I bought some Muriate of Potash as a Potassium source. I've read before
that this is a usable source of Potassium. All I need to know now is how to
dose it. Here's some info from the back of the bag:

0-0-60
Guaranteed Analysis
Soluble Potash (K20)------- 60%
Derived from Muriate of Potash.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Brian

This is potassium chloride (KCl). It's hard to overdose potassium, but I
think KCl has twice as much K as K2SO4 by volume, so adjust accordingly.
Look up the PMDD recipe at www.thekrib.com

Jody

"Brian Dugas" wrote in message
...
I bought some Muriate of Potash as a Potassium source. I've read before
that this is a usable source of Potassium. All I need to know now is how
to
dose it. Here's some info from the back of the bag:

0-0-60
Guaranteed Analysis
Soluble Potash (K20)------- 60%
Derived from Muriate of Potash.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Brian

That's weird. You say it's KCl, but the bag says K2O. I know you're right,
b/c I have this print out of a post I saved from long ago that said KCl is
sold as Muriate of Potash. I just wonder why the bag i bought doesn't just
say KCl. It would make life a lot easier. Thanks Jody.

Brian

"Jody" wrote in message
...
This is potassium chloride (KCl). It's hard to overdose potassium, but I
think KCl has twice as much K as K2SO4 by volume, so adjust accordingly.
Look up the PMDD recipe at www.thekrib.com

Jody

"Brian Dugas" wrote in message
...
I bought some Muriate of Potash as a Potassium source. I've read before
that this is a usable source of Potassium. All I need to know now is
how
to
dose it. Here's some info from the back of the bag:

0-0-60
Guaranteed Analysis
Soluble Potash (K20)------- 60%
Derived from Muriate of Potash.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Brian

The notation is strange.

I believe this is taken from agriculture where interest is only in the NPK
ratios. These ratios were based on the theoretical fully oxidized state of
the macronutrient. It is a bit cumbersome to most of us though.

Drew

"Brian Dugas" wrote in message
...
That's weird. You say it's KCl, but the bag says K2O. I know you're
right,
b/c I have this print out of a post I saved from long ago that said KCl is
sold as Muriate of Potash. I just wonder why the bag i bought doesn't
just
say KCl. It would make life a lot easier. Thanks Jody.

Brian

"Jody" wrote in message
...
This is potassium chloride (KCl). It's hard to overdose potassium, but
I
think KCl has twice as much K as K2SO4 by volume, so adjust accordingly.
Look up the PMDD recipe at www.thekrib.com

Jody

"Brian Dugas" wrote in message
...
I bought some Muriate of Potash as a Potassium source. I've read
before
that this is a usable source of Potassium. All I need to know now is
how
to
dose it. Here's some info from the back of the bag:

0-0-60
Guaranteed Analysis
Soluble Potash (K20)------- 60%
Derived from Muriate of Potash.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Brian

"Brian Dugas" wrote in message
...
That's weird. You say it's KCl, but the bag says K2O. I know you're right,
b/c I have this print out of a post I saved from long ago that said KCl is
sold as Muriate of Potash. I just wonder why the bag i bought doesn't just
say KCl. It would make life a lot easier. Thanks Jody.

They always list the amount of the nutrient in it's oxidized form.
It's some government regulation that forces them to list the nutrients
that way.


Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua