Silica is a common natural element second in abundance only to oxygen on our planet and accounts for up to 10% of a plants overall weight. Silica greatly increases strength of an entire plant from a cellular level by reinforcing all of the plants cellular walls. This structural benefit affects the entirety of the plant structure from the stalks to the flowers. Additional benefits include an increase in the plants metabolic rate and an increase in the finish weight of your crops. Silica enables plants to preform necessary photosynthesis for growth even under stressed conditions such as intense increases in ambient temperature or long lasting heat waves, lack of hydration, severe cold, insect infestations, and disease.