Hesi Nutrient Longevity

[mgtrottier]

Hey Guys,

About two years back, maybe a little longer I had to put my hydro grow equipment into storage. I recently moved and now I am able to resume growing operations.

I have several gallons of Hesi's complete hydro nutrients (grow, bloom, PK 13/14, SuperVit, root complex, etc) that I would like to use since I had great luck with them in the past. My question is, since these nutes sat in storage in un-opened or very well sealed containers (and unfortunately not climate controlled) for about two years, are the nutes still any good?

I would imagine they are probably not as strong as when they were new but I hope they aren't a complete waste. I don't believe they had ever frozen but I do know they were subjected to fairly high temps (100 to 105 F) while they sat in the metal hotbox storage place.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Mike

 

[labexperiment]

Double check this advise if you can find info on it as I read it many years ago.

Heat the nutrients to 170-190 degrees and stir for 20 minutes, allow to cool and they should be good from what I remember reading. Do each nutrient separately.

 

[mgtrottier]

Double check this advise if you can find info on it as I read it many years ago.

Heat the nutrients to 170-190 degrees and stir for 20 minutes, allow to cool and they should be good from what I remember reading. Do each nutrient separately.

I tried doing a google search for that and wound up empty handed. 170 - 190 surely sounds like it would destroy the nutrient? Do you remember what the purpose of heating was?

Mike

 

[labexperiment]

The reason for heating is to allow the nutrients which are salt based to re-bond and integrate any chemicals/nutrients that have fallen out of suspension.

I went looking for the article on my computer with no luck.

Anyone else know of this process.