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FloraMax Root-XS Powder
Cuttings and fresh transplants often sit still for a while before they take off. FloraMax Root-XS Powder is a bio-organic root accelerant in soluble powder form, made to drive fast root development and help plants push through that stall. It's one of the core additives in the FloraMax ProPowder line, optional rather than essential, and it's one of the four additives packed with the Veg-1 base in both FloraMax ProPowder Starter Kits.
Why the stall? A cutting or a freshly moved plant has very few working roots to draw water and nutrients through. Until new roots grow, the top of the plant has to wait. Root-XS goes after that wait. FloraMax say it produces explosive root growth and minimises transplant stress, and that it helps toward a faster crop cycle, with greener, healthier foliage and fruit that show fewer signs of stress.
If you run a recirculating system, there's one more point worth knowing: FloraMax state Root-XS won't cause biofilms. A biofilm is the slimy layer microbes build on reservoir walls, lines and pumps. Once it's established it can harbour root pathogens and choke the flow, which makes an additive that doesn't feed one a welcome fit for recirculating systems.
Its safety data sheet lists Root-XS as 10-0-38, which means it feeds nitrogen and a large share of potassium, with no phosphorus at all. The nitrogen goes into new growth above and below the surface. The potassium helps the plant control how water moves through its cells, which matters most to a plant that's still short of roots.
It's a fine white powder that dissolves in water up to 20% at 25 C (77 F), which leaves plenty of room to make a liquid stock. Every 50 g makes 1 L of that stock, and a litre of stock goes on to make about 500 L of working nutrient solution. The 250 g and 1 kg bags scale up in the same proportion. A small bag of dry concentrate really does go a long way!
You can weigh the powder straight into each batch, or dissolve it into a liquid stock first and dose that by the millilitre. The stock suits anyone who mixes small reservoirs often, where a powder dose shrinks to a fraction of a gram. Root-XS can also be weighed with other ProPowders into a single dry pre-mix for the week, which turns mixing at the reservoir into one step instead of several.
Scales are the habit that matters most with Root-XS. At doses this small, a teaspoon or millilitre measure of powder is too inaccurate, so the powder has to be weighed. It belongs early in a programme and runs through the first seven weeks, from cuttings and the vegetative weeks into the first weeks of flowering, while root mass is being built. Expect to feed more often while it's in use. Growth accelerants like Root-XS usually call for more feeds, because plants that are growing faster use up their nutrients faster.
Root-XS soaks up water vapour from the air, and heat damages it. Keeping the packet tightly sealed and out of direct sun protects the powder from both.
NOTE: Root-XS Powder can cause serious eye damage and skin irritation, and it is harmful if swallowed, so handle it with care. It also promotes algae growth, so keep it out of rivers, canals and waterways.
Get roots moving fast and leave the stall behind!
Greener, Healthier Leaves
Foliage and fruit show fewer signs of stress
Eases Transplant Stress
A gentler start for cuttings and fresh transplants
Concentrated Dry Powder
A small bag makes hundreds of litres
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FloraMax Root-XS Powder
Key Highlights
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Key Highlights
- 10-0-38 analysis, rich in potassium with no phosphorus
- Will not cause biofilms
- A 1 kg bag makes about 10 kL of working solution
- Weigh it straight into the batch or dissolve it into a liquid stock
- Combines with other FloraMax ProPowders in one dry pre-mix
- Included in both FloraMax ProPowder Starter Kits
Directions for Use
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Directions for Use
Application Rate
- Hydroponics: 0.1 g/L
- Hydroponics (from liquid stock): 2 ml/L
Application
- Use Root-XS Powder from cuttings, through the vegetative weeks and into the first three weeks of flowering, which covers the first 7 weeks of the programme.
- Weigh it on scales rather than measuring by volume, because millilitres and teaspoons are inaccurate. A 3 kg x 0.1 g scale suits reservoirs of 10 L to 1,000 L.
- Fill the reservoir with water first. Put a measuring cup on the scales and tare it, then weigh out each ProPowder dose for the week and reservoir size. Tip each dose into an airtight jar to make a dry pre-mix.
- Tip the pre-mix into the reservoir and run the mixing pump until it has fully dissolved. Then add any other additives, stirring well after each one. Do not add extra PK additives, chlorine or peroxide.
- Check the pH and adjust it to a final reading between 5.0 and 6.3.
- A pre-mix does not blend evenly, so use all of it in one nutrient batch.
Safety
DANGER: Causes serious eye damage. Harmful if swallowed. Causes skin irritation. Prolonged inhalation may be harmful.
Keep away from strong oxidising agents.
Promotes algae growth. Keep out of rivers, canals and waterways.
If a dry pre-mix is not used straight away, keep it airtight, sealed, labelled, out of direct sunlight and preferably below 25 C (77 F).
The powder absorbs moisture from the air and is sensitive to heat. Keep the packet well sealed, out of direct sunlight and below 30 C (86 F).
Store in a cool, dark, frost-free place.
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Size: 50 g
