Author: Steve Troy

Blumats and Temperature

At low temperatures, the air inside the capsule can contract and draw the membrane down causing a “run away.” This starts happening at about 4°C, 40°F. Cold temperatures also harden the drip tube which...

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Blumats & Nutrients

In general, almost all synthetic nutrients are fine as long as you use PekAcid or Drip Clean (some of our customers believe you only need to use this if you’re over-fertilizing). Organic nutrients (even thick ones like...

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Blumat Maxis

Sometimes though, if a grower is planning to use a big pot later, they use the Maxis in the small pot too instead of needing to get both small and large Blumat sensors. This works in most places but in very dry climates (like we...

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Air bubbles in Blumat sensor?

Often water supplies have large amounts of dissolved gases and we don’t want that inside the Blumat cones when setting them up. For soaking and initial set up, it’s best to use clean rainwater or something similar....

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