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Specialty Growers are discovering the benefits of fertigation with EZ-FLO. No longer are you tied to complex mechanical equipment that requires ongoing maintenance.

Unless your fertigation needs are complex, EZ-FLO can represent a cost-effective alternative to mechanical or electronic injectors and pre-diluted fertilizers. No more expensive storage and mixing tanks.

Why pay your fertilizer supplier to ship you all that water when you can use fully concentrated fertilizer and your own water?

The Alternative to Complicated Mechanical Fertilizer Injection and Pump Systems

Now you have a choice.  Although there are a number of mechanical injectors or electric pumps in the marketplace and they operate reasonably well, specialty growers do not have access to a simple and uncomplicated system that could dispense fertilizers and supplements onto their plant materials.  You had to struggle with equipment that required ongoing maintenance or had to be monitored  to make sure it did not "run dry".  You also had to invest in storage tanks and either buy diluted fertilizers for storage or pre-dilute your fertilizers.

Now, you have an option. 

One of the best ways to see EZ-FLO in action would be to show you some shots of actual growers using EZ-FLO in their operations.

Specialty Growers

This is an actual shot of a tree nursery in Southwest US with an EZ010 model fertigation unit attached to a main water line just behind the red ball valve. This particular unit feeds a 5 acre property where trees are grown and then stored for shipment.

The EZ-FLO unit is refilled every week after proportioning the fertilizer charge into approximately 141,000 gallons of water.  Refill of the tank takes approximately 3 minutes since it can be isolated from the irrigation system through the use of the included shut-off valves. It does not matter if the tank runs out of fertilizer since there are no moving parts to freeze up or maintain.  In this case the tank charge consists of 50 lbs. (4.5kg) of concentrated 10-20-30 fertilizer that does not have to be pre-diluted.

Coming Soon- EZ020 and EZ030 specialty tanks with 2-3 times the tank capacity of EZ010 for less frequent refills.

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Fertilizer Tank Capacities

EZ-FLO has a variety of tank capacities from which to choose.  Since water soluble fertilizers can be used in almost pure form with minimal water added, you can "pack-in" a much stronger concentration of NPK than comparable liquids. 

In either case, the EZ-FLO unit does the proportioning and mixing so you don't have to worry about diluting fertilizers in large mixing or blending tanks.

Important Note:  Please note that the water soluble capacities of these units is dependent upon using highly soluble, high quality fertilizers similar to or sold by EZ-FLO.  Each fertilizer blend, even from the same manufacturer, has different solubility characteristics based on the ingredients (NPK) which will affect the total pounds that can be funneled  into the tank for use.

The Advantages of Constant Feeding

EZ-FLO experience, backed by university research studies, shows that constant feeding is the agronomically superior way to feed plant materials and crops.  The following table shows monthly gallons of water that will empty a given size system on the appropriate refill schedule when an EZ-FLO system is used to feed on a consistent basis with the slow setting (15,000 to 1 ratio). 

Batch Feeding

EZ-FLO can also be used with more traditional batch feeding strategies.  The following table show the fertilizer injection rates that correspond to the flow settings based on the gallons per minute of water flow.

Parts Per Million

The following table shows the EZ-FLO feed rates at the various flow settings in parts per million based on the percentage of nutrient in the formulations.