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Re: Nitrate fertilization



>Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:27:43 -0500
>From: krandall at world_std.com
>Subject: Nitrate fertilization
>
>Pat Bowerman wrote:
>
>> Really? I thought that you used Tropica Mastergrow. I see that it
>contains some
>>K, but you find it necessary to supplement the potassium in Mastergrow? 
>
>I do, and it does, but my tanks seem to need more.  It was actually Claus
>who suggested it, after seeing my tanks.
>
>>You also
>>add additional N? In what manner do you do this? 
>
>Usually KNO3, although if I thought I didn't need the potassium, I'd go to
>what Neil suggested, nitrogen sulfate.
>

YOU got the N and S right, but I was suggesting Sodium Nitrate. I don't
think there is not a chemical called nitrogen sulfate.

I am intrigued by your comment about Potassium deficiency and TMG. Do you
dose at label recommendations or less? What were the symptons that Claus
noticed?


Neil