GLB Brix57

Application Rates Per Gallon

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Day 1 or Day 15 flower through Flush

1 mL Hydro/Reservoir/Daily

2 mL Every Other Day

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Compost Tea (Make your normal tea recipe and only add 2 mL Brix57 just prior to application. If you want to use Brix57 in place of molasses at the start of the tea use 0.25 mL per gallon or 1/4 teaspoon per 5 gallons)

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The application rates equate to 7 mL per WEEK unless it's a once-a-week tea, meaning if you have a reservoir and feed daily, it would be 1 mL per gallon, if you feed every other day 2 mL, but too much at any one application can overload the plant. We can’t put in 4+ mL of Brix57 consistently as it will expand the microbial community too fast. 

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We only recommend 1-2 mL per gallon depending on the feed schedule as we still get better results than our competition from hydroponic recirculating Deep Water Culture systems up to the richest of super soils. We do have many growers that push higher near the end and even through the cycle, but it is grower and environment specific. If a grower was to push higher, we would not recommend going over 1.25 mL Daily or 2.5 mL Every Other Day to start until the last few days and if they flush. Many that have tried have come back down to the level but it's all relative to the quality of nutrients the plant is getting. Some growers have found they can raise it up to higher amounts per gallon but as environment, genetics, and all other inputs can affect how carbohydrates react with microbes, there is a point where you can have too much sugar in a plant. If growers decide to raise the amounts above the recommended dosages, we recommend gradually raise to see how your plants react in your environment.

 

**High Humidity or Outdoor Use Note**

If growers cannot control, their humidity or are growing outdoors, we recommend a significant reduction of application rates from 2 mL per gallon to .5-1 mL Every Other Day due to the accumulated resin can cause too much consistent moisture creating bud rot near the end of flower. Even in New Mexico and Colorado where there is very low humidity, too much Brix57 can cause too much resin so doses may need to be cut by 50-75% of the normal dosage or used earlier in flower and then cut out until the last two weeks outdoors. We are not stating the growers cannot try but we have seen time after time that 1-3 mL per week works better than the normal 7 mL per week.

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Organic Growers 

Many Organic Growers only feed or top dress when they think there is a deficiency, but the deficiency has already started in the plant prior to a grower seeing it. A reaction to the Brix57 is that the biological community ramps up to such a high level that more bacteria and fungi are created at a higher rate and last a longer period. The plant reaction is that additional nitrogen is needed to create the protein-based biology as well as nitrogen as a food source. Both functions can create a rather fast nitrogen deficiency in plants. They can lime out rather quickly, so we do recommend when feeding Brix57 at least in the beginning add some fish or other nitrogen source at least on the first few feedings to compensate. If the plants stay green, then they can be cut out but it's easier to deal with a little extra nitrogen in week 3 flower than plants that are seriously deficient in Nitrogen and trying to play catch up.

 

When to Use Carbohydrates on Cannabis

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Day 1 or Day 15 Flower? Determine what is best for the grower

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Let's talk about when should you be adding your carbohydrates and what makes the most sense for the grower, genetics, and their environment. For newer growers, there are a lot of products that don't tell you everything in them but be aware when any carbohydrates are in a product, including any you use in the veg phase. They can lead to additional excessive internodal stretching and Brix57 can cause it when it happens to an even larger degree. Before we get started, we believe that you should use Brix57 from Day 1 for a number of reasons, but it just always doesn't make sense. We also believe that using Brix57 from Day 15 will still give better results than using a molasses-based product from Day 1 so some of our craft commercial growers wait till Day 15.

 

There are reasons to start using Brix57 or for that matter any sugar on either Day 1 or Day 15 of the flower cycle. There are also caveats as well as it can be strain-specific, some strains are so stacked growers want that additional stretch as the nodes are too close. Enhance MC microbial when used on mother plants, propagation, and/or in veg will stack nodes closer so there are ways to create stacking without the use of any type of PGRs.

 

Note about PGRs - Kelp is considered an organic PGR and we use it in our products, but Synthetic Plant Growth Regulators can keep plants shorter, and stacked, which can help add more weight, but they lose some secondary metabolite quality, and it is noticeable. Our company does not believe in using anything that reduces the quality of the plant, but there are a number of commercial growers that are about yield, not quality. Our products are made for end users... understand what you are putting in your plants. 

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Back to when to apply. A few questions will determine when to start using Brix57 or any carbohydrate.

 

Carbohydrates in Veg and in Propagation Products - There are a lot of propagation products for cloning that add molasses. As they seem to work well, the grower not looking at the label keeps using it into the veg phase. Especially new growers not noticing the spaced nodes and thinking it just looks great and growing big. We understand the premise of expanding microbes in cloning but it's not necessary, and if you really want to use some, use once at the beginning of cloning, but we believe it really is not necessary to use through veg. In the long run, unless there is a reason you want a lot of stretch in veg, be aware that sugars are at least one major cause of your stretch. Check your labels...

 

How to decide on either Day 1 or Day 15 carbohydrate application.

 

Just because a Feed Chart from a Nutrient Line says Day 1, is that the best for your room and genetics. And Yes, the Best possible quality is starting on day 1.....However

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Answer the questions below and find out for yourself.

 

1) What is the purpose of your flower, is it for medicine or bag appeal?

Day 1- It's all preference, but if this is for your own medicine or hash, we recommend using Brix57 Day 1 of flower as there will be additional internodal stretching but it allows more light to directly hit each bud from all sides, in many cases giving a little bit higher quality over the flowering cycle and it will have 2 additional weeks of carbohydrates.

Day 15- Bag Appeal-If this is for commercial use or you just do not have the room in your grow area for stretch, shorter plants that stack properly create much bigger looking buds. We cannot say you will get more money as there are still the same amount of nodes but as they are closer and fill in, larger bud bag appeal can play a part, though really shouldn't. We are not talking about biomass factory smalls either, just not larger buds.

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2) Is Instagram/Pride a factor and do you want it to look like bigger buds?

Day 15 - We all like compliments on our pictures, if you just would like a more aesthetically pleasing looking plant and picture ready, you are not losing a huge amount of quality by waiting till day 15, but there is a difference. If it’s for recreational, and not truly medicinal, you can wait until day 15. As a note, GLB Brix Day 15 flower is still of higher quality than the molasses-based day 1. It's worth the comparison.

 

3) What is your environment, is it Outdoor, Green House, humid, wet, and/or cannot control it?

Day 1 - if the environment is not consistent, at least hit with Brix57 1 time at the beginning of flower then wait till day 15 and beyond so it doesn't stretch too much if that is an issue. However, if it’s going to be a huge issue run Brix57 consistently from day 1 if you can stake up plants. More internodal spacing allows more airflow between nodes. More airflow allows buds to dry out faster especially in wet and humid environments. Morning Dew or condensation in greenhouses that drips on plants will create bud rot. The more resin Brix57 makes, the tougher it is to not get bud rot everywhere. We recommend reduced application through the cycle if humidity issues and/or waiting till the end if it's a big issue. It will be a learning process.

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4) Have you run these genetics before or know if they don't stretch normally?

Day 15- if you do not know your genetics, and most are always trying new genetics unless there is a reason above to start Day 1 wait till day 15. If you want to test, test adding to one plant to see its reaction, but if you do not like it at least it was only one plant.

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*This Day 1 or 15 part is not for growers that understand their genetics, know their lights, and can keep pretty much all strains short, it's for the growers that are not sure what to do, we get it there is more we could say but it's just a helpful guide for newer growers.