Anyone else had this issue with Jack's


Every time I mix up my Jack’s nutrients when I add the B part it doesn’t seem to mix in all the way. So I wait a whole day and shake it up a bunch of times and sometimes the flakes disappear and most of the time they don’t. Is it a bad batch or is it normal?

Are you adding micro-nutrients like sicilica and cal-mag? I find if i add those before mixing the nutrients with water it will cause this happen

I’m mainly using Masterblend 3-Part dry nutrients, but I have had a similar thing happen. Now I try to use warm water to mix in, either from the tap or I put my 100 foot hose out in the yard to warm it up, and then I use this to make a concentrate. Try putting the Jacks in it with a little warm water to dissolve and then add it to the large volume of water to finish mixing. Hope this might help.

I drop A, silica, pH up and epsom all at once. Mix it with the magnetic mixer. Drop in B, wait one minute, mix one minute. I get steady 1450-1600 / 5.8-5.9

And this too.

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Didn’t you have a constant fit about this also

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Jacks mixes? Oh man where do I start.

Replaced each component individually, then all at once. Before I found a combo that worked and stayed clear.

I dissolve each part in RO over night in small buckets, a small pump is used for part a

Then I have to filter part a before using in final mix because there is always sediment on bottom no matter what

Epsom water mix has to be added first
Part a water mix second
Then B water mix

I mix between additions vigorously with a paint mixer and a drill.

Prior to this I had reactions no matter what. Different ratios, mix orders, starting water, starting water pH, starting water temp. None of that mattered. I can’t guarantee hazy look is a bad reaction but I aim for clarity or dump.

Lots of back forths with jacks and they just wanted to keep replacing parts rather than find a solution.

I dealt with this for a LONG time

Hero I kept hearing was that Jax was such a better way of going than using Fox farms I was super happy with it until this started happening. And yes I do mix 1 teaspoon of silica in with my RO water the day before I mix the Jacks in. I guess it is what it is and I’ll just have to deal with it. Cuz I’m not jumping through hoops trying to get it to mix in. I thought maybe I just had a bad batch of B.

Yes I do mix silica in the day before. Maybe I will just do the silica every other watering.

Silica used to work for me, then all of a sudden it doesn’t. Silica is over hyped. Unless you have a bad environment I wouldn’t bother with it. There’s no difference in bud production. Just helps with environmental stressors.

I know it helps with a stiffer/stronger main stalk. But beyond that didn’t know what it did. I will stop using it for the rest of the grow. Thanks brother
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Yes it stiffens up cell walls. Basically- a tougher skin that makes it difficult for mold and bugs to penetrate.

+1 for this.

I mix mine in a 8 gallon rez with a wave maker. Silica, part a & Epsom, part b. No issues so far, after six grows.

My order matches yours. Zero issues in 5 years :sign_of_the_horns:

I’ve only used the silica on my biweekly runoff waterings last 2 runs

I can mix normally in 5 gallon buckets, when it’s a 55 gal res the small frictions between the parts are amplified and it’s a process to get a crystal clear nutrient solution, that holds 3-5 days or more.

I’m using a 30 gallon trash bin

And it stays clear?

If so you are lucky lol I’ve dumped thousands of gallons, and tried every which way to keep it clear.

Mixed this up on Saturday :man_shrugging:

Not sure why I never heard of anyone having any issues with Jack’s A&B until I had issues with it. Wish I would have seen this earlier I probably would have went with something else. At this point I am just feeding my plants with the little white flakes floating around in the water. Plant seems to like it anyway so I’ll keep doing it.