I told you I did not like trivial names. I should have remembered that muriate is the old name for chlorine. On chlorides: Some of the early failures using coir as a peat substitute were due to chloride from sea water contamination. Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On > Behalf Of arnold trachtenberg > Sent: 07 November 2005 14:52 > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Nerine sarniensis > > My concern was that Muriate of potash is KCl and sulphate of potash is > K2 SO4. Is the amount of Cl present in the Muriate dangerous to plants? > Arnold > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php