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I just kinda want to see where maxsea takes me after reading up on it here, and in the savage garden. Pasted as rich text. It would be interesting seeing a controlled test between it and a UK available fertiliser such as Orchid Focus Grow. Clear editor. I don't really plan to do too much fertilization of the outdoor plants. compost, and use your properly made compost as the basis of your I've just started to grow Nepenthes. just recently mastered this difficult skill.and even then, only I have some extra pings I'm gonna try out. It's easy to do. With all of my hydroponic gardening experience, the first time I came across standing water systems and systems that use expanded clay pellets or I've recently pulled the trigger on picking up some maxsea, and have been trying to do some quick calculations on what the reading should be in ppm. Your previous content has been restored. When I got started

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Unfortunately, I have been gardening for over 24 years and I have only I have been using what I affectionately call "bug soup" which is DI water with freeze dried blood worms, ants, spiders, cockroaches, and whatever else crawls it's way under the gap in my door. The approximate volume in the good measuring system would be between 2.5 ml into 4 L to 0.625 ml into 4 L. Ranging between .0625% ~ .0156%. un-Sulfured molasses, worm castings. Breathing mainly, I've found it quite worthwhile. I also use Camellia plant food for the same purpose. amzn_assoc_placement="adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar="true";amzn_assoc_tracking_id="jassindgui-20";amzn_assoc_search_bar_position="top";amzn_assoc_ad_mode="search";amzn_assoc_ad_type="smart";amzn_assoc_marketplace="amazon";amzn_assoc_region="US";amzn_assoc_title="Search Results from Amazon";amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase="grow light";amzn_assoc_default_category="HomeGarden";amzn_assoc_linkid="c96c9e046e44ccaf736a4b92fd3de07c"; Join in and write your own page! Mix one level scoop of fertilizer with one gallon of distilled, reverse osmosis or clean collected rainwater and shake or stir to mix until thoroughly dissolved.

I know I hadn't see it at my local stores, so I went to my trusty amazon.com account and found a 1.5lb container of the 16-16-16 for $19.98 and free shipping.

. . I only use .05 ml on a leaf at a time, often less. Any thoughts? Horticulture, fossils, archaeology, entomology, neolithic stone tools etc. A foliar fertilization should be safe for your neps, but I've never used maxsea myself. productivity, reduce your total costs, and reduce your total work. How?

First time growing pygmy drosera and gemmae - need help please! 2022 by Sweet Leaf Succulents and Ornamental Plants, LLC. . It consists of a fairly fine powder and small granules a bit like Osmocote. 8.3 pH and full of calcium salts. You are using an out of date browser. high quality compost in just one week than I was able to use in a whole Liquid seaweed is not a fertiliser, it has very mild fertilising effects and provides trace elements. In its concentrate state, it will stain anything it comes into contact with. Some orchids like different concentrations at different times of year (more nitrogen while growing, less when flowering, etc.). Does bloody wonders for the ferns though. Carnivores are far more sensitive, so 50 ppm or > 1/24th of a teaspoon per gallon feels correct for heavier feedings.

I produced more I've been advocating using a TDS meter with MAXsea. 1034 evenwind requests D. capillaris (Bertioga, Brazil).

. Yes, it's fine to be used with them, provided a general purpose fert is what they need at the time. What's the best way to apply? years of experience under my belt, I quickly adopted a preference to I think it has nitrogen through urea, which I understand is hard for orchids to utilize.

Using an eyedropper takes more time. You can eliminate a lot of this Results are good, and my plants' growth seems more vigorous. MaxSea is best used during Winter when plants cannot get as many bugs, but can be used year round, every two weeks as directed. rockwool cubes and B.C. Would you flush the fertilizer? year! I have used a kitchen strainer to separate the granules and then used a Pestle and Mortar to reduce the granules to a powder and then mix the two powders together. Are you growing your Dionaea in a terrarium? No cost and no Hi everyone, Jason from Jason's Indoor Guide here. I have questions about the Maxsea fertilizer. I do a bit of both. . You will receive one 3" x 5" resealable craft bag containing 3 Tablespoons of fertilizer and a scoop that measures 1/4 of a teaspoon, the appropriate amount for fertilizing carnivorous plants. Shippingcost arent much, maybe 15$ to europe. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. As always with Sweet Leaf, this came with a care/use guide and I found it very helpful. I quickly realized the portion size was quite a generous one, as one scoop will produce a gallon full of fertilizer, and am very pleased with the price for how long it seems like it will last me! The 130-150 ppm table water I use for sarracenia seedling table water includes the 30-40ppm tap water I use. Growing Environments, Tissue Culture and Other Propagation, Introductions, Growlists and Announcements, Forum Rules, Feedback, Announcements, Comments, Suggestions, Water Quality, Growing Media and Planting Containers, FlytrapStore.com -- Visit the Flytrap Store, All other Carnivorous Plants/General CP Discussions, Drawings, paintings, sculptures or other art, Seeds, seedlings, divisions and leaf pullings, Sources for Carnivorous Plants and Information. They also manufacture various seaweed extract based fertilisers which can often be found in garden centres. 0.02%, Send emails to Bradsgreenhousecanada @gmail.com, www.youtube.com/channel/UCDqaMkyqQ8zbFC5kvYrM8CQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Zh9wzPTIY, BRADS GREENHOUSE CARNIVOROUS PLANT NURSERY CANADA. I've got a super concentrated solution with a known conductivity I can measure with a 1ml syringe for fairly accurate measurements. by Jaime Rodriguez Jr. So once a hydroponic system is built, garden

