How do YOU measure your nutes.

[InducedSerenity]

for smaller quantities, I use "oral syringes" available free at walmart and most pharmacies - just ask. Larger I use a 20ml syringe i got from dealextreme.com - 2 for like $1.xx shipped.

pH up / down: http://cgi.ebay.com/1lot-10pcs-Pipe...213?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255d6b68c5

 

[BPJR]

One of the things I love about Canna products is that they come in squeeze bottles that measure out ml's. Makes for easy mixing.

 

[jj.thecarnivore]

nice..

made me look up the second amendment... yes of course, the right to bear arms... makes sense... for some its the sheer mechanics that lures them... others its the thought of taking it away that stimulates.... too true...

nice nice...

submission makes my stomach hurt, good ale does not... good play with sam on the american history tangents....

as for the tools for the trade I would suggest this....
look at the area you work in...

does it have the stable counter top and cabnet space for the graduated cylinder and pipett..(you can get a graduated cylinder in plastic vs glass... but they are harder to clean....) and pipettes are subject to breaking, they are thin and delicate.

Or are you into the plastic vet syringe... it is easy to transport the amount needed through obsticals... plastic, doesn't break easy... and is easy to clean...

I agree the fancy glass wear is the way to go in an ideal situation.... and it will allow more acurrate records if you are serious about your formulas...
however... chances are unless you are actually trying to prepare a formula to promote and sell I doubt the glass wear is essential....

Im the leatherman type though, so I tend to like tough mobil gear... this makes me biased. Now with that said, a beautiful lab is a beautiful thing!!!!

 

[SumDumGuy]

I grab a medium 40 Gallon tall drum. I have two lying around for mixing large batches. I also use a trimeter and drop the probes in the drum. Add the amount of water you need. Let it sit for a few hours. Add your nutes as per your instructions. Slosh around and let it sit for an hour or so and then pH it. If you go over on nutes then add water as to bring to the PPM you are looking for and then I am done.

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6ml of this... 10ml of that. Add a tsp, add a tbsp. A pinch, a dash, a dollop, a drop . We've all come across it.

Soooo, I was just curious what everyone's method of measuring their nutes were. Use a dropper? A measuring spoon? A scale? Eyeball it? Other method? Especially the smaller growers, as I would assume the larger growers use beakers or measuring cups of some sort.

My curiosity has gotten the best of me.

Sorry bro I was off topic with my answer. I use beakers. It'll be nice to get fancy one's like pyrex but they're pricey. I use plastic kind from ebay. Real handy. You get a 50mL plastic beaker all the way to a 1000mL beaker. You get like 6 of them. Here's the link. http://cgi.ebay.com/Set-of-6-Gradua...012577&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=5383346287115482921

 

[Nigel]

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Baby syringes...@ the drugstore...their plastic and cost 2.99. up to 10ml. I have some airhose on mine too. Also use 1ml glass eyedroppers...also @ drugstore

A turkey baster comes in handy - (not that good for measurements - but has it's place)

A 600ml measuring cup from hydro store....good for larger measurements.

And lots of empty milk jugs and 5 gallon buckets for water measurement. (I have a line drawn on 5gallon buckets @ 4gallon waterline) So as to prevent spillage.

But I like the "Free hand dump in the res" method that someone posted...Less hassle

 

[F_T_P!]

Dry fertz and a scale.

 

[Stond_Face]

Great Thread...

I think I get a little carried away with my desire to make accurate measurements. FWIW

To mix up gallons I use syringes. I have a 3ml for pH down. and 5ml, 10ml and 60ml syringes for nutes.

to mix up a rez I'll use graduated cylinders. For dry nutes I use kitchen measuring spoons.

I think it's important to rinse what ever you are using before using it to measure a different substance. I worry that sucking up some GH Bloom using a syringe that still has some micro residue could cause some of the stuff in the nutes to bond together and precipitate out of solution.

 

[InducedSerenity]

I think it's important to rinse what ever you are using before using it to measure a different substance. I worry that sucking up some GH Bloom using a syringe that still has some micro residue could cause some of the stuff in the nutes to bond together and precipitate out of solution.

Totally with you on this. When mixing up solution in buckets to pump into my Blumat res, I add a gallon or so of RO with each nute added to it, in order, rinsing in the next gallon's clean water before putting it into the next bottle. That way nothing ever gets mixed directly.

 

[DankasaurusRex]

I use a four way measuring spoon and have a couple 1-3ml droppers for small amounts of additives. But after reading this I want to get some beakers and graduated cylinders.

 

[Nigel]

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I think it's important to rinse what ever you are using before using it to measure a different substance. I worry that sucking up some GH Bloom using a syringe that still has some micro residue could cause some of the stuff in the nutes to bond together and precipitate out of solution.

Yep...definetly rinse the syringes or droppers when going from bottle to bottle.

 

[ChickenSoup]

I just ask the pharmacist for a syringe to dispense infants medicine. They pass them out free.I'll get one every so often when i go shopping.

 

[andl]

6ml of this... 10ml of that. Add a tsp, add a tbsp. A pinch, a dash, a dollop, a drop . We've all come across it.

Soooo, I was just curious what everyone's method of measuring their nutes were. Use a dropper? A measuring spoon? A scale? Eyeball it? Other method? Especially the smaller growers, as I would assume the larger growers use beakers or measuring cups of some sort.

My curiosity has gotten the best of me.

if you spend a lot of time with your plants and you know them well, just stay with same nutes then you get the feeling how much and when.

no need for anything else than a good eye and caring about your plants.

no meters will show how much you love them and how much you care about them.

 

[emerald city]

measuring spoons 1/4-1/2 or 3/4 tsp per gallon then check with hanna ec/tds tester

 

[phyberoptic]

Usually I mix up 3 gallons at a time in a 5 gallon bucket, to dump into my drip reservoir.

I use a 60ml syringe to measure.

That's fine for making up the fresh batch.... but your adding to a res that may have been depleated some creating a less than optimal PPM measurement in the res.

Easier to just add the clean water to top off the res. Measure the TDS (PPM) of the full res and add nutes in the correct ratio to the res till TDS is where you want it.

 

[newhiddengrower]

I got something like a syringe but easier up to 60ml and cooking cups

Show me what you got

 

[Xare]

That's fine for making up the fresh batch.... but your adding to a res that may have been depleated some creating a less than optimal PPM measurement in the res.

Easier to just add the clean water to top off the res. Measure the TDS (PPM) of the full res and add nutes in the correct ratio to the res till TDS is where you want it.

You are assuming that iam running a recirculating system.

In that kind of a system you have these inherit fluctuations and a meter is needed.

But I run drip irrigation to hempy pots with zero runoff. The large rez pumps to each individual hempy and fills up its internal rez. The plants are watered once each day via drip.

The big rez empties itself out and you fill it back up with fresh nutes when it gets low.

A setup like this is very stable. No PH or PPM swings.

 

[Indian Culture]

I use a shot glass from a grow shop that has all the measurements right on it, I don't use anything that needs to be used in super small amounts.