will fertilizer?

[WhispTech]

Will liquid fertilizer and fertlizer spikes cause my nitrates and nitrites to be off?

 

[kenneth_kpe]

what do you mean by off ?
in my experience (i dont know if it is really accurate though) my nitrates dropped considerably when i dosed ferts BUUUT because my plants where lacking other trace elements they need to more rapidly suck up the nitrates so when i dosed, the plants got the other stuff that they needed, they started taking up nitrates again... but im not really sure if thats the case

 

[WhispTech]

off + for my nitrates and nitrites to be at a level other then normal according to the test kits.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

oic in that case in depends on the fertilizer some ferts contain nitrates and some dont if you dont want to up your nitrates go for the phospate nitrate free ferts

 

[rdd1952]

They shouldn't have any effect on you nitrites. Nitrite only comes from processed ammonia and is handled by the bacteria colony. I haven't noticed any change in my nitrates with the use of ferts. If anything, I would tend to agree with kenneth_kpe that they may actually aid in lowering nitrates since they give plants the full compliment of nutrients they need so they use the nitrates better.