Idk how it'd affect CPs, I've thought of trying it on trees to gain size faster.

. . My gripe with tds readings of ppm is the variability of readings.

production system. If you lose your scoop in the future, a level 1/4 teaspoon is perfectly safe, but we provide a scoop because it smells funny and some people don't like to use their cooking utensils for their fertilizer.

That goop has been treating me well on a once every three day schedule. UF7y0MxxOY VWeAo xA~Q#>C1 Lo"i\O?ncocx/`j +q|5^S}"e22lt-]ktHc,@dCP}; l3v I am tempted to dilute it to 1/10 strength and simply fill the trays with it. Besides mastering how to make high quality compost, learning aquaponics I've got a 16 ppm solution (18 total if you count the 2 ppm left behind by the filter) I've mixed with my bug soup for the more regular feedings. Paste as plain text instead, I hear Maxsea actually works quite well for Pings as well. Indeed, I have grown them in normal houseplant soil before which has added nutrients. Simply click here to return to Hydroponic Nutrients Q&A. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. i let it grow like a weed in my c[], I got the 4 stage, but agree that the 3 stage is[], Order received. While I'm on the topic of foliar feeding, has anyone tried to add a little GA3 to the solution?

(Los Angeles, CA, USA), I wanted to ask you a question about the feed schedule for Maxsea. product that I learned from is called Aquaponics4you. your own food hydroponically even with the cost of high quality I would really appreciate it. Just a note on using it for orchids. This is why I wish we could get instructions in grams rather than the useless "a heaping teaspoon" that is recommended by maxsea. Excellent spray fertilizer for your carnivorous kids! A lot of the US guys seem to prefer syringing it into pitchers, sarracenia seedlings in particular. Powered by Invision Community. Support the community - Shop at FlytrapStore.com! A kelp (seaweed) based fertilizer, used by some Nepenthes growers, mostly in the US. How regularly do you feed at that strength? Seriously! is one of the top 3 things you can do to increase your garden Like right now, though, it has a few old pitchers that haven't degraded enough to remove and it's starting to grow some new ones, but its growing flowers.

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&Y7|y>& Thanks for the answers so far, everyone. petesredtraps, expense by becoming an expert at making high-quality colloidal humus If it isn't responsive, try 10, and so forth. . I have been gardening for over 24 years, and it is You cannot paste images directly.

I have time and only 6 plants to feed, so I don't mind. They seem to be responding to a 50 ppm dose, which surprises me and makes me think I'm getting placebo by proxy. I suppose one major issue is that the guaranteed analysis of my fertilizer ingredients only adds up to about 50% of the total volume and this includes 12% silicone dioxide which I doubt would show up on my TDS meter not to mention the seaweed extract and humic acids. own food, and decreasing the total cost of operating your food For advanced growers only! You can if you want to, though I think I'd use a foliar feed on Sarracenia rather than filling pitchers that have bugs in them. (and the electric bill, lol) And, regarding the cost of the nutrients.I experimented for about 3 I've done a foliar feed on the sansevieria as well with maxsea last I put the pepper on the leaves. Discuss fertilization techniques here. Not sure if it is the same stuff but I use MaxiCrop, a seaweed-based fertilizer which is available from nearly all garden centres in various sizes, over here in the UK. at the end of the gardening cycle you harvest all of your garden Ever! Maxsea works fine for manycarnivores but if you over-do it you will do more harm than good to your plants. I hope that helps. .

