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Homemade Cal-Mag
- Thread starter Ulysses
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Mineral Water? Brilliant!!!
A few selections from my local grocery:
Smart Water: Potassium Bicarbonate, Calcium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride in unknown concentrations per liter.
Appollinaris: 6% Magnesium, 5% Sodium per liter.
S. Pellegrino: 4% Calcium, 1% Sodium per liter.
Another thing I found is a tomato blossom rot cure: Bonide Rot Stop 1.6% Calcium...
Is any of this stuff in concentrations enough to have an effect on a plant? At $2-3 per liter is it a feasible curative measure? What is the calmag concentration on your average East coast tap water???
A few selections from my local grocery:
Smart Water: Potassium Bicarbonate, Calcium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride in unknown concentrations per liter.
Appollinaris: 6% Magnesium, 5% Sodium per liter.
S. Pellegrino: 4% Calcium, 1% Sodium per liter.
Another thing I found is a tomato blossom rot cure: Bonide Rot Stop 1.6% Calcium...
Is any of this stuff in concentrations enough to have an effect on a plant? At $2-3 per liter is it a feasible curative measure? What is the calmag concentration on your average East coast tap water???
The main drawback with using SanFaustino water in a hydro set-up would be the cost.....its just not affordable to use this water on a large scale......however, as a foliar spray or a small closet situation, it is really an amazing plant tonic especially if you are experiencing Calcium and/or Magnesium defieciencies or lockout.....
SanFaustino is absolutely concentrated enough to help your plants......however, if you wanted a more concentrated Cal/Mag product, the other option is to go to your local health food store and find the most "bio-available" form of Calcium/Magnesium supplements and dissolve them in your water.......make sure they are well dissolved and if possible use Reverse-Osmosis water or Spring Water as a base.....
Glad you all are interested in the search for a more effective Cal/Mg product......
kind regards from guineapig
SanFaustino is absolutely concentrated enough to help your plants......however, if you wanted a more concentrated Cal/Mag product, the other option is to go to your local health food store and find the most "bio-available" form of Calcium/Magnesium supplements and dissolve them in your water.......make sure they are well dissolved and if possible use Reverse-Osmosis water or Spring Water as a base.....
Glad you all are interested in the search for a more effective Cal/Mg product......
kind regards from guineapig G33k Speak
Member
Magnesium problems are usually a result of pH problems.
Just sayin'.
Botanicare cal/mag is like 15$ish a bottle. I use it as a foliar spray.
Just sayin'.
Botanicare cal/mag is like 15$ish a bottle. I use it as a foliar spray.
G33k Speak
Member
1 gram of generic epsom salts in 500ml. of R/o water reads 727.
(R/O water was read @ 7. by itself)
so 720. TDS
(R/O water was read @ 7. by itself)
so 720. TDS
G33k Speak
Member
Update:
when I diluted the 500 ml. to 1000ml. with R/O water, it read 420...
Started over with a full 1000ml of R/o water @ 7.0, added 1 gram epson salts and got a reading of 450 TDS.
Ph was below 5.
a gram of epsom salt is tiny! - like a bump.
I don't have any measuring spoons.
when I diluted the 500 ml. to 1000ml. with R/O water, it read 420...
Started over with a full 1000ml of R/o water @ 7.0, added 1 gram epson salts and got a reading of 450 TDS.
Ph was below 5.
a gram of epsom salt is tiny! - like a bump.
I don't have any measuring spoons.
