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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] fertilizers
  • Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:05:48 -0600

John

Do you have any other filters that filter prior to the 150 mesh Y filter?
When you dilute, what is the ratio of fertilizer to water? What driplines
have you used successfully? Sorry to be a pest about it but I'm trying to
anticipate what questions the grower will ask.

Bill

>I have been injecting various organic materials into my drip system for
>years. Of course, I am not trying to suck up globs of liquid fish. I
>dilute it substantially with water in a 5 gal bucket. Same for soluble
>kelp, molasses, yucca. Compost tea is pre-filtered. The whole drip
>system is protected by a large 150 mesh Y filter which seems to do a
>good job of protecting emitters. I have heard, tho, that some inline
>emitters (like T-Tape) have very small openings and hence be more
>problematic. I inject using a side tap on the intake of my jet pump. A
>small ball valve allows some control of the rate.
>
>John Cowan
>
>Bill Shoemaker wrote:
>
>>Pam
>>
>>Thanks for your response. I was a little concerned of something like that.
>>But I'd like to hear from others as well. Any different perspectives?
>>
>>Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist - Food Crops
>>University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
>>www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
>>
>>
>>
>
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