Switching From Liquid Nutrients to Dry Salts: How to Mix GreenPlanet's Horti Line

https://growingexposed.com/how-to-mix-dry-nutrients/ A jug of liquid nutrient is mineral salts that were dissolved in water before the jug was filled, and you pay for that water and for trucking it to the store. Dry salt nutrients leave the water out. You buy the minerals in a bag and add the water in your own grow room, which is a big part of why commercial growers feeding large rooms are moving to them. Sara Boon of GreenPlanet takes Justin Cooper, co-founder of GreenPlanet Nutrients, through the Horti Commercial Line, GreenPlanet's five-bag dry salt program, and the method for mixing a batch. Justin says the biggest mistake growers make with salts is pouring the premix into the reservoir without letting it sit for a few minutes first. QUESTIONS THIS VIDEO ANSWERS - Why are commercial growers moving from liquid to dry salts? 03:40 - Why do mineral nutrients feed faster than organics? 04:10 - Do you mix all five Horti bags together? 01:09 - How do you scale the feed chart to your reservoir? 06:48 - Why does the premix need a few minutes? 07:45 - What PPM and pH should you run? 08:41 - What is the most common mistake with salts? 10:23 - How should you store dry salts? 11:04 CHAPTERS 00:00 The GreenPlanet Horti Commercial Line 00:30 NPK and the QR Code on Every Bag 01:09 Five Products, Two at a Time 02:15 What GreenPlanet Leaves Out of the Bag 03:13 Adding Rezin and Vitathrive 03:40 Why Commercial Growers Use Dry Salts 04:10 Why Mineral Nutrients Feed Fast 04:41 Is the Feed Chart a Rule? 05:30 Three Ways to Mix 06:15 Pick Your Stage and Batch Size 06:48 Scaling the Feed Chart 07:07 Weigh It Out 07:19 Dissolve Each Bag Separately 07:45 Why the Premix Needs a Few Minutes 08:16 Add It to the Reservoir 08:41 Check Your PPM 09:31 Set Your pH 10:23 Less Is More 11:04 Storing Dry Salts 11:51 Talk to a Real Person THE HORTI COMMERCIAL LINE Five dry, fully soluble products. You use two at a time, depending on the stage. Veg: Horti Grow + Horti Cal Early to mid flower: Horti Bloom + Horti Cal Last two weeks of flower: Horti Late Bloom + Horti Late Cal Then 7 to 10 days of plain water before harvest, per GreenPlanet's feed chart. Two sizes: 50 lb bags for greenhouses and large growers, 5 lb bags for hobby and craft growers. The QR code on the back of every bag opens the feed programs on your phone. HOW TO MIX ONE BATCH Example: 50 US gallons in early flower. 1. Work out the stage. Early flower means Horti Bloom and Horti Cal. 2. Read the feed chart and scale it. 270 g Horti Bloom and 250 g Horti Cal per 100 gallons, so 135 g and 125 g for 50 gallons. 3. Weigh each one on a tared scale. Seal the bag straight away. 4. Dissolve each product in its own pail, at least one gallon of water per pound of nutrient. Never mix the two together in concentrate. 5. Let the pails sit for a few minutes. 6. Fill the reservoir short of your total, since the pail water counts. Add one premix, then the other, and run the pump. 7. Check PPM. GreenPlanet works on the 500 scale: 1000 in veg, 800 in early to mid flower, 700 in the last two weeks. 8. Set pH last, between 5.5 and 6.3. Pre-dilute pH up or down, 1 oz to 32 oz of water, and add it slowly. WHAT JUSTIN SAYS On the premix: "This is where people make the biggest mistake. They rush to add the nutrients to the reservoir without letting it sit for a few minutes." On the bag: "There is no anti-caking agent, there are no fillers, there's no carbonates, there's no food coloring." On feeding: "I always hedge on the side of less is more." GREENPLANET NUTRIENTS Growing Exposed does not sell nutrients, but GreenPlanet Nutrients does. Contact them directly, or use the links below to learn more. Horti Commercial Line and feed program: https://greenplanetnutrients.ca/feed-programs/horti-commercial/ Australia: https://greenplanetnutrients.com.au/ Canada: https://greenplanetnutrients.ca/ USA: https://greenplanetnutrients.com/ Commercial grower? Call GreenPlanet toll free at 1-866-913-4769 or email info@mygreenplanet.com and ask who your sales rep or distributor is. Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 4:30 Pacific. Contact: https://greenplanetnutrients.ca/contact-us/ Questions for Justin or for us? Leave them in the comments and we will answer them. Subscribe to Growing Exposed for facility tours, grower interviews and cultivation breakdowns from the people actually doing the work. https://www.youtube.com/c/GrowingExposed https://growingexposed.com/ Read the full article: https://growingexposed.com/how-to-mix-dry-nutrients/