
What the Mini Measure Shot Glass Adds to a Feed Routine
Most feed charts are written in milliliters per gallon, most kitchens think in teaspoons, and plenty of additive labels split the difference. This little glass carries all of those scales at once. It holds one fluid ounce, or thirty milliliters, and the printed rungs step through six teaspoons and two tablespoons along the way. The markings are fired onto the glass rather than stuck on, so they do not peel away after a season of splashes and rinses. Print size is generous for a cup this small, which matters when you are reading a line at arm’s length under a dim veg light. The base is deliberately heavy. Set it on the edge of a bench beside an open jug and it stays put instead of skating. Glass also rinses clean in a way plastic does not, so yesterday’s cal-mag will not tint today’s silica dose. Each case carries twelve, and that is the point of buying it this way. One cup per additive means no cross-contamination and no stopping mid-mix to wash anything.
Why a Measuring Shot Glass Beats Eyeballing a Dose
Small doses are where a feed program quietly goes wrong. Under-dose a base nutrient in a 5 gal reservoir and the plants coast along looking almost fine. Over-dose a cal-mag or a silica and you can push EC past where the root zone wants it. A 2 mL slip means little in a 55 gal tank and a great difference in a 1 gal hand-watering jug. Reading a line on glass takes the guesswork out of both. Growers running a dozen bottles find it faster to pour into a marked cup than to hunt for a clean syringe. The cup handles thin liquids well, though thick humic or molasses-style products will want a scrape and a rinse. Anything under roughly 1 tsp is better handled with a syringe, since the lowest rungs on any cup this size are coarse. From a teaspoon up to an ounce, this is the fastest honest read on the bench. Twelve of them turn a cluttered mixing station into a labelled one.
Key Features
- Four Scales at Once: Teaspoons, tablespoons, ounces and milliliters share one printed face, so there is no conversion math mid-mix.
- Permanent Markings: The scale is fired onto the glass rather than applied as a label, so rinsing and wash cycles do not lift it.
- Weighted Base: Extra mass low down keeps the cup upright on a wet bench next to an open nutrient jug.
- High-Visibility Print: Large characters stay legible at arm’s length under veg lighting or a dim work lamp.
- Case of Twelve: One dedicated cup per additive removes cross-contamination and the mid-mix wash stop.
- Dishwasher Safe: Glass construction lets a whole case run through a cycle between feed changes.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 1 fl oz (30 mL) |
| Graduations | Up to 6 tsp, 2 tbsp, 1 fl oz, 30 mL |
| Material | Thick glass with weighted base |
| Markings | Permanent, high-visibility print |
| Care | Dishwasher safe |
| Pack Quantity | 12 glasses per case |
| Case Weight | 2.08 lbs |
| Case Dimensions | 9.6 x 8.8 x 2.4 in |
| Manufacturer Part Number | HGMMSG |
| UPC | 638104000970 |