering phase - Ripening: 1ml/L.
Characteristics and composition of Sturdy Stalk
Type: Plant fortifier.
For: Improve stregth of plants at cell level. Increase resistance of stems, reduces stress and improves final yields.
Use: During all stages of plant's growth.
Dose: 0,5-1,25 ml/L.
NPK: 0-0-1
Guaranteed analysis:
Soluble potash (K2O): 1%.
Derived from potassium silicate.
Contains non food ingredients for plants:
11,2% Silicon (SiO2) deived from potassium silicate
Final reviews of Sturdy Stalk and its price
The fact is the use of supplements and additives containing Potassium Silicates is a must. These are not only important to improve plant's resistances, but also to help optimizing the use of nutrients plants do. This derives into an overall improvement that can even save you budget in fertilizers.
Once said this, if we compare Sturdy Stalk with other similar products from other brands we notice pros and cons that can make you change your decision depending on your needings.
The main advantage we see in Sturdy Stalk is it is way cheaper product than competitors (up to 8 times lower price per a liter of product). Why this price difference? Unfortunately nothing is for free, and Emerald Harvest sells its product for a really lower price because the dose needed per liter of solution is higher.
Then, who is Sturdy Stalk suitable for? Sturdy Stalk is perfect for growers with small to medium garden size, who seek benefits from silicon use, without spending a fortune in expensive products. This means Sturdy Stalk is a great product to test how silicon performs in your garden. If you like it then do not hesitate to look for other silicates. To all those growers in need of large amounts of liters of nutrient solution Sturdy Stalk is too expensive. It will be a better option for them to buy more concentrate products with a higher cost per liter of product, but with notoriously lower cost per liter of nutrient solution prepared.
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