I would doubt it will be an issue. It's just when it's mixed at high concentrations. At normal feed strength I haven't noticed anything falling out of suspension.
yes true
I’ve been pissing around with nutrient mixes a lot lately, mostly not with the best results -that’s why I’m looking at MC. The underfeeding came about from trying Skybound’s tried and true levels.
Skybound was feeding daily in a DTW setup. I feed once a week. I found I had to almost double his amounts to make it work for me. So yeah- the mix strength is going to vary depending on your feeding routine, I do like seeing that total ppm number in a range that makes sense to me.
There is a really easy way to get Mega Crop dosage dialed in pretty quickly. Just by observing your plants, if they are too light green then you should increase the dosage. If they are extreme dark green, then reduce the dosage.
If you set the dosage based on the Nitrogen levels, its very easy since this is very visible for the human eye. The other ratios and ingredients will automatically fall into balance based on this. Once you have the Mega Crop dosage set, you can pretty much run on cruise control and the growing nutrient process becomes very easy and quick.
Yes, as the plant gets bigger and progresses through its lifecycle, you will need to ramp up dosage and account for this. Also, during flowering/bloom you can optionally add in additionally a 0 Nitrogen PK booster, if you think your yields could benefit.
Thankfully the post office has kindly decided to move my package along, albeit a day late. No idea what they did with it, or how, but it went from arriving at a spot, then arriving late (should have been here yesterday), and with no other departure/arrival info, it magically went out for delivery. So it went from arriving 3hrs away, to here and out for delivery with no intervention.
It was aliens.
Isn't that kind of what we
should be doing anyway? Feed and read?
tbh, all shipping in America basically breaks down from October to January every year. Expect strange things !
When I tried to make the concentrated liquid, it was with RO. I don't get any precipitate at normal feeding levels with either RO or tap. I have not noticed any precipitate when I add my liquid Cal-Mag to it. Perhaps try varying the order in which you mix. Either add it before the MC or after the MC, oposite of what you are doing now, and see if it still occurs. I know with Silica additives you need to add them before your base nutes.
Here's the jar of concentrated liquid.
I can shake it and within a minute you can watch solids start to form back on the bottom.
Yes, this is expected. Mega Crop has
4 separate calcium sources,
3 of which are always soluble, so don't worry too much about that. What you should do while feeding like this, is shake the jar well so its evenly distributed, then
immediately dose as needed into your full water tank. There will be bits of Calcium floating around visibly, however in 12-24 hours they should pretty much mostly redissolve into the solution.
Here's a little experiment I just did with 4 grams of MegaCrop in about 2.5 tbsp. of water...
After shaking for a couple minutes to dissolve everything:
And after sitting for ten minutes:
So some settling does happen...might not be a problem as long as you shake it up
well before using,if you pre-mix it.
Although... It does semi-solidify if left overnight,and you have to actually scrape it off the bottom to get it to dissolve again...(I did it,that's how I know)
Maybe this will answer some questions,maybe not...but it is why I only mix it up as needed.
Yes, this is expected, see the previous reply. Shake it up well, dose and then you can add it to the water and eventually it will mostly end up dissolved into solution again (available to the plants).
Also, as mentioned you can use a coffee grinder or blender method and keep a powder mixed in an air-tight container. This might be easier.
), my normal routine is to pre-mix nutes a day before in a big container (I think it's 40gal capacity, give or take) and let it mix with a little 100gph pump. Then check the parameters right before use, adjust if needed.
