Somebody sent me an email that pointed out a second patent: # 5,981,441

and told me that the lower the amount of urea as a source for the nitrogen
the better the plants will respond to the methanol.

This second patent (5,981,441 ) is actually more informative and more
detailed than the first one I found. It explains a bit about what the
methanol may do to enhance growth and what environments it works best in as
well as a bit about how methanol enhanced fertilizers work in plants
utilizing the 3 different types of photosynthesis. It appears brighter
light and higher temperatures enhance the growth response provided by the
methanol/fertilizer mix.

It contains the sentence: "A number of flowers grown with the 24-6-6 high
nitrogen/methanol solution of this invention were compared with
methanol-enhanced fertilizers from Miracle Gro and Peters. The result showed
that the higher concentration of urea as a nitrogen source, the less the
benefit that methanol exhibits."

I am still wary I would be making a bomb if I try to mix this stuff myself.

"Ray" wrote in message
...
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.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!

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"Al" wrote in message
...
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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