Just started using MC and noticing a lot of sediment in the reservoir

Here's what I do. It works. It takes 2 min. Put about 1/4c water in bowl(I use the small Tupperware with the red square lid). Microwave 30 sec till just steamy. Mix your powder in(I use a silicone dab container on a scale) and then dump the concentrated solution to your rez
 
@lunarman and @D3ltå9Hævy
I do apologize, but I’m still confused as to why you are heating your nutrients. I’m no expert and I don’t know crap about making nutrients, but I have to think that heating these chelated nutrients has to have some affect on them. Any beneficial enzymes and bacteria could possibly being reduced or eliminated entirely by the heat. Not sure about chelated minerals and nutrients, but can imagine that heating them could cause them to fall out of suspension rendering them as ineffective and possibly part of the particles you are seeing.

Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to start an argument and I love some experimentation, just hoping to give you something to think about. The company spent a lot of time and science making these nutrients and I don’t think they expected growers to be heating them up. I have used FloraNova, Technaflora, Advanced, and now the base MC nutrients in the Autopots reservoirs and have rarely ever had a problem, all without heating them up. I believe @pop22 and @tripaholic88 have been working with MC nutes and I would love to hear their input on this.

I know some stress about clogs, but simple weekly maintenance prevents most of them. All growing systems have at least one thing you have to double check, with autopots it’s your filters and lines.
 
@lunarman and @D3ltå9Hævy
I do apologize, but I’m still confused as to why you are heating your nutrients. I’m no expert and I don’t know crap about making nutrients, but I have to think that heating these chelated nutrients has to have some affect on them. Any beneficial enzymes and bacteria could possibly being reduced or eliminated entirely by the heat. Not sure about chelated minerals and nutrients, but can imagine that heating them could cause them to fall out of suspension rendering them as ineffective and possibly part of the particles you are seeing.

Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to start an argument and I love some experimentation, just hoping to give you something to think about. The company spent a lot of time and science making these nutrients and I don’t think they expected growers to be heating them up. I have used FloraNova, Technaflora, Advanced, and now the base MC nutrients in the Autopots reservoirs and have rarely ever had a problem, all without heating them up. I believe @pop22 and @tripaholic88 have been working with MC nutes and I would love to hear their input on this.

I know some stress about clogs, but simple weekly maintenance prevents most of them. All growing systems have at least one thing you have to double check, with autopots it’s your filters and lines.
Just to clarify, per Greenleaf's PDF, I mix the nutes into a small amount of already warm water, not hot. About 105. Then add my concentrated mix to my Rez. Maybee I'll throw a tag out to @Greenleaf Nutrients. That is how I interpreted the instructions
 
Just to clarify, per Greenleaf's PDF, I mix the nutes into a small amount of already warm water, not hot. About 105. Then add my concentrated mix to my Rez. Maybee I'll throw a tag out to @Greenleaf Nutrients. That is how I interpreted the instructions
Sorry I misunderstood. When I hear microwaving water I don’t really think of 105 and thought it was getting a lot hotter than that. As I said before I only have used their base nutes, so have no experience with the addons.
 
@lunarman and @D3ltå9Hævy
I do apologize, but I’m still confused as to why you are heating your nutrients. I’m no expert and I don’t know crap about making nutrients, but I have to think that heating these chelated nutrients has to have some affect on them. Any beneficial enzymes and bacteria could possibly being reduced or eliminated entirely by the heat. Not sure about chelated minerals and nutrients, but can imagine that heating them could cause them to fall out of suspension rendering them as ineffective and possibly part of the particles you are seeing.

Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to start an argument and I love some experimentation, just hoping to give you something to think about. The company spent a lot of time and science making these nutrients and I don’t think they expected growers to be heating them up. I have used FloraNova, Technaflora, Advanced, and now the base MC nutrients in the Autopots reservoirs and have rarely ever had a problem, all without heating them up. I believe @pop22 and @tripaholic88 have been working with MC nutes and I would love to hear their input on this.

I know some stress about clogs, but simple weekly maintenance prevents most of them. All growing systems have at least one thing you have to double check, with autopots it’s your filters and lines.

Good points Hemi. Got me rethinking now. I'm going to do room temp next.

