Potassium Silicate concentration/npk calculations

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CannaReview

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Trying to figure out the NPK of this product. I have another product that is Ksil 6 packaged down and its says 0-0-14 but not sure if its mislabeled as their other sizes say something else.

KASIL 6

DESCRIPTION:
A 2.1 ratio potassium silicate solution with a specific gravity of 1.38.

K2O, %12.65
SiO2 % 26.50
Weight Ratio, % SiO 2/%K20 2.09
 
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CannaReview

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Ok so from doing some reading

KASIL 6 is


Silicic acid, potassium salt; Potassium silicate 39.2%

So
Potassium oxide 12.65%
Silicone Dioxide 26.50%

So that would make the NPK 0-0-13 with 12.65 rounded up?
 
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CannaReview

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Cannasutraorganics said:
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong..... Silica isn't a measured nute. Only the potassium.
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Well if I take a 1L of Kasil 6 and add/mix it with 2L of ro/distilled water that should take it down to what I wrote above, then that is used like Pro-Tekt where you add that solution, say 2ml per L of your final feed.
 
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az2000

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CannaReview said:
Well if I take a 1L of Kasil 6 and add/mix it with 2L of ro/distilled water that should take it down to what I wrote above, then that is used like Pro-Tekt where you add that solution, say 2ml per L of your final feed.
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Why do you have to dilute it? Why not sell it in smaller quantities, requiring smaller doses? What's the benefit of selling water?
 
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CannaReview

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az2000 said:
Why do you have to dilute it? Why not sell it in smaller quantities, requiring smaller doses? What's the benefit of selling water?
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Believe it or not people don't want to spend a few min extra dissolving the silicate into say a jug of warm water so the pure Kasil 6 wont sink to the bottom of the barrel. The price of the product will be reflected in the dilutions.

For example right now I pay $14 wholesale for a 1L of branded Kasil 6. It'll cost me 1/2 of that to bottle it down, put it in a plastic bottle and then put a label on it. So now I can sell it to the end user as retail wholesale prices or just above it. I could probably make it even cheaper but I can't find powdered silicate locally, something like AgSil 16H
 
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CannaReview

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Potassium Silciate is Potasium Oxide and Silicate Dioxide. Comes in powdered and liquid forms in various concentrations. http://www.whitakeroil.com/product-details.html?file=tl_files/product_documents/MSDS/WLLC MSDS/PQ Corporation/kasil-6-tech.pdf


For example DynaGro Pro-Tekt is 0-0-3 and the % are 3.4% K2O (Potassium Oxide) and 7% or so SiO2 (Silicate Dioxide)

The Ksil 6 from the specs is 0-0-13 and the % are 12.7% K2O (Potassium Oxide)and 26.5% SiO2 (Silicate Dioxide)

So Kasil it quite a bit stronger than Pro-Tekt.
 
bradburry

bradburry

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without all the pro-text stuff.
......is it just a different name for potassium and silica?...like mono- potassium phosphate.

and can i use it in my res?
 
bradburry

bradburry

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CannaReview said:
Potassium Silciate is Potasium Oxide and Silicate Dioxide. Comes in powdered and liquid forms in various concentrations. http://www.whitakeroil.com/product-details.html?file=tl_files/product_documents/MSDS/WLLC MSDS/PQ Corporation/kasil-6-tech.pdf


For example DynaGro Pro-Tekt is 0-0-3 and the % are 3.4% K2O (Potassium Oxide) and 7% or so SiO2 (Silicate Dioxide)

The Ksil 6 from the specs is 0-0-13 and the % are 12.7% K2O (Potassium Oxide)and 26.5% SiO2 (Silicate Dioxide)

So Kasil it quite a bit stronger than Pro-Tekt.
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my xbox wont let me click on the link......?
 
bradburry

bradburry

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but iv now read up .....cant help you with the npk but it does say silica is a measure % as well as the K....idk

its the second most abundant thing on earth apart from o2 .......silica .

interesting.
 
jijiandfarmgang

jijiandfarmgang

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Just messing with you, but I'm pretty sure in Oregon they would hang you from the gallows for this.

Just trying to sell your own fertilizer, without registering it.

- Jiji
 
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