Fertilizer running thru drip

[chastom]

I am running Fox farms liquid fertilizer thru my drip on my tomatoes,they have set tomatoes ,everyone seems to fertilize at different rates though ,how often should I run this fertilizer thru my drip ?, Weekly ?

Thanks for your knowledge and help...

charles

[SIP Gro-Tubs]

Originally Posted by chastom

I am running Fox farms liquid fertilizer thru my drip on my tomatoes,they have set tomatoes ,everyone seems to fertilize at different rates though ,how often should I run this fertilizer thru my drip ?, Weekly ?

Thanks for your knowledge and help...

charles

How about Daily, 24/7. Are you using a fert. injector. if so for Continous feeding just cut back the fert. requirement.

Say the manufacture says to use 100 ppm thats for a certain amount of time. So for continous feeding cut it back to 20-25 ppm.

Terry Layman

[Tormato]

Is the drip connected to a drinking water system, and if so, do you have an anti-backflow device installed?

[chastom]

No it is not a continuous drip ,I water thru a double row of drip tape ,daily, 30 minutes or so.and I do have a back flo system

[SIP Gro-Tubs]

Fertilizer frequency: Periodic or Constant Liquid Feed?

Posted March 16, 2012 by jrpetersinc in Fertilizing Tips

http://jrpeters.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/fertilizer-frequency-periodic-or-constant-liquid-feed/#more-227


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[Worth1]

What kind of anti back flow is it?

For any fertilizer injection it has to be an air gap or reduced pressure assembly.
If you don't have it set up right the fines can be hefty to say the least.
If you are concerned I can give you all the help you need.

Worth

[SIP Gro-Tubs]

Originally Posted by Worth1

What kind of anti back flow is it?

For any fertilizer injection it has to be an air gap or reduced pressure assembly.
If you don't have it set up right the fines can be hefty to say the least.
If you are concerned I can give you all the help you need.

Worth

No backflow preventer needed if you put a shut-off valve before the injector.

Any good injector will come with a filter of 200 mesh, on the suction tube.

And a good injector will be pressure compensating. So it meters the fertilizer according to the flow and pressure.

Dostron injectors, you can hear them working.

Low flow and low pressure you will hear a click............................click............ ................click..........................


High flow and high pressure you hear a click.click.click.click.click.click.click.click.cl ick.click.click.click....


So to get the best dissolve, make sure you use hot water, and dump that into the concentrate through a strainer of at least 200 screen mesh.


Terry

[Worth1]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...XC90Ux6MnmswtQ

Above is a link providing information on cross connection control.
If you don't know wbat a cross connection is after reading this you will.

At no time is a manual valve alowed on its own for control of a cross conection.

If you are hard piped into a water supply you shall have back flow prevention.

Worth