| You'll read and hear about the use of "Bloom Boosters" or
"miracle" fertilizers or additives, or even special growing media that promise
to make your plants grow and bloom better. The reality, however is that
there is no such thing as a booster! If you, as a grower, do everything right - light levels, duration,
and periodicity, temperatures and temperature variation, humidity, air movement
around the plant and its root system, nutrition and watering - you allow the plant to
grow and bloom to it's maximum potential. There is nothing you can do that
overrides genetics in that respect. On the other hand, any cultural shortfalls
can, and likely will hinder the plant from reaching its potential. One might argue that
rooting hormones might be categorized as growth enhancers, but they might also
be considered as "shortfall removers", as while they do stimulate the growth of
new roots, there is no evidence that it is of any advantage, except in the case
where they root system was deficient in the first place. In fact,
repeated, excessive use of rooting hormones has been shown to be detrimental to
plant growth and blooming in some cases. |
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