I've yet to mention this to my coworkers or really anyone else so I thought I'd bring it up here first.
I have used both liquid and powdered fertilizer. In my opinion you have to be careful with both. Liquid can burn if not mixed correctly and powdered can take a longer time to take effect but is safer if you're worried about mixing properly.
My Idea:
Apply liquid fertilizer (mixed properly) onto the soil as a foam
Operation:
Put a foaming agent (common unscented liquid soap?), fertilizer in a spray tank and formulate a tip that would generate foam when a pressurized liquid was sent through.
Concept:
The foam would dry and adhere to the soil, and be broken down when it rained/dew/watered etc. It would be delivered to the plant faster than the powdered but would still be somewhat diluted/slow acting as to not burn
I've done research and haven't found a lot of usage of fertilizer foam so let me know your thoughts
Just a few questions:
if it gets decent review (or enough questions or interest) I may attempt to make a small rig and try it.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Edit: I am putting together an article and will post it here when I'm done, please specify if it's alright to put your comments/points/concerns/questions etc into the body of the article. In the page itself I will be giving credit using your member's name from FTT.
I have used both liquid and powdered fertilizer. In my opinion you have to be careful with both. Liquid can burn if not mixed correctly and powdered can take a longer time to take effect but is safer if you're worried about mixing properly.
My Idea:
Apply liquid fertilizer (mixed properly) onto the soil as a foam
Operation:
Put a foaming agent (common unscented liquid soap?), fertilizer in a spray tank and formulate a tip that would generate foam when a pressurized liquid was sent through.
Concept:
The foam would dry and adhere to the soil, and be broken down when it rained/dew/watered etc. It would be delivered to the plant faster than the powdered but would still be somewhat diluted/slow acting as to not burn
I've done research and haven't found a lot of usage of fertilizer foam so let me know your thoughts
Just a few questions:
- Does standard liquid soap change the PH or anything of the soil?
- Does anyone see a use for a foam applied fertilizer?
- Any foreseeable problems?
if it gets decent review (or enough questions or interest) I may attempt to make a small rig and try it.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Edit: I am putting together an article and will post it here when I'm done, please specify if it's alright to put your comments/points/concerns/questions etc into the body of the article. In the page itself I will be giving credit using your member's name from FTT.