Latest Post from the Bonsai School The friendly community that shares answers to everything bonsai  Join for FREE!  | FAQ | Check my private messages | Log in  Welcome to BonsaiHelp - Want to talk Bonsai? - Join here for FREE! or read the latest topics! Superthrive Goto page 1, 2  Next        Bonsai Help Forum Index -> Talk Bonsai Author Message mark1 White Belt Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 28 Location: stockport/manchester Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:03 pm    Post subject: Superthrive Received some superthrive today.having never used it before i was expecting it to come in a dropper bottle as for measuring the amount. now i now it doesnt can anyone tell me how i add x amount of drops to my water. I did use some in 1 ltr of water for my bonsai and maple but i think i used to much.thanks Back to top Stymie Black Belt Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 10716 Location: S.Yorks.UK where the sun used to shine Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive The bottle will add drops if you hold it steady, The higher concentration will not do any harm, neither will it have a better effect. Just add more water to the mixture to make it go further. Back to top Surrey John Brown Belt Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1542 Location: Surrey, UK Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:05 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive Mark - I bought a little dropping bottle from my local chemist - 90p - which I keep my Superthrive in, and it can be delivered drop by drop using the rubber bulb pipette in the bottle. Simple. Go to your chemist tomorrow and purchase one for yourself. Superthrive delivery problem solved. SJ. Back to top TB420 Brown Belt Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 2791 Location: Franklin, Indiana Zone 5b Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:15 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive Mark, this is copied from an old post of mine where I measured the drops in 1 ml for a person here. Quote: A 4 oz. bottle lasts a very long time. I think that I will be able to use an entire bottle this year, but previous years, I have never used a bottle in one growing season. I only use it full strength 1/4 teaspoon after transplants and then every couple of weeks. All other times I just put a few drops in a gallon. A teaspoon is 1.25mL, and 1mL is about 20 drops. I use a 1mL dropper. I find that it is much easier and much more exact. Be hard to get 5 drops in a gallon any other way. http://www.bonsaihelp.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2989&highlight=superth rive Tom Back to top Dick Black Belt Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 9390 Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:44 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive Mark, Most pharmacies carry droppers for baby medicines. You can easily get one there. Back to top hungkuen Blue Belt Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: lincolnshire Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive my girlfriend is a conservator and used to work for Manchester museum, she has all sorts of weird and wonderful tools to do her work with, and she has some of those small plastic measuring syringes, like you used to get in school science lessons, and i use one of those to measure things like supperthrive with. but i don't know how easy it would be to find where to buy those from. Back to top Dick Black Belt Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 9390 Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive Chemical supply sellers would carry them. Also school or education suppliers do as well. And I should think that household stores would too. Back to top hungkuen Blue Belt Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: lincolnshire Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive i suggest getting one then, as i find them great for accurate measuring. Back to top Surrey John Brown Belt Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1542 Location: Surrey, UK Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive You can get a syringe from the chemist (pharmacist) just as easily as you can get a dropper bottle. And very cheap - just pennies. I think they may be a bit more reluctant to sell needles... SJ. Back to top hungkuen Blue Belt Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: lincolnshire Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive well, you dont need the needles... unless there is something you need to tell us about john. Back to top TB420 Brown Belt Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Posts: 2791 Location: Franklin, Indiana Zone 5b Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive hungkuen wrote: well, you dont need the needles... unless there is something you need to tell us about john. Syringes, with needles are great for watering air-layers. Almost nothing better, especially if you can get a big syringe with a small gage needle. The big flavor injector marinade syringes that they sell would be great if the needle was smaller. You could water one large layer or several small one's with 50cc of water. Around here the only syringes they sell in pharmacies are diabetic syringes, and they are small (.5 and 1ml I think) but the needles are tiny. I have a friend that's mom is an insulin dependant diabetic and she gives me a new syringe whenever I need one. If I lose mine or break the needle. Just remember that if you do use a syringe to water an air-layer and the needle breaks off inside the layer make sure you mark it to remember otherwise you can get stuck. SJ just might be an insulin dependant diabetic too. Tom Back to top Surrey John Brown Belt Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1542 Location: Surrey, UK Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:58 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive No, I hadn't thought of insulin dependent diabetes when I made my feeble needle joke. Or watering air layers. SJ. Back to top Dick Black Belt Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 9390 Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:34 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive The best for water air payers is the needle that come with the kit use to refill printer cartrdges with new ink. It's a thicker needle that allows more through it than does an insulin syringe. Back to top mo's bonsai Yellow Belt Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 203 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:16 pm    Post subject: Superthrive I'm surprised, I thought every bottle of superthrive came with a dropper as a bottle cap. Here all the stores that sell superthrive bottles come with droppers. Why you guys don't receive the same type of bottle is beyond me. Back to top Stymie Black Belt Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 10716 Location: S.Yorks.UK where the sun used to shine Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Superthrive Mine was one of those that Tom sent over to our supplier (Barwick Bonsai) so it is a yankee one and has no dropper. Back to top mark1 White Belt Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 28 Location: stockport/manchester Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:02 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive Thanks for all the advice i found a droper bottle in the shed today so ive put the superthrive in there now. but me thinks my drops are bigger than your drops Back to top Dick Black Belt Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 9390 Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:59 am    Post subject: Re: Superthrive A drop is a drop is a drop.....