POTASSIUM SILICATE AS A FERTILISER.
Comparatively recently a new potassic fertiliser has been placed upon ths market in the form of potassium silicate. It contains about 91 per cent of potash', and although insoluble in water, it in readily absorbed by the roots of plants. Potash silicate contains no salt or other chlorides, and in this respect would ap J pear to possess some advantage oven kainit and muriate of potash, the chlorides in which are sometimes found to act deleteriously on growing plants'. Where a slow-acting and lasting sourcA of potash is required, this new fertiliser is worthy of trial. Satisfactory results have been obtained in most eases where it has been tried in the garden and field.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 46
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119POTASSIUM SILICATE AS A FERTILISER. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 46
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