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Jungle Feed
Keith,
A US gallon is 3.785 liters A US teaspoon is 4.93 milliliters An Imperial gallon is 4.546 liters An Imperial teaspoon is 5.92 milliliters 1 US teaspoon per US gallon is 4.93ml/3.785L = 1.302 ml/L 1 Imperial teaspoon per Imperial gallon is 5.92ml/4.546L = 1.302ml/L The ratio being identical means that 10 divided by the %N gives you the teaspoons per gallon to use for 125 ppm N, whether US or Imperial units. As you put one Imperial teaspoon in an Imperial gallon, you used 1/0.75=1.333, or one-third more than necessary, meaning that the solution you now have is about 125 x 1.333=167 ppm N, so all you have to do is dilute it to ¾ of its current concentration for use. You could take a quart of solution out and replace it with a quart of water, or if your mixing container is large enough, add a quart plus a cup of water to the gallon. Ray Barkalow - First Rays LLC - http://www.firstrays.com www.firstrays.com Orchid Plants, Supplies, Equipment, Books Artwork, Free Services & Lots of Info! From: keith kent ] Posted At: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:32 PM Posted To: rec.gardens.orchids Conversation: Jungle Feed Subject: Jungle Feed Ray is it as simple as converting 0.75 us teaspoon to uk teaspoon which is 1.0408427308 ( which is as good as 1 teaspoon yeh ?) then add this to a uk Gallon which is 4.5 UK litres What do you think ?,if i can get this right from the start then it will be easy from here .Phew ! Keith "keith kent" wrote in message ... Hi RAY ,i am using a online conversion would you convert US gallon dry as the feed is powder form ? Thanks Keith "Ray B" wrote in message news:000001ca2a33$5dd8fa00$0201a8c0@fro... You are correct that you would add 1ml of a 13%N fertilizer to one liter (litre) of water. I’ll leave the conversion to imperial gallons to you. Ray Barkalow - First Rays LLC - http://www.firstrays.com www.firstrays.com Orchid Plants, Supplies, Equipment, Books Artwork, Free Services & Lots of Info! From: keith kent ] Posted At: Sunday, August 30, 2009 4:24 PM Posted To: rec.gardens.orchids Conversation: Jungle Feed Subject: Jungle Feed Hi Ray , for ml/L msu is 13 % N divide x 13 is obviously 1 ml ? is this per litre so it is 4.5 ml per gallon water? it surely cannot be 1 ml a gallon . Cheers Keith "Ray B" wrote in message news:000401ca2115$50f47bb0$0201a8c0@fro... What I have learned is that most professional growers (not just orchids), control their feeding by managing the ppm N in the solution, and letting the rest of the nutrients “tag along” in the ratios of the preferred formula. I shoot for 125 ppm N in my fertilizer solution at all times. It’s easy to determine the amount to use – just divide 10 by the %N on the label, and the result is teaspoons to add per gallon. For you sophisticated, metricated folks, divide 13 by the %N to get the ml/L. Ray Barkalow - First Rays LLC - http://www.firstrays.com www.firstrays.com Orchid Plants, Supplies, Equipment, Books Artwork, Free Services & Lots of Info! From: keith kent ] Posted At: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:11 PM Posted To: rec.gardens.orchids Conversation: Jungle Feed Subject: Jungle Feed Thanks for that Ray , i did see the orchidboard post after doing a search. I am going to buy the Akerne orchids feed which is basically the MSU i think http://www.akerne-orchids.com/index.htm as it is the only one available in the EU . As the feed is 13 -3- 15 does this mean that less feed will be required compared to the 1-0-1 . If so this is just what i am looking for ,as i mix up at 160lts a time sometimes and liquid feeds ,i just use too much of the stuff even to get the mix to 350ppm . Regards Keith "Ray B" wrote in message news:000001ca2000$023fe0b0$0202fea9@fro... Dilute it about 12:1 or 13:1 12.8/12=1.07 4.8/12=0.4 14.5/12=1.21 Rounding to the nearest whole number, that's 1-0-1 Ray Barkalow - First Rays LLC - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Equipment, Books, Artwork Free Services & Lots of Info! -----Original Message----- From: keith kent ] Posted At: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:33 PM Posted To: rec.gardens.orchids Conversation: Jungle Feed Subject: Jungle Feed Hi , Any thoughts on Jungle feed and can anyone point me in the direction to finding out what is in jungle feed ? It is 1-0-1 , i have found out it is from a stock solution of 12.8- 4.8 - 14.5 so how do they get 1-0-1 ? Regards Keith |
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