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Old 11-28-2011, 08:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Thanks for the fertilizer info on the Wiki...

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Thanks, Nick. Curious: what "stuff" do you get? I think Sul-Po-Mag might be my best bet as I could probably find it most readily around here.
If they recommend potassium chloride for bananas, it probably will not harm them (but it may be wrong!). I haven't tried a chloride salt on my bananas before so I don't know if it causes any harm.

Plants like tomatoes will be heavily harmed while others such as prickly pear cactus will be fine.

Sul-Po-Mag is great due to the fact that high potassium concentrations can cause a deficiency in magnesium. I use a mixture of potassium sulfate and magnesium sulfate. Another chemical you can look for is potassium nitrate but it may be harder to find since it's an oxidizer. I know I've seen all of the above on Ebay but you'd have to pay shipping of course.
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