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Ez Flow Fertilizers
Anyone using this product? How has it performed? Where to find best price?
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Ez Flow Fertilizers
On 18 Feb 2004 19:55:07 GMT, nospamX (TRAINMAN9)
wrote: Anyone using this product? How has it performed? Where to find best price? Thanks I think you mean EZ-Gro such at at http://www.wormsway.com/detail.asp?sku=AFS800 If so, I have one. Can't say I've used it much. The idea is that a strong fertilizer solution is put in a tank which is pressurized by water pressure. When water flows through a hose connected to the tank, the fertilizer solution is injected in to the flow. I checked the result with a TDS meter and it's pretty consistent with a continuous flow of water. If you start and stop the flow, the concentration goes high for a few seconds before settling back down. Also, water is continously added to the tank. The claim is that the fertilizer solution, being denser, stays at the bottom of the tank and the water floats on top. Yea, maybe for a short period of time. Certainly over a few days, the fertilizer solution in the tank will be diluted by the incoming water and the output concentration will change. Bottom line, I think the EZ-Gro is probably suitable for drip irrigation system and the like where the concentration of fertilizer isn't all that important. Maybe you could use it with automated watering systems with orchids. I don't think it's suitable for hand-held watering due to the fertilizer concentration change during start / stop operation. . deg |
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Ez Flow Fertilizers
On 18 Feb 2004 19:55:07 GMT, nospamX (TRAINMAN9)
wrote: Anyone using this product? How has it performed? Where to find best price? Thanks I think you mean EZ-Gro such at at http://www.wormsway.com/detail.asp?sku=AFS800 If so, I have one. Can't say I've used it much. The idea is that a strong fertilizer solution is put in a tank which is pressurized by water pressure. When water flows through a hose connected to the tank, the fertilizer solution is injected in to the flow. I checked the result with a TDS meter and it's pretty consistent with a continuous flow of water. If you start and stop the flow, the concentration goes high for a few seconds before settling back down. Also, water is continously added to the tank. The claim is that the fertilizer solution, being denser, stays at the bottom of the tank and the water floats on top. Yea, maybe for a short period of time. Certainly over a few days, the fertilizer solution in the tank will be diluted by the incoming water and the output concentration will change. Bottom line, I think the EZ-Gro is probably suitable for drip irrigation system and the like where the concentration of fertilizer isn't all that important. Maybe you could use it with automated watering systems with orchids. I don't think it's suitable for hand-held watering due to the fertilizer concentration change during start / stop operation. . deg |
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