View Full Version : Keeping Ferts in Sollution
Mrditty
03-25-2003, 9:56 AM
I am attempting to auto dose my ferts and have mixed up solution from dry form. But it keeps settling out. any ideas of how to maintain the solution?
Duane....are all your ingredients water soluble? I don't know much about the chemistry end of all this, but I know that all the elements I've got are almost instantly, totally soluble when I add them to my water table. Sounds like one or more of yours aren't.
Len
Mrditty
03-26-2003, 4:13 PM
If I put them in the tank they are gone real quick put I am tring to make a liquid consentrate that could be dosed at 1- 2 mills Per hour I think I am going to drop in a small power head and see if that helps.
wetmanNY
03-26-2003, 7:19 PM
Chelation is the key. If the nutrients are unavailable after a brief period-- less than a couple of days-- that's a sign they are precipitating out. Humic acids are natural chelators.
Iron is a trace element. It is required in parts-per-billion.