I have some Fox Farm salts and leftover liquid nutrients that are about 6 years old now. I also have some Cyco nutrients that are about 4 years old. I still have all my nutrients and I was going to start growing again. I pretty much have some left for every single kind of nutrient these companies sold at the time, and was wondering which if any were still good to use this season?
As long as the salts stay in the cool and dark, they should be shelf stable. The only exception is if you introduce microbes that can munch the micronutrients.
Organic inputs are good as long as they don’t change smell or consistency and also benefit from being stored in cool, dark conditions.
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I use old nutrients on ornamentals and other stuff around the yard. Works really well. Be getting compliments from the neighbors.
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I’ve been feeding the vegie garden my old nutes
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In my experience if the bottles have been stored away from sunlight and never exposed to oxygen, they will keep for years and years.
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Im a hoarder/ anyone want every single brand of nutes? They are between 3 and 17 years old. Stil hoarding them. I currently use botanicare but even hoarding their kind because i lean organic. I got funky shit like banned nutes that are likely pgr too. whats in liquid light? I still cant find my camera, or humic/fulvic? or my agsil dammit.
the salts should be ok.
the liquids never know.
give the liquids the smell test.
if stored in cool dark place the liquids
should be ok also. better luck if still sealed.
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I have some calcium nitrate that sucked water out of the air until it became liquid. I am still using it and the plants are fine. It is stored in a cat litter bucket that gets full sun.
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Yea thats the one thing i hate about raw salts, high humidity really clumps things up.
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Don’t try this on something like nectar for the gods it spoils or goes anaerobic on u
But salt based nutrients should be good for quiet sometime
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Get the gamma seal bucket lids and store your open bags in 5 gallon buckets.
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I use the home depot buckets but those would save me a lot of stress and time. Hate cracking those suckers
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