Al,

Making your own Jerry's Grow, huh?

Your calculation looks OK, but the first thing I'd test is whether the
fertilizer will dissolve in the methanol.

I doubt there will be a reaction, and assuming you don't have an ignition
source, you should be OK.

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Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
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"Al" wrote in message
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Okay, hypothetically, I want to add methanol to my fertilizer stock
solution
that runs through my fertilizer injector so that I end up with 100 PPM
nitrogen and 1% methanol when it comes out of the hose.

I have my injector set to 1:100.

In order to get 100 PPM nitrogen I simply follow the directions on the
fertilizer bag: I add 6 and 3/4 oz of fertilizer to 1 gallon of water and
this makes a stock solution that produces 100 PPM nitrogen at the hose
end.

Now the way I figure it, if I want to make 1% methanol AND 100 PPM
nitrogen
come out of the hose end of a fertilizer injector which is set to a 1:100
ratio then my stock solution (1 gallon) has to be 100% methanol to which I
add 6 and 3/4 oz of fertilizer. Right?

Am I making a bomb?

Al
P.S. Hanging around the United States patent office website can be
dangerous:
Patent # 5,624,586
"Method of improving growth characteristics of plants of the family
Orchidaceae"


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&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,642,586.WKU.&OS=PN/5,642,586&RS=P
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