Doug_E Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I have a bottle of easy green I've been using for a few months. It always seemed like it dosed low and most of my plants have been good, but not great. Some finally melted away entirely (Val, S Repens, Dwarf Hairgrass). Some may be due to light, but I'm using a Plant 3.0 on a 40b so they are getting good light. I finally tested how much comes out with each pump: less than 0.2mL. Is this right? Either the bottle is defective or the instructions are wrong. No matter what I do with the pump, I cannot get more than a fraction of a mL out. How have I tested this? I pumped 10 times into a 5mL API tube and it was barely half an inch high. I used a pipette to suck it out and it was about 1.5mL in the pipette. I have graduated cylinders I can use to pump into and measure dosage. This might explain why some of my 'easy' plants have not done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Zenzo Posted October 14, 2021 Administrators Share Posted October 14, 2021 It sounds like the pump head is not operating as it should. Most likely the fertilizer is fine, and you will need to use a pipette to dose. Also, sometimes the pumps get clogged if they are unused for some time. You can remedy this by removing the pump head and cleaning it with hot water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_E Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 12:45 PM, Zenzo said: It sounds like the pump head is not operating as it should. Most likely the fertilizer is fine, and you will need to use a pipette to dose. Also, sometimes the pumps get clogged if they are unused for some time. You can remedy this by removing the pump head and cleaning it with hot water. It does get clogged but when I clear it out, the pump 'action' is still very short and I can feel it hit some kind of physical limit. To think I've been dosing 1mL or less in my 40g all this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Zenzo Posted October 14, 2021 Administrators Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 9:49 AM, Doug_E said: It does get clogged but when I clear it out, the pump 'action' is still very short and I can feel it hit some kind of physical limit. To think I've been dosing 1mL or less in my 40g all this time... It is probably a bad pump head then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I got a pump once that had the same issue, but if I fiddle with it I can get it to come up all the way. You might just dose manually to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwack Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 My first bottle of Easy Green had a bum pump too. I fiddled with it a bit, but it's just as easy to grab a little pipette and dose. My current bottle, from the new size, works pretty much spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_E Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 I tried to fix the pump, but now I have a two piece pump. Oh well. Pipette and graduated cylinder works better anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBWell Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 When I got my second bottle of easy green I noticed my original bottles pump was defective I was like holy cow that was a ton of fertilizer when I first used the new bottle so it is a thing unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Uni Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 My first pump was bad too just broken, nothing came out. Ended using a 1ml syringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katya Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I use a pipette anyway; 20 drops is about 1 mL, which makes it pretty easy to dose without measuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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