# Potassium silicate **URL:** \ **Category:** Indoor Growing\ **Created:** [April 19, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998 "2020-04-19T19:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monkman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/monkman/32/544444_2.png) [@monkman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/monkman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/1 "2020-04-19T19:01:59Z")
does anyone use a potassium silicate product? if so what do you think about them @MattyBear@AAA @Midwestnewbie @elheffe702 ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/2 "2020-04-19T19:10:20Z")
I use it as well as seed sprout tea to stiffen up plant structure beginning about week 4 of flower after the stretch is done and I’ve done all of the training I’m going to do. I won’t use it before then because it does cause stiffness and it can make training very difficult to accomplish without breaking branches. ---
**Author:** ![monkman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/monkman/32/544444_2.png) [@monkman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/monkman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/3 "2020-04-19T20:00:08Z")
thanks for the input @MidwestGuy, i hadn’t thought about the training part, good heads up. i did a bunch of reading on the stuff and thought it would be a good idea to help the plants. they said u can use it during veg cycle but i hadn’t thought about it’s effect on trying to train plants. mostly i was interested in it to help in flowering though. it said that it helps get more trichomes out and up the thc. i had problems with the blue dream i grew with buds bending over and not having branches strong enough to support them. do u stop using it a couple weeks before the end of flower or continue to the end? ---
**Author:** ![Myfriendis410](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/myfriendis410/32/556067_2.png) [@Myfriendis410](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Myfriendis410)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/4 "2020-04-19T20:08:41Z")
It improves disease tolerance and increases the structure of the plant. Add to nutrient solution first. ---
**Author:** ![Member420](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/member420/32/293333_2.png) [@Member420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Member420)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/5 "2020-04-19T20:12:28Z")
Does more than we know right now. Hearing Dr.Bruce Bugbee say it increases terps the other day. Should use it. Go to a hydro stores open house, manufacture’s will give you gals of it to try. ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/6 "2020-04-19T20:15:19Z")
Yes. It works really good to strengthen the structure. A couple of weeks is all that is needed. I wasn’t aware of any research with it and terps. ---
**Author:** ![Hellraiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hellraiser/32/294013_2.png) [@Hellraiser](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hellraiser)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/7 "2020-04-19T20:16:50Z")
I use it after setting the plants up on the screen, basically when I start flowering. I always add it to the RO water a couple hours before adding everything else. I quit using it 3 weeks before harvest. ---
**Author:** ![monkman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/monkman/32/544444_2.png) [@monkman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/monkman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/8 "2020-04-19T20:19:17Z")
the stuff i read said that it help make bigger … jeez i don’t know the right word, but the mechanism that puts out trichomes is supposed to get bigger with the silicate ---
**Author:** ![monkman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/monkman/32/544444_2.png) [@monkman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/monkman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/9 "2020-04-19T20:20:02Z")
it looks like i’m going to go with europonics silicate. ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/10 "2020-04-19T20:20:40Z")
Seed sprout tea works really well too. I sprout a dozen blue corn tap roots about a half-inch and then chew them up in a blender with a couple of cups of RO and filter the roughage out with a strainer. I add that just once a couple of times during the same period. ---
**Author:** ![Member420](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/member420/32/293333_2.png) [@Member420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Member420)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/11 "2020-04-19T20:26:33Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/e/5/0/e502546d0bdb9246cc19847882808b6cf1ae7226.jpeg "Maximizing Cannabis Yields with Dr Bruce Bugbee") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwtkHxv_3pU) Found it Good on video on how they make their Coco ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/12 "2020-04-19T20:27:12Z")
Thanks. I will watch this. I’ve watched a few of his videos and like them. ---
**Author:** ![monkman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/monkman/32/544444_2.png) [@monkman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/monkman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/13 "2020-04-19T20:32:15Z")
thanks for the input @Myfriendis410 @Hellraiser @Member420 ---
**Author:** ![Member420](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/member420/32/293333_2.png) [@Member420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Member420)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/14 "2020-04-19T20:33:02Z")
Heard him blurt it out and wasn’t sure to believe it of not. Always be skeptical. ---
**Author:** ![Myfriendis410](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/myfriendis410/32/556067_2.png) [@Myfriendis410](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Myfriendis410)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/15 "2020-04-19T20:34:12Z")
Yeah; I saw bogleg put this up on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/16 "2020-04-19T20:41:34Z")
Most of the “research” I could find on trichomes and silica were from the nutrient makers, which I don’t necessarily trust, and they are trying to sell the product. I did come across this, which was encouraging. I would be careful with applying silica too early though, as it really does inhibit your ability to do the bending necessary if you train your plants. It only takes several days after the first application for the plant to start stiffening up. I have personally split nodes trying to train following the application of silica. The article also reinforces @Myfriendis410 point about resistance to WPM and pests. > **[Marijuana Growers Use Potassium Silicate To Get More THC Trichomes](https://bigbudsmag.com/marijuana-growers-use-potassium-silicate-br-to-get-more-thc-trichomes/)** > > The important news today is when you feed the earth element silicon to your marijuana crops as potassium silicate, you get verifiable, significant increases in THC, crop health, growth rates, and productivity. ---
**Author:** ![monkman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/monkman/32/544444_2.png) [@monkman](https://ilgmforum.com/u/monkman)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/17 "2020-04-19T20:53:18Z")
yea, that was the article that i read a couple of days ago that got me started on this subject. ---
**Author:** ![Stonedrus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/stonedrus/32/612233_2.png) [@Stonedrus](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Stonedrus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/18 "2020-04-19T22:17:48Z")
I am trying it for this time as I saw the same info on trichome production. ![20200419_181606](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/e/c/f/ecf63847e35cda4de99dc7e4a239a2f9b2215874.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Member420](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/member420/32/293333_2.png) [@Member420](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Member420)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/potassium-silicate/42998/19 "2020-04-19T22:20:48Z")
I haven’t have a split since i stopped using SI and use Growthscience I got gal free from a sales rep.