Could not wood ash be a good substitute? > Message du 07/05/08 21:38 > De : "Jim McKenney" > A : "'Pacific Bulb Society'" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] [SPAM] Potash: the key to Frit. imperialis > > Roger Whitlock wrote: " The late Doris Page, a brilliant light on the local > horticultural > scene, once told me that the secret to success with F. imperialis was > to give them potash." > > Is that by any chance potash as in sulfate of potash? > > I zeroed in to this earlier this year, thanks to a hint from another source. > > > However, sulfate of potash does not seem to be available in the retail trade > in this area. Or at least I have not found a source. Telephone calls to > several local "nurseries" assured me that it was available. Delighted to > hear that, I ordered several five pound bags. > > Every time I did this, when I went in to pick up the sulfate of potash, it > turned out to be muriate of potash: not the same thing. > > The weak excuse given in each case: our supplier said it was the same thing. > > > Also disappearing from the local scene: fertilizers with over-the-top > phosphate levels. One I bought last year had the formula 10-52-10. Local > concern about the explosive growth of algae in Chesapeake Bay (fueled by the > high phosphate levels in runoff draining into the bay) have apparently nixed > local sales of such formulations. > > > Jim McKenney > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >