Robstar Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Do plants absorb nutrients at night? Sometimes when I get off work late, my lights have already gone out and I'm not sure if I should dose easy green at night or wait another day when the lights are on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Doesn't matter when you dose. The important thing is just make sure to dose. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted December 30, 2022 Administrators Share Posted December 30, 2022 Shouldn't make any different what time you dose. I'm actually not sure what nutrients are absorbed at night. I know they consume oxygen. Growing happens during the light, but I"m not sure if they can take in some other nutrients during the down time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) So I’ve read from several articles that plants take up nutrients day and night and only utilize the nutrients during the “light” hours for photosynthesis. Edited December 31, 2022 by FLFishChik Bad grammar 😝 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 i would think, even if they just absorbed nutrients during light hours (which i doubt is true), if you dosed ferts at night, the ferts would still be in the tank for the plants to use when the lights come on. i cant see any problem with dosing ferts at night. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Assuming plants don't feed at night, and being given the 2 choices of fertilizing late in the day or fertilizing at night, I'd dose at night. Reason being is they will feed soon after the light comes on and throughout the whole day. Where as fertilizing mid day will give the plants a shortened day to feed. Of course there is nothing scientific about this answer, just thought I'd put my 2 cents into this thread! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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