So I am on my 3rdish-5ish grow now (they all kind of merged together at this point lol).
I am wondering how to get more efficient in time savings with watering/mixing nutrient solutions. So far I am thinking about premixing concentration forms of the individual nutrients in water. Keep them separate and in dark place. Then when I want to feed/water I can squirt in a concentrated dose in large water revivor an then feed from there.
I know I will or am overlooking something, so input from wise ones on how one should or does it would be appreciated.
70%ish coco / 30%ish perlite
well water
Jack’s 3-2-1 @ 100% strength
pH nutrient solution 5.8-Ish
Dunk or water till coco is full saturated, then let dry until 10-30% of water weight is left in coco and I rewater.
I mix my nutrients concentrated. My end goal is 10 gallons, In a 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of water I put my silica. In another 5 gallon bucket with 4 gallons of water I put my A+B and enhancers. It’s easier to stir if it’s only 4 gallons in a 5 gallon bucket. Then I pour both buckets and an additional 2 gallons of water into a 27 gallon tote. From there it goes through my homemade drip irrigation system/s. I have four totes for plants at different stages. The plants are on tall risers in 2 gallon plant bases. I typically go down and vacuum out the bases every morning. When I go out of town I dial back the pump timers to minimal runoff per day and have gone out of town for up to 10 days at a time without running the totes dry. I’m in coco as well and set the timers to feed at 6am, noon, and 6pm. I have small stirring pumps and air stones in the totes as well.
@OldNailPounder what do you store your nutrient concentrate solution in? do you use anything like syringe to mix dosage? I got a magnetic stirrer and it is F-ING LIT BRO!!!
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH WATER RUN OFF? SORRY FOR SCREAMING!!! lol i didn’t see my caps were on lol
i have a 3x3’ flood tray and ran plumbing out the floor on second floor of my place. so its drain-ish / flood-ish to waste system
I just use a regular 20 ml oral syringe and go straight from the bottle to the 5 gallon bucket. I’m not really storing the nutrient “concentrate”, it goes right to the big totes, mixed, and is stored there.
i guess i am trying to make my own bottle of liquid Jacks 321. an have solution Jacks 1, Jacks 2 and Jacks 3 stored separate. then i would mix in a 40-60 gallon reservoir for auto-feeding
My plant bases will hold about 2 gallons before it gets to the bottom of the plants or runs over. I shop vac them out every morning or every other morning. When I go out of town, I dial the pump timers back so I only get about 2 cups per day. That will hold for up to 10 days. That’s the longest I’ve ever left them unattended.
I haven’t seen the need for 40-60 gallons. The most I have on 1 system is 4 plants. I have 1 system for 3 plants, 9 weeks into flower, another system for 2 plants, 2 weeks into flower. another system for 4 plants, 4 weeks into veg. and one more for 2 more plants in Flower. All are taking different nutrient regiments. After about a week to 10 days, the totes will start to smell “less than fresh”. So I don’t go beyond that.
like you mean precipitation of nute salts? maybe you mean its too strong to dose it acuratly?
would you use distilled or RO for concentrate solutions ( IDL that word… lets coin this Duke’s Custom Nutrient Solution Line "D.C.N.S.L. " HAHA )?would you use Any H202 in my D.C.N.S.L.
I think what you are wanting to do might work better with a 1 part nutrient like Mega crop. If you put Mega Crop in the search you will find more information on that if you’re interested.
If anyone is reading or stumbles onto later I called up Jr Peter Lab that makes Jacks 321 and asked some questions.
They said mixing up concentrate soluitions is like unautomated fertigation so here we go
I would use 3 seperate bottles.
Use Jacks feed schedule with the 1:100 gallon ratio (or your dry nutes in a 1:100 part ratio). You also could take the amount of nutrients you would add to 1 gallon of water and multiple it by 100 and this would give you the same number.
So if you take 1 gallon of water
Then you take the 1:100 amount of nutes and mix in 1 gallon of water
After mixing 1:100 ratio. The measurement of 37.8ml of the concentrated solution is equal to the same amount of nutrients you would mix with 1 gallon of water normally.
Ex). If you have a gallon you want to feed with. you would take 37.8ml of concentrate solution for every 1 gallon you want to use to feed with.
Ex2) If you want to mix a reservior that is 23 gallons of water. Then you would take your premix nutrient concerate for 1 gallon (37.8ml) and multiple by the number of gallons you want to nutrate ie. 37.8ml x 23 gals = 869.4 ml of premixc concentrate for a 23 gal reservoir.
After you add all the nutrients they said to let it sit overnight to completey mix up in the resivoir.
The next day come back and pH the nutrients solution to the desired level.
I mix Jack’s with silica in Homer’s using an aquarium wave maker. I can easily mix 20 gallons in less than an hour and most of that is remembering to go back downstairs for the next step. I know how much PH down to add and done.
you mean precipitation of nute salts? maybe you mean its too strong to dose it acuratly?