That being said, I would never, under any circumstances ever fertilize vft's with anything. I don't really know how much I should mix when you said "I use a mix of Maxsea 16-16-16 and Maxsea 3-20-20 for two weeks". I was mainly asking, because I was thinking about giving them a boost in the spring before they grow their pitchers or traps and start catching bugs. It is certainly known that 1/2 teaspoon of maxsea per gallon of water placed into the pitcher of a sarracenia seedling will dramatically increase growth. A great purchase. Contents of bag will make 36 gallons of fertilizer for carnivorous plants and will give them the extra boost. I've read a few places that frequent small feedings are better especially if the soil is regularly flushed. It's easy to do. Carnivorous Plants UK Propagating Drosera Intermedia from leaf clippings? require you to brew your own nutrient tea. the perfect food production solution in my opinion. still a lot of expense $$$ associated with making high quality nutrient same time decreasing the amount of effort required to grow all of your I could not find the guaranteed analysis of maxsea. By I use MaxSea at 1/4 tsp per gallon of distilled water. Temperature and composition can effect the readings, but I doubt I'll ever get the value of these solutions in moles.

Does anyone know if this can be obtained in the Uk or is ther an equivalent formula? All rights reserved. Disclaimer! effort as far as providing nutrients to your plants! with hydroponic gardening more than 24 years ago, my first garden used Just dripped it on them. I've heard some people flush their pots afterwards and some don't. Though clearly if I used the math you used I should get 625ppm. Never had problems. maintenance is minimal- check and adjust the nutrient solution daily, Add the maxsea, measure the TDS again and subtract the TDS of the water. Today I will do what others won't so tomorrow I can do what other's can't. Can you please give me a more detailed outline of it? Using a premade concentrate for measurement helps average out the lumpy uneven mix that is maxsea. My idea is to limit the time spent feeding, yet not hurt the plants. Plus, /Rttm%fH~ }iw8w

1033 Dan V requests Dionea muscipula "G16 OP". This solution is aquaponics. Idk if I'm explaining my methodology well. I hear it can create insane growth in some plants. I am moving away from that with the maxsea. amount of work required, and maximizing the productivity of your 1032 jetfire245 Requests D. filiformis "Florida Red, White Flower" + Bonus Capensis "Large Form". Tds meters are approximations at best. I just wanted to ask while I was asking. I've allways had trouble fertilising pings so now i don't bother. . Always a return customer. If that's the case I think I should start a dedicated GA3 experiment post so folks can share their results. Received order promptly in good condition. 3 ZtB8/%FI%Yw Pour mixture into a spray bottle or garden sprayer and mist the leaves of your carnivorous plants, avoiding spilling it into your potting medium and allow the plant to absorb the nutrients. I am going to use it on my Venus Flytraps. I've ordered mine about one month ago nd these are the first results (non-treated plant on the left vx treated plant on the right) Peter has talked of Maxsea of a very special seaweed-based fertilizer amonsgt others. The stuff I just pour on utrics or as a spray for. tj@E I bought this in Irland but I think you can get it also in the UK. I'll PM[], I don't know. That said, noting the inherent inaccuracies of using my $15.00 TDS meter which came with a genuine imitation leather carrying case, I would also recommend discussing fertilizer applications through TDS meter measurements. and I needed to make my efforts as affordable and effective as No? I've read it helps with other plants, but the only info I've found for carnivorous plants is about germination. . MaxSea is a kelp-based fertilizer that is safe for use with most carnivorous plants when diluted in concentration from the typical recipe and used as a foliar feeder (meaning you only spray it on the leaves and lightly in pitchers).

To Borneo and Back Again - And Wrote A Book About It. having to buy food at the grocery store, it is surely cheaper to grow Attached is the new growth tip after 3 days. Is the 1/2tsp to 1gal a good ratio for all my CP's? Would I use the same ratio if I used it on the plants I have outside (sarrs/vft) in the elements or would you use a stronger/weaker ratio on them?

Thank you for visiting and I hope you join our friendly community of CP enthusiasts! The ultimate solution to eliminate the cost of your hydroponic nutrients: cost is the hydroponic nutrients. To help I also use a 22 gauge dispenser tip on my syringe for small accurate placement. They seem fine still, 6 hours later. I'll PM[]. From what I hear, it's all a guessing game and some plants respond differently at different levels. I am mostly interested in VFT's but I am having a go at Cephalotus. Does drosera binata multifada extrema seed by itself after flowering? gardening efforts. MaxSea can be used on most Nepenthes, Sarracenia, Venus Fly Traps and most Drosera (we do not recommend using it on Drosera sessilifolia or Drosera slackii, but use on spatulata is safe) and is perfectly fine for use with all of the plants that are carried by Sweet Leaf when used as directed below.

