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Kansas City, MO

I'm all set for 2004 but can't seem to find a good web-site for high potash fertilizers. Any help out there?

3/13/2004 10:00:52 PM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

north country organics,maybe neptune harvest

3/14/2004 1:08:10 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

espoma make a 0-0-60....but be careful with this stuff..
chuck

3/14/2004 6:31:16 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Some care is in order with late season Potash. Too much & the fruit blows. Even a little too much more, & the salts can destroy roots.

There is also some confusion over the sources of potash. While finished anaysis vary a bit by source, these salt indeces are pretty accurate:

Potassium Chloride:..: 0-0-60 Salt Index 116 (SI/U = 1.94)
Potassium Nitrate....: 0-0-38 Salt Index 74 (SI/U = 1.95)
Potassium Sulfate....: 0-0-50 Salt Index 46 (SI/U = .92)


It can be difficult to apply granules accurately at very light rates by hand. Especially with AG vines that are fully established getting on the way.

It might make more sense then to foliar feed our late potash especially via the sprinklers.

Potassium Thiosulfate: 0-0-25 Salt Index 68 (SI/U = 2.7)

True fluid fertilizers are nearly impossible to find on line. So I convinced Brent to post this on his website. These are by far the highest fluid fertilizer ingredients money can by. Any fan of foliar fertilizers might want to check these out.

http://store.seedoutlet.com/grflo025gaju.html

Steve

3/14/2004 8:16:35 AM

Ann Arbor, Mi

I have about 97 of 100 lbs of 0-0-60 left from last year for sale cheap, I Won't be using it again!! Be cafeful with this stuff....

3/14/2004 10:20:14 AM

huntsburg,ohio

I used no fertilizer after September first and very little through season.Used agro k foliar in July and August.You will ruin your soil with too much chemical fertilizer and once things are out of wack it takes years to fix.Jerry

3/14/2004 10:42:03 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

I gotta agree there. Nevermore....

3/14/2004 1:01:09 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

The key is in the balance. I feel that Don did an especially nice job in #3 with respect to the Calcium:Potassium:Magnesium relationship. As Jerry indicates, even a small deviation in the delivery rate of Muriate of Potash (0-0-60) does take a while to get back in line.

If there is a good thing to say about imbalance, is's probably this: AG's take an awful lot out of the soil from what I've been seeing. So after a season in imbalanced conditions, it usually isn't hard to see (with any crop really) what those relationships mean.

3/14/2004 4:37:53 PM

Walkerton Ont

I thought potash is good for pumpkin growth. I am in the process of looking to order fert for my pumpkins. I am geting fert for the starting of the plant and when the pumpkin is on. What fert should i use to make these babies grow. Im not worried about blowing up my pumpkins

3/14/2004 6:41:48 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

yet! is the key word! 40 lbs a day gets real scary!

3/14/2004 7:31:04 PM