Geez girl, me too on making parents unhappy! I had to take everything apart to see what made it work! I'm why I never wanted kids. I knew if I had one just like me, I would have KILLED it!
The MG is why I hadn't said anything about the frequent flushings. I know of no other plant food that leaves behind as much metalic salt deposits as MG. Ugh! I don't mind it as a foliar feed tho, as I wash my plants a lot as a preventive, so no problem. You can do a quick fix as a foliar feed when you see a deficiency crop up. I would just filter my organic slury into a spray bottle & apply that way. Quicker & easier with same results. I was going to say you're making this more dificult than it has to be, but.......I now see this is play for you, your entertainment. I'm surprised your scientific mind hasn't broken everything down to the molecular level & you haven't posted pics of microscopic slides proving you theories yet. So now I'll be waiting for that! LOL!
Hey, I'm a zip-tie kinda girl too. I actually built a sm storage shed & put it together with zip-ties, greenhouse tape & gorilla glue! Everybody laughed at me, but that was about 5yrs ago & its still just fine. (Somebody stole my deck screws & I was in a hurry).
Thanks for the info on mosquito dunks. I should have asked sooner. Farmers ponds behind my house really LOADED me up with mosquitos this summer. I'll pass that information on to him.
Everything sounds good & you seem happy to have a project that occupies your scientific side! What can I say? GIRLS RULE!! HEHEHE!~~~~~PEACE!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~