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| Author: | aquaJP [ Jun 11th, '18, 20:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Question about how to measure necessary nutrients |
Dear everyone I wonder how we can check if the water supplied from a fish tank to a grow bed has got enough nutrients such as Potassium and Phosphate. I think the required amount of those will depend on the kinds of vegetables you grow, but anybody is measuring those nutrients by using any tools? If so, any recommended tools? Thank you for your comments in advance. Takashi |
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| Author: | GurkanYeniceri [ Jun 12th, '18, 05:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about how to measure necessary nutrients |
I don't know how to measure the concentrations of water soluble nutrients but what I do is to use a TDS refractometer with 0 to 32 scale and measure the sap (plant juice) or fruit juice. I compare the results with charts on internet The higher the better. And then I look into increasing the brix using rock dust, water soluble calcium phosphate, compost tea, home made liquid fish fertilizer etc. For an explanation what brix is have a look at this PDF |
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| Author: | aquaJP [ Jun 15th, '18, 09:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about how to measure necessary nutrients |
Dear Gurkan Thank you for your information! I appreciate it. |
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| Author: | Shaunohara11 [ Oct 5th, '18, 12:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about how to measure necessary nutrients |
ty gurkan. another avenue to explore!! Enviado desde mi SM-G920F mediante Tapatalk |
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