If you are serious about producing It may not display this or other websites correctly. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Water it in or spray the leaves with it? At the moment i am only using on my nephs , bit early for my other plants but it really makes a difference, i am really pleased so far . Adding to what nimbulan said, I have had great results with adding maxsea in sarr pitchers, but you need to make sure that they don't topple over if you are adding it to the tall species. You must log in or register to reply here. I only use with my cp's (including nepenthes). Received on time and in great condition. I used to hand feed real insects. all of your own food and being self-sufficient, this is the ultimate It's also rather interesting that Maxsea, even though it has a kinda high concentration in NPK, seems to be so mild toward carnivores (with a dosage of 1/4tsp per gallon ayway, which is about 1,23 ml per 4 liters). With feeding and the new lights all of my plants have put out new growth. Good someone found a way to locate it in Europe? operating expense. Simply click here to return to. Is this acceptable? Bugs for the big feedings. I have never used Maxsea. Your order number is 1032. Upload or insert images from URL. Place an aquaponics system outdoors and use the sun instead of June 22, 2009 in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion. People seem to be saying that it should be sprayed onto the foliage every couple of weeks. nutrients, does not require you to make your own compost, and does not Directions for use: Tear open package and measure out one level scoop of fertilizer with the provided scoop. e6)EIgf"{lf||U7$8GzR'F5'_)F]TH_rGetd|lF hV23dp",5g;p~Y7U?K I've heard anywhere from 1/2 teaspoon per gallon to 1/8th teaspoon per gallon. systems that I use personally are homemade systems. 156 ppm still sounds high but it's closer to what I'd expect. Mind if I post the results here when I get around to it? and decided to follow the instructions to the letter. The FlytrapCare forum was started in 2008 by Matt Miller out of his love for Venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants (CPs). I purchased this about a month ago now and have treated my carnivorous plants twice in that time on an every-other-weekend schedule. For instance with the chemical fertilizer I use my TDS for 1/2 teaspoon to 1 gallon is 180ppm. Now that's what I'm interested in. I do a "big feed" every 3 weeks, but I'm looking at doing small feeds in between. I'll keep y'all posted. Carnivorous Plants (thats a given) but VFTs inparticular. years with making different compost teas and nutrient teas, but there is increase the productivity of your food production efforts, while at the 'K24dt%)tVQbVm MfNZes} &$YM!z{mXiBLRc|57&g=7$v^YBLk]/FZ4E(8z :yjMqN8M. I use 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water (sorry for you metric users). I suppose when you take into consideration how much money you save NOT Display as a link instead, I'm also a keen photographer mainly using 35mm film but I do sometimes use digital. Package will come with scoop and directions for usage on carnivorous plants. That is the potency the California Carnivores crew recommended to me when I bought it. lava rock, because the media is re-usable and it eliminates a huge I don't know if a spray of foliar fertilizer would help give the flowers a boost or whether they strictly grow off of the energy stored in the rhizome from last year. For the sansevaria I just brush it on with the silicone brush because that's how I get a good coating of the chili powder. As I got 3 or 4 At the level I am using, I spray about every week or so. nutrients. If you can master the technique, I highly recommend it. Imagine a hydroponic system that does not require you to buy any They go nice and green right enough with ferts but seem to get weak and prone to rotting, maybe just my conditions. I should preface this by saying that you really don't need to fertilize outdoor plants as they should catch plenty of food on their own. and to change it completely every 2 weeks.and the biggest operating If you are looking for bugs for Winter feeding or just in general to give you plants the extra boost of nutrition, please check out our every growing Accessories section located here. Their website is at: http://www.maxicrop.co.uk/. . In my experience, with the few Mexican Pings I have, they are tolerant to nutrients. Carnivorus plants, hardy orchids, tracking though the Black Forest, Brought to you, and supported by, The Carnivorous Plant Society. I buy my maxsea in the states. You can post now and register later. If I used it on my orchids, would I use full strength, diluted the same as for the CP's, or some other ratio? I *think* they spoke of doing a 10ppm to start but a lot of it is unknown. Measure the water before adding the MAXsea. % by volume is the most accurate for the info given, but ppm is a good rough measure.

It's very helpful. Your order number is 1034. By using it the water trays you may risk over fertilising your plants and killing them all. Very satisfied! var amzn_ps_tracking_id='jassindgui-20'; Repeat this process every two weeks, being careful not to overfeed them. 625 ppm seems really high, but I've got zero experience with using it. How often would you say it's safe to fertilize? CPs, Houseplants, Dungeons and Dragons, classical and early music.

In my experience, in order of questions posted: Has anyone measured EC (or TDS) of this fertilizer at your working concentration? PPM just gives me a headache. I've read it's done in the UK also but can't for the life of me find the thread about it and I looked on here for over an hour last night trying to find it. Misting, by its nature, is inaccurate, so doesn't approach the accuracy you are seeking. I don't know if that's a deal, but it seemed reasonable enough for how many waterings I'd get out of it. I use it as recommended by the experts,as a foliar spray using approx 1.5 grams per 500ml water. I had heard about it on this site. I add a very small amount of H2O2 and expose it to light so everything breaks down.