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Milky Way

I refilled an empty bottle miracle gro for the Liquafeeder with fish & seaweed fertililizer, but this emulsion don't go through the Liquafeeder.
Would it help, if I make the hole Liquafeeder bigger? Has anybody tried this out?

8/19/2008 3:29:28 PM

Edinburg Va.

I had the same idea with the same result.

8/19/2008 3:37:13 PM

Utah

Yes it will help to make the hole bigger.
It also helps to use 1/2 warm water and 1/2 fish in your feeder. put the seaweed in the warm water. mix it ... then let it soak for about 5-10 min.
while you are waiting shake the fish.
Then mix the water and seaweed again ... then add the fish and mix, then apply to the patch.

8/19/2008 3:56:10 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Once I did this my feeder was never the same again. It also changes the rate dispersion so not sure why you would want to do this. If your HH sprayer is like mine I had to destroy it once it clogged up internally........ A good 1-2 gallon pressure sprayer will disperse the fish and seaweed solution regularly at the recommended dosages, with a filter to clean once it becomes clogged which it will. I think this is important as if it sayZ one ounce per gallon foliar sprayed to the leaves means just that, not one ounce per gallon then take it and dilute it 1000 to one by putting that one ounce per gallon into a fert injection system and watering it in..Sprayers are pretty cheap.........Hope this helps....

8/19/2008 4:09:12 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Try this test. Test your hand held Miracle grow sprayer. Put in 5 ounces of blue dye, adjust to to spray one oz per 5 gallons. Use you sprayer and Fill up a 5 gallon bucket I bet you that you fill your 5 gallons up with diluted dye with dye to spare....Try it out.....Then toss the hand held out....Some can be way off. I had half the product left after the 5 gallon bucket was filled, It was different for every viscosity of liquid.

8/19/2008 4:14:20 PM

Milky Way

ok, thank you!

8/19/2008 4:48:54 PM

Utah

good point wiz... I was talking hose end sprayers not in line feeders. my mistake.

8/19/2008 6:00:30 PM

Going Green

Read this yesterday so I filled my ortho feeder with 8 oz's and set for 8 oz's per gallon! I filled Three (3) 5 gallon buckets! So much for having been feeding accuratedly the last two months!

8/20/2008 8:36:54 PM