Re: Fertilizer
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- Subject: Re: Fertilizer
- From: P* W*
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 17:14:39 -0800
Peggy,
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply in northern California sells alot of equipment
for market gardeners etc. and they have an injector made to use with drip
systems. Very useful, and efficient. I don't know if they have a web site
but they have a good informative catalog you can call and they will send you
one. I think they are in Grass Valley, but it could be Nevada City.
(California).
-----Original Message-----
From: Peggy Enes <peggy@unicom.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Fertilizer
>Hal,
>
>Sorry, I think my post was somewhat confusing. I'll attempt to
>clarify a bit.
>
>I called the manufacturer of the hose siphon gadget I have (about $15).
>They were the ones who said that the water pressure required to make
>the siphon work would probably blow the emitters off the drip system.
>I've also seen noted in one catalog that offers the siphon that it is
>not compatible with drip systems.
>
>I asked the gentleman I spoke with if I could make the siphon work by
>using it between the faucet and the pressure reducer. He told me it
>wouldn't work regardless of where it was located in the line.
>
>When I asked the local drip distributor about something that would mix
>the water and fertilizer in a specific ratio (1/20, 1/100, etc.) he
>told me that the only thing he was aware of that worked on that basis
>were the expensive injector systems designed for ag use. He also said
>that these devices worked on the basis of flow rate.
>
>The flow rate injector system sounds like it would be excellent at
>supplying fertilizer in very small, frequent doses that the plants are
>so fond of but $300-1200 has stopped me dead in my tracks from
>investigating further. I also seem to recall the drip distributor
>telling me that these units are also specific for limited ranges of
>total water output.
>
>You can put fertilizer tablets in the water filter ($12-$15) that I
>have. In order to determine the rate at which you are applying
>fertilizer you have to calculate how many total gallons that particular
>line is outputting. At the rate I add/subtract emitters that involves
>more math than I plan on doing for the rest of my life. :)
>
>If there is a cheap way to inject fertilizer into a drip system using
>flow rate I would be a *very* happy buyer!
>
>At 10:18 PM -0500 1/22/99, hlanktree@mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> Peggy, this would be a matter of flow rate rather
>> than water pressure. If you are feeding enough
>> emitters on that line, it will work, but you would
>> want to figure that out ahead of time. Certainly
>> is a valid concern.
>>
>> Hal Lanktree
>> Rochester, Michigan (Zone 5b)
>> hlanktree@mindspring.com
>>
>> >
>> >There are "smart" injection systems that measure
>> water flow and inject
>> >the correct amount of liquid fertilizer. The
>> cheapest one of those I've
>> >seen was around $300. The cheap siphon gadgets
>> don't work with drip
>> >systems--not enough water pressure.
>
>
>---
>Peggy Enes (peggy@unicom.net) Zone 5/6 NE KS AHS Heat Zone 7
>
>
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