I am really like the @Greenleaf Nutrients though. Really. Its been a couple of days since I switched from Tangs AN Easy midgrow to MC/SC/BE and I can see some positive improvements already.
 
think there is a different devices you can put in a res that will help keep things mixed up.

Why do you want to mix your nutes in the reservoir, here (re)suspending "sediment" particles in your feed solution? Why forcibly mix sediment into what's going into the lines? And with it being "sediment," it's useless to the plants.

Have you examined the "sediment" under a microscope, in suspension/wet and dry? Is it composed of crystals or what? Have you added extracted "sediment" to water to see if it is water soluble or not?

But what's wrong with a trivial amount of "sediment," particularly if it just settles out and stays there (vs. clogging lines downstream)? Isn't sediment very common, with the complaints about cosmetics and/or lines clogging, not that sediment causes plants to grow poorly? I've almost always seen some insoluble sediment using Adv. Nutr. products when I was using a reservoir and was never concerned by it - just wipe it out when you regularly clean your reservoir.
 
Why do you want to mix your nutes in the reservoir, here (re)suspending "sediment" particles in your feed solution? Why forcibly mix sediment into what's going into the lines? And with it being "sediment," it's useless to the plants.

Have you examined the "sediment" under a microscope, in suspension/wet and dry? Is it composed of crystals or what? Have you added extracted "sediment" to water to see if it is water soluble or not?

But what's wrong with a trivial amount of "sediment," particularly if it just settles out and stays there (vs. clogging lines downstream)? Isn't sediment very common, with the complaints about cosmetics and/or lines clogging, not that sediment causes plants to grow poorly? I've almost always seen some insoluble sediment using Adv. Nutr. products when I was using a reservoir and was never concerned by it - just wipe it out when you regularly clean your reservoir.

Well I am a total newb so there is that factor. Two things.

I assumed that sediment might clog the autopot aquavalves which have a very small pinhole at the end of the line. And I was wondering if the potency might not be consistent and could cause nute burn etc.
 
Just to clarify, per Greenleaf's PDF, I mix the nutes into a small amount of already warm water, not hot. About 105. Then add my concentrated mix to my Rez. Maybee I'll throw a tag out to @Greenleaf Nutrients. That is how I interpreted the instructions
Warm water is optional on some supplements. Probably nothing to worry about, you can just use cold water, but if you notice any problems use warm water.

Most of the formulas have been updated to be soluble in cold water so some of those instructions are dated.
 
Warm water is optional on some supplements. Probably nothing to worry about, you can just use cold water, but if you notice any problems use warm water.

Most of the formulas have been updated to be soluble in cold water so some of those instructions are dated.
Thanks for popping in and setting us straight. So far, I have less issues with MC over my current nutrients, Technaflora. Plants start to look a little hungry, I just up the dose a little. I also have some seedlings and clones that seem to be loving the seedling ratios at full strength. And just one thing to mix instead of five, not sold 100%, until I survive flowering with it, but so far I’m liking what I’m seeing.
 
Thanks for popping in and setting us straight. So far, I have less issues with MC over my current nutrients, Technaflora. Plants start to look a little hungry, I just up the dose a little. I also have some seedlings and clones that seem to be loving the seedling ratios at full strength. And just one thing to mix instead of five, not sold 100%, until I survive flowering with it, but so far I’m liking what I’m seeing.

Hemi i took the plunge and switched all my plants mid flower to MC/SC/BE and I'm loving what I'm seeing. I wish I had some logging data for this, but I'm pretty darn sure my plants are uptaking more feed water from the autopot res's now. Not sure why the heck that would happen. If its even related to the change in nutes or if its just the plants switching gears and rev'ing higher. But I opened the lid on one res with two plants on it, expecting to see a few inches of feed water in it like I usually do after filling that thing up 2/3's of the way on Thursday, and it was empty. And those two plants look like they the bloomed out on me quite a bit. Going to have to trim some lower larf that I was not expecting to have to do again.

And this is so subjective, but I keep looking at the plants and seeing more health and flower growth and frost.

And my tap water and the nutes seem to like each other, which is a big bonus for me.
 
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