Re: [APD] amquel plus and nitrates

[Vaughn Hopkins <hoppycalif at yahoo_com>]

Yamato Green is a micro nutrient or trace mix, containing no  
phosphates.  So, yes, if you want the plants to use up the excess  
nitrate, dosing phosphate will help a lot towards that goal.

Vaughn H.

On Jul 29, 2006, at 8:14 PM, Eli Moss wrote:

> I'm also dosing Yamato Green...probably should have mentioned that...
>
> E
>
> On 7/29/06, Vaughn Hopkins <hoppycalif at yahoo_com> wrote:
>>
>> Plants have to have NPK and traces plus CO2 to grow.  If you have
>> lots of everything except P (phosphate) the plants struggle to grow
>> and don't use much of the other nutrients.  But, if you have a
>> balance of all of the nutrients along with adequate light, the plants
>> grow very well, using up all of the nutrients.
>>
>> Vaughn H.
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Jerry Baker wrote:
>>
>>> Eli Moss wrote:
>>>> Just a nitrate testing kit...multitest, I think.  You'd recommend
>>>> adding
>>>> phosphates?
>>>
>>> Absolutely required.
>>>
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