Dyna-Gro Test Grow

[Hortnut]

Hortnut submitted a new Showcase Item:

Dyna-Gro Test

Hello!
I recently reached out to a few companies asking if I could test some of their products. One of them was the nutrient company Dyna-Gro. They sent out their products for me to test, and I am excited to get started!
I am testing the entire nutrient line from seed to harvest and logging everything along the way. I will be running heirloom roma tomates in a RDWC system. As well as lettuce and radishes in coco/perlite.

Let's get started!
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I'm using RO water with a 50ppm base. I added week one from the feeding schedule and brought the water to 150ppm and ph of 6.0 to soak the jiffy pellets. Once soaked I dropped in the seeds and put in a warm place.

Day 1
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[Gail_68]

I hope it turns out to be what it says and you know what your doing along the process will give the items a good test...keep we updated please.

It reminds me of the brand miracle grow, as I use their food for my plants.

 

[DirtMechanic]

I will be interested to know what hormones they use and how you fight off pathogens as you go along.

 

[Hortnut]

Day 3
Crimson Giant Radishes are off to an early lead.

Everything else is starting to pop up.

The first inch or so of coco dries out quick, so until the roots get established I have to keep the young ones damp.

Since it is coco, and there is nothing in the substrate, I now have total control of feeding. Because of that I want to start giving them a little bit to eat. I mixed up a mild solution (1/3 strength) of the Week 1 feeding schedule.

Always add Pro-TeKt to water first. It does not mix if put into a solution after other nutrients. I then set ph to 6.0.

I'll have to give a misting once a day until the roots can develop a little deeper.

All in all looking pretty good for 3 days.

Everything else is still germinating.

The romas popped!

 

[Gail_68]

It looks good stuff with how things are maturing quickly

 

[DirtMechanic]

I wonder what will happen to your supply since the dyna-gro website is suspended.

 

[Hortnut]

Day 4

 

[DirtMechanic]

How deep are those boxes? do they drain? I saw what I believe is an auxin on the rooting hormone pic , and it was fuzzy, but the other I could not read. Is it a auxin plus a giberellin or just 2 auxins that they are using?

 

[Hortnut]

How deep are those boxes? do they drain? I saw what I believe is an auxin on the rooting hormone pic , and it was fuzzy, but the other I could not read. Is it a auxin plus a giberellin or just 2 auxins that they are using?

The tubs are about a foot deep, with holes drilled in the bottoms. I use the lids as a drip tray. The bottom 2" is hydroton.

I don't know why the site is down, but here is some information on the two products.

In the future I am going to do a comparison run on these:

 

[DirtMechanic]

Those rooters are all cell elongation auxins I believe. I bet the same thing in all of them. I am very curious about the effect if giberellins, as auxins really seem to be used post emergence. I had sown winter seeds for example, and the sprout on some packets could have been a higher percentage. Some were old seeds and that happens.

So what is hydroton?

 

[Hortnut]

So what is hydroton?

It is basically lava rock

 

[DirtMechanic]

You have time to find giberellin. Here is some differences between what you are using with the auxin and giberellin. Fruit set sprays are mostly cytokinin which is a big deal for a more mature plant as I understand it.

I am growing a lot of spinach and the leaf growth thing has my interest. Is it not amazing how little is needed? Only a quarter of a percent of that 8 oz bottle is active ingredients. I read about how toxic they are. 1.25ml in a gallon is what? A couple of drops maybe? Its like essential oils where they have to be cut for safety.

 

[Hortnut]

A few days ago I was defoliating and ended up with a clipping I decided to try to root, just for the sake of doing so. It was in my hand, and the gel was right there, so we'll see how it goes. I take pictures of everything, lol.

I cleaned the scissors with alcohol before the cut, then cut a 45 on it, scraped some of the lower stem and then dipped the scissor tips in the gel and dabbed it on.

 

[Hortnut]

Here is some differences between what you are using with the auxin and giberellin.

You definitely have me taking a look at gibberellin

 

[Hortnut]

I wonder what will happen to your supply since the dyna-gro website is suspended.

Their host went down or something. It's back up.