fertilizer injector anyone?

[Than]

According to some online sources, one could attach a fertilizer injector to their hose and use it to inject some acidic solution (diluted vinegar for instance) into the water in order to lower the water's pH. I find some cheap such injectors in the market, at around 20 dollars. Has anyone ever tried this method? My water is alkaline and so is my soil and I'm desperate to find ways to mitigate that. 

My bestie chatGPT says it's very easy to set up and effective but I'd rather listen to you guys.

[happypalms]

I recently did a post on a cheap Venturi fertiliser setup from eBay. 

[Than]

42 minutes ago, happypalms said:

I recently did a post on a cheap Venturi fertiliser setup from eBay. 

Glad to see you find it works. I wonder if anyone has used it to acidity the water. I guess it will work as long as the amount of water is not too big?

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, Than said:

Glad to see you find it works. I wonder if anyone has used it to acidity the water. I guess it will work as long as the amount of water is not too big?

It works you can mix as much as you want or as little as you want. High strength or low strength, you just set the dial or use straight concentrate and then set dial or dilute it. 

[Than]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

It works you can mix as much as you want or as little as you want. High strength or low strength, you just set the dial or use straight concentrate and then set dial or dilute it. 

Excellent news. Do you know if it will also work with a drip irrigation hose?

[happypalms]

19 hours ago, Than said:

Excellent news. Do you know if it will also work with a drip irrigation hose?

It only works for me at the end of the hose, or if the hose is short near the tap itself or pump. I tried it from the tap end with a long hose and it doesn’t work. But the way I use it with a hand held 5 litre drum at the end of the hose seems best. But try it with your setup, it depends on pump pressure. 

[quaman58]

I have a "fertigater" installed on each drip system, front & back. It took me years to get around to it (my neighbor had actually given me two tanks several years go). At the moment, I'm filling them with an appropriate water soluble fertilizer only. Holy mackeral, what a difference. Most palms looked pretty good with just watering and occasional doses of fert, but a number of species always looked a bit anemic & the change has been remarkable. My neighbor takes a more serious approach, also adding acidifiers, surfactants; etc. His yard looks marvelous. My 2-1/2 gallon tanks seem to last about 5-6 weeks, however it is sometimes a few weeks before I get around to re-filling them. But there is defintely some residule effect, so it doesn't seem to be an issue. 

[Than]

3 hours ago, quaman58 said:

I have a "fertigater" installed on each drip system, front & back. It took me years to get around to it (my neighbor had actually given me two tanks several years go). At the moment, I'm filling them with an appropriate water soluble fertilizer only. Holy mackeral, what a difference. Most palms looked pretty good with just watering and occasional doses of fert, but a number of species always looked a bit anemic & the change has been remarkable. My neighbor takes a more serious approach, also adding acidifiers, surfactants; etc. His yard looks marvelous. My 2-1/2 gallon tanks seem to last about 5-6 weeks, however it is sometimes a few weeks before I get around to re-filling them. But there is defintely some residule effect, so it doesn't seem to be an issue. 

So you mean that you fertilize with every watering basically?

[quaman58]

Yes. There just became a point where I had too many plants to take care of by hand; I was always forgetting something or being too erratic with my treatments , especially during the time of year when the days are short.

[Than]

29 minutes ago, quaman58 said:

Yes. There just became a point where I had too many plants to take care of by hand; I was always forgetting something or being too erratic with my treatments , especially during the time of year when the days are short.

Interesting. I'd expect this to be over-fertilizing. How long have you been doing this?

[quaman58]

The particular brand that I’m using has a “low to high“ setting. They’ve been around for a long time, and there doesn’t seem to be any issues with them. I’ll get you the brand name, certainly worth a read.

[quaman58]

Here you go..

 

[Than]

40 minutes ago, quaman58 said:

Here you go..

 

Thanks; I am curious to read about it