Re: Injector Feed Ratio's
Thanks Wayne!! Happy New Year!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Pumkinguy@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Injector Feed Ratio's
> In a message dated 12/30/99 10:50:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> ejervis@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << Hello. Does anyone know what the proper ratio is for pumpkins when
using a
> injector.
> Thanks.
> >>
> Ethan,
> There is no set rule when it comes to fertilizer injectors. 25 pound
bags
> of Peters for instance, have fertilizer ratios and amounts to put in the
> concentrate tank. It all depends how much fertilizer is in your soil
> initially and how often you apply the fertilizer. And how much of the
> fertilizer solution you apply to the patch. I can give you an easy way to
set
> the ratio, once you have decided the strength you want. Lets say you are
> going to apply the diluted fertilizer at one half tablespoon per gallon.
If
> you have your injector set at 100 to 1, you put 100 times the amount of
> fertilizer you want in the concentrate tank. So one half tablespoon times
> 100= 50 tablespoons of fertilizer in the concentrate tank per gallon of
> water.. As the injector sucks out the concentrate that is 100 times too
> strong, it dilutes it by 100 times.........a perfect one half tablespoon
per
> gallon dilute watering solution. when making up concentrate solutions,hot
> water is sometimes needed to dissolve the fertilizer.
> pumkinguy
>
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