How to Pre-mix Concentrated MasterBlend Hydroponic Nutrients
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- Опубликовано: 11 апр 2016
- This is how I pre-mix my hydroponic MasterBlend nutrients for pepper growing, at least for now. I was mixing each gallon jug individually, and it was time consuming. Preparing concentrated ingredients beforehand will save time later. The three jugs that I mixed in the video(Master blend, Magnesium Sulfate, and Calcium Nitrate will yield a total of 32 gallons of full strength MasterBlend with the ratios of:
2.4 gram/gal MasterBlend
1.2 gram/gal Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt)
2.4 gram/gal Calcium Nitrate
The way I measured it, 1/2 cup from each will make one full strength gallon. You can scale this up or down.
At the end of video are some tips on using Google's units converter and calculator to help determine the amounts you need, depending on what your target numbers are.
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This is a time and work saver. I am constantly measuring and mixing. I am going to this method. Thanks.
This should be a mandatory watch for all pepper growers! :-)
I modified your method a bit. My concentrates are all mixed stronger so 10ml of concentrate goes in to the gallon of water for full strength. I just use those little measuring syringes to mix the fertilizer. Easy peasy! Thanks for sharing.
This video saved me a lot of time, Thanks!
you can mix 600 grams of master blend 300 grams of epsom salt and 1.5 grams of calcium benzoate for preservation in one gallon for part a. and 800 to 1100 grams of calcium nitrate in another gallon for part b and then do 4 ml per gallon of each solution per gallon makes it stretched alot further
Hey Peter! Someone just sent this to me. I might have to give this a try. 🤔
What I do is all wrong, but it works fine. I grow my greens using the Kratky Method. I mix concentrate with 100 grams M.B., 100 grams CaNO3, 50 grams of MgSo4 and tap water into a 1 gallon container and shake well. I Shake it all up just before I use it. I add this concentrate to tap water until I get to the desired ppm (we have good tap water). Even if I do have some non-dissolving calcium at the bottom, the plants rapidly use it up. I grow under 6500k fluorescent lights and get consistently great results. I add to my net cups a mix of coco coir and perlite for my planting medium, I plant seeds directly into the net cups and place them into my Kratky System. I like life simple, and this really does make things simple. It takes me a couple of weeks longer to get a harvestable product because I have to wait for the seeds to germinate. Put 4 or 5 seeds into each net cup and thin until you have the healthiest plant.
Thanks again
I am just wondering about this nutrient, confused about the mixing, how will I add up and deduct to the right amount of nutrient I want, when I want to use MB has its own NPk and CaNO3 and MgSo4 When there is a different kind of nutrient in different kinds of plant you want to grow, Need help, how would I know the right ppm, should I just keep adding water like Richard Bertram did? Maybe I used everyone formula to get the right nutrient like yours ( pepper ) but I want to know how will I come-up to the right nutrient like 16-16-16 or 1- 2-3 or so... I want to grow a water spinach and I really dont know the right nutrient anyone, need help, loving youtube becoz these the source of knoledge and thank you Peter Stanley for sharing the knowledge and giving your effort to do this. God bless .
I’ve been searching for different ways to mix a master blend concentrate but in litres. Do you know what proportions are needed so I can add 4ml of A and B mixes to equal 1 litre of full strength or a 1 to 250 ratio. There must be someone that can help me with this.
Hi Peter. Thanks for the great videos. I enjoy them all. Quick question about the mix you are using. If I understand it correctly you have pre-mixed your 3 jugs so that 1/2 cup of each one combined together will give you a final concentration of 2.4g/gallon of MB and CaNO3 and 1.2g/gallon of MgSO4? So, if you have a 5 gallon container you would add 2.5 cups of these? I have seen other sites on RUclips in which a mixture of 1.6/0.8/1.6 was suggested. Was yours derived empirically or is it suited mainly to peppers? I am more interested in lettuce, basil etc.
Never mind Peter I watched it wrong. Thankyou for the video
Is this correct?
What is the formula for your one tablespoon per gallon concentration? Thank you...
Master Blend formula for one gallon 600 PPM? Thank you.
I was wondering if you have ever had to lower your PH for the outside use of masterblend on a larger scale for about 20 gallons? My tap water is about 8 so after mixing up two 10 gallon totes with the correct formula in grams of each component it still is about 7. So I been trying to find a safe cost effective way to lower the PH of a larger scale to around 6, so far been seeing food grade Phosphoric Acid
Hi Peter. I've been experimenting with these hyperconcentrated solutions, ultimately getting them down to one ounce per one gallon of RO water. However, in the last several batches I've noticed a thin layer of brownish sediment forming on the reservoirs after I mix the pre-concentrated nutrients with the RO water. This seems to have started after some new batches of Masterblend that I ordered but it may also be linked to hyperconcentrating the nutrients. Just wondering if you've come across this. Also, another unrelated question: I've noticed that the relationship of final nutrient TDS to the addition of pre-concentrated solutions is not linear. For example, let's say that I have made a batch of nutrient solution and I measure a TDS of 800. Theoretically, to get to a TDS of 1000 I should need to add 25% more of the hyperconcentrated solutions. Nonetheless, when I do this I often get a surprise result (ie: too low or too high). Just wondering.
Hi peter grey video, it just came across my channel. The only question I have is that mhp Gardner he uses the same doses of MB & magnesium sulfate and half dose for calcium nitrate. Where you use the same doses for MB & calcium nitrate and half dose for magnesium sulfate, can you please explain why you do it this way. ThAnks a bunch
Question for you Peter.
Hi Peter, thanks making this video! Can you comment on what EC nutrient solution you would use for different age hot pepper plants?