mc58 ... duet water level ... have you tried this?
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Stawberry, or anyone, have you tried this?
Comments (9)Hi Kitty: I'm glad you are back, I miss your tons-of-blooms gorgeous pics, and your years of experience ahead of me. When Alana in SC got sick bands from Burlington early april, this is what I wrote to Alana on April 19: "Fish emulsion is very acidic, best mix into your tap water to lower the pH for pale roses. It's great to water your roses with diluted fish emulsion, but NOT to spray the foliage. If leaves are kept wet and slightly acidic, you'll get diseases. Fish emulsion is cited as NPK is 5-2-2, with trace elements. University of Mass. research on marigolds tested chemical, fish emulsion, alfalfa pellets, or a combo. They compared Neptune fish emulsion NPK of 3-1-5, versus chemical fertilizer NPK of 20-2-20. Personally I think the marigold watered with fish emulsion looks better than others, the one with alfalfa meal is worst, very stunt and yellowish. Google that, and you'll see. Another organic way is to use blackstrap molasses, but only the Plantation brand has the highest nutrient. Plantation brand sold at Walmart has 17% potassium, 20% iron, and 20% calcium. Experiments on Soluble fertilizers showed that high potassium plus calcium yielded the best root growth, and the best flowering. Less is best with molasses. People with green plants use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water for every 2 weeks. Since roses are tougher, 1 teaspoon would be fine. Too much sugar can make the fungi out-number the bacteria in the soil. A tiny bit of sugar stimulates the endo/ecto mycorrhizal fungi. That group of soil fungi increase the nutrients in soil, esp. phosphorus, potassium, and iron. I posted a thread on mycorrhizal fungi a month ago. " After I wrote the above to Alana, I went to find Plantation brand early April .... no luck. So I'll order low salt soluble fertilizer NPK 2-20-20 with molasses from Kelp4Less. Once diluted, that Mid-Bloom pack has 1/4 cup molasses per 50 gal., plus Myco++ fungi for best root-uptake of nutrients. If you can find Plantation Blackstrap molasses, its high iron will green up your plants. Here's the link to nutrients in different brands of molasses ... they vary widely: Here is a link that might be useful: Nutrients in different brands of molasses...See MoreWaterlox / Tried and True sanding level issue
Comments (0)We have white oak hardwoods that we've stained red mahogany. We plan to use either Waterlox (my choice) or Tried and True (Hubby's choice).* However we've run into a bit of an issue. The method we followed to stain the floor was to sand with 80 grit, water pop, then two coats of stain. This is working wonderfully well. However, the info Hubby has found for the two top coats / finishes we are considering say that you should sand to 150 (or maybe even higher). But then, from what I read, they are talking about putting their product on bare wood, not stained. So what do we do? *Any experiences with Tried and True? I'm finding very little info on using this for a floor finish - especially over stain. Any opinions on Waterlox vs. Tried and True? Here is a link that might be useful: The Tried and True info for the curious...See MoreHave you tried Norwex Microfiber cloths?
Comments (14)Yes, I use them for everything in our bathroom. We have a very small bathroom that we recently redid with tile and marble countertops and porcelain tub. I'm very wary about using harsh cleaners on these things so I love the Norwex for this use. Because the floor is only about 4 feet by 4 feet, I do use the cloths on it instead of mopping. I've always been a wash by hand rather than mop gal for all our floors, but since I've gone back to work I sometimes use the micro fibre cloth on the end of a mop thing (don't know what that is called?) I'm curious though. I thought Norwex was a Canadian thing. Is it available more widely now? One of my collegues has a cousin who sells it and she uses their dishwasher detergent and some other cleaners too. She loves them, but I've never tried. If you are worried about harsh chemicals, you might want to look into it....See Moreload size... for mc58....
Comments (5)plumbly22, You might be right about not putting enough in? That seems to be a really large load that you showed. Do they seem to clean right? When I have put 8 towels, 10 hand towels & 10 washclothes in, that is when the machine wont balance out and they get tangled, I end up having to take 1/2 of them out, it happened when I had the first tech out, they did get tangled, he had to seperate them, and ended up taking some out just so it would spin. I had many techs tell me I was filling it enough, and they told me that I shouldnt put more than I would in a TL. How confussing!!! You would think they would know? The special paddles that should spray water on the clothes, Duet does not have the water holes, my older Frididaire FL did and I didnt have a problem with it rinsing or tangling. I asked this last tech about that, he tried to tell me that it does, I told him there is no water going in other than the what goes in from the front, he said the paddles fill up with water and than drops on the clothes, what???? Like I mentioned he wouldnt listen to me and he was I think just making stuff up. I will continue to wash large loads and see how it does. Thank you...See Moremark40511
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