Silica, Armor Si

[Tiny Tim]

I'm growing out a Burpee Jungle Parrot pepper in my grow tent right now. I'll give some basic details first. 2'x2'x4' grow tent, Mars400 LED. This plant has been fed with FoxFarm BigBloom and GrowBig so far. This is currently in a 4" pot, it's 56 days old and has just been topped. Ultimately, it will be going into a 5 gallon fabric pot in the late spring and join others outdoors.

My question is, do others use a Silica supplement to strengthen stems when training. I'm training for a large bush with no necessary support.

I use General Hydroponics Armor Si and have had great success on other plants. But, have never tried it on peppers.

I do plan on discontinuing it's use once my training/topping is complete.

Any help from the experts here would be much appreciated..

Tim