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Old 08-21-2008, 07:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: Making potash

Way to go, Mitchel !

If those were dried banana leafs, then the potassium content by weight will be:
  • about 1.5% if you have not been fortifying with potassium in the past year
  • about 3% if the plant has been receiving over 1 pound of potassium per year
Don't worry about overdose. You'd have to apply 50 lbs of banana leaf ash per plant per year for that!
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