Re: Low potassium level
At 11:05 AM 04/11/00 -0600, Margaret L wrote:
>If your soil is acidic, you could use wood ashes.
Interesting. I thought wood ash was used only to raise pH. A moot point
however, since the soil is neutral.
>Other than that, alfalfa
>meal and soybean meal have 2-3% potassium. Greensand has a lot, but it's a
>non-renewable resource.
Great! I think I've seen alfalfa meal in the garden centres. But what is
"greensand?" I've never heard the term.
>However, home test kits are notoriously unreliable. Can't you send it to
>an ag institution to be tested?
I don't think thats really necessary. I realize that home test kits aren't
very accurate. However, my husband is a chemist and familier with soil
testing. He's confident that the test is accurate enough for our purposes.
Also, the test just confirm my suspicions based on the symptoms.
Thanks for the help
Leslie
zone 3, southern Manitoba
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