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Old 02-20-2009, 03:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default liquid fert experment.

I was looking through my garage last night to find some tomorite tucked away on a shelf.dont know if you have this in the states but its a fert for veg like tomato ,peppers ect. I was lookin at the ingrediants its made up of N'P'K solution but at a much weeker rate

nitrogen (N) 4%
phosphorus pentoxise (P) 2%
potassium oxide (K) 6.6%


might be of use when dosing a non co2 tank, where you use 10% less when EI dosing co2 infected aquarium

i going to try it on a spare 5gal as an experament an closely watch my water parameters . inhert pool filter sand substrate. ill buy some cheapy plants from my pets at home and some java moss from my main tank when i next prune.

ill start off with 5ml daily till the plats tell me they need more. then 10, 15 , 20 and so on... i know its expensive but its spare. and i would like to see the turn out of it.

what are your thoughts
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Old 02-20-2009, 08:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It apparently looks to be of organic nature and doesn't contain any harmful chemicals. Does it show anything on the bag regarding what else is in the mix?
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Old 02-20-2009, 09:21 AM   #3 (permalink)
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thats the only thing i was worried about. it dosent say anything about that . i think it might work tho with a low nutrient intake.
its a litre bottle or liquid. i thought because its to fert plants for human consumption there wouldnt think there were really harsh chemicals

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Yeah, from what I read, it doesn't but I didn't want to make that call. Apparently the darkish color comes from Seaweed.

From what I see, you should be safe.
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