have you ever wondered why people suggest you shouldn't use calcium magnesium into bloom
or toward the end of flowering well in this video we're going to get into it you're here with mark
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specific reason why you should or shouldn't do something i would really like to get into
talking about what magnesium and calcium do for the plants and through that explanation i think
you'll be able to understand why people recommend to not use it toward the end of flowering or in
the general blooming stages so let's go ahead and get into calcium first and then we're actually
going to work our way backwards to magnesium and then go ahead and jump over into phosphorus okay
so calcium is an immobile nutrient and so what does immobile nutrient mean and how can you use it
later as you're running into various problems well if you understand whether it's a mobile immobile
or a semi-mobile nutrient you you'll understand how it's going to appear in the plant whether
you have a deficiency or toxicity calcium being an immobile nutrient it's going to appear as a
deficiency or excess in the newer leaves why is that it's because an immobile nutrient is used
when the plant is growing and developing so what is calcium used for is used for the formation of
cell walls and cell membranes it builds soil structure when you use seashells or bone meal
it feeds the microbes which holds the soil together that being said because it's an immobile
nutrient it's only used when the plant is growing something new you know like a new structure well
after you produce all the stems and the leaves are fully matured out very little calcium is going to
be needed for the rest of the grow so it makes no sense to add in more calcium which will only
force your plants to process it in some amount which will only develop more cell structure and
when you get into flowering obviously there's no reason to keep packing on thicker stems and more
cellulose when that should not be your focus in flowering your focus of following should really be
keeping the plant healthy and transporting the trace minerals which leads into the magnesium
you guys have probably heard me say this a number of times chlorophyll is the green blood
of the plant i love using terminologies like that because in my viewpoint it hopefully will create
a closer relationship to you and your garden so magnesium gives your plants the green color
in the chlorophyll molecule the center of it is magnesium in later videos i'll go more into depth
about what are amino acids peptides and proteins but basically just to keep it really simple amino
acids and peptides are comprised mainly of organic compounds which are carbons hydrogens nitrogen
oxygens and sulfur and once the plant has all of its nutrients to its leaves it's really just
about maintaining so it's not really about not using magnesium into flowering it's more about
not using calcium the issue with this is that most manufacturers put calcium magnesium in the same
bottle so they kind of get trumped in together when it's more of excess calcium than magnesium
as you go into flowering this also comes into play when you're using salt-based fertilizers
when you're using microbiology and using rock-based nutrients the microbiology is
going to be controlling the release of various things based upon the exodites that being produced
through the photosynthesis process the microbes end up retrieving the minerals the trace minerals
specifically what they need and as you go later into flowering you end up using more of the
macro minerals in the beginning so the growing stages and you really use the trace minerals as
you go into flowering you guys always hear me talk about something called the law minimum the law of
tolerance and how all the minerals work together in various coenzyme reactions in other videos
so i won't dive too much although as you can see though if the plant's healthy it really goes into
magnesium helping to transport the other minerals like phosphorus or iron to do their functions
and it's why magnesium is important during the fruiting process if you are looking for
a rock-based nutrient i would recommend langenite which has phosphorus sulfur and magnesium in it if
you're looking just for magnesium epsom assault is also a great solution this is also why potassium
is encouraged during flowering right is because it just doesn't aid in the photosynthesis and food
formation it converts the sugars to starches for long-term use later down the road right so like
what we're talking about we're using the nitrogens which is an organic compound and calcium in the
growing stages but when you go into flowering a different source of energy in a sense needs
to be used and it's those starches that really is going to help fill in those flowers potassium
helps maintain turgot pressure so that's the water pressure against the cell walls of the plants
this is also why it's going to help reduce water loss and wiltiness because that turgor pressure
more water staying within the plant and less water evaporating away the plant will be healthy right
and a good thought process to think about it is really an ice chest when you go to the beach if
it's a hot day and you have a thin ice chest the ice is going to melt but if you have a nice thick
ice chest the ice is going to keep the drinks cool through the rest of the day in addition to
that potassium increases protein content of plants which are like we talked about organic compounds
which are amino acids bonded with minerals and water the water system is the blood transportation
system for the co enzyme production and is how potassium aids in activating at least 60 other
coenzymes so think about that once again guys right so the plants build all the amino acids
are being used or grand the organic compounds are being used i'm thinking nitrogen initially and
calcium and certain immobile nutrients are being used initially for the plant to grow but once all
these little rooms are built in through cells and so on what really needs to take place well a good
water system so that the minerals are transported so other co-enzyme productions are being done
by the trace minerals i hope this gives a better understanding of why you don't want to use calcium
as you go into flowering specifically salt based fertilizers and how that excess calcium can also
actually knock out your potassium a little bit which once again is going to mess around with your
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