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Re: KNO3

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: KNO3
From: Paul Sears <psears at nrn1_NRCan.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:07:54 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199902242048.PAA27991 at acme_actwin.com> from "Aquatic Plants Digest" at Feb 24, 99 03:48:04 pm

> From: tconnors at webtv_net (Thomas Connors)
> Subject: KNO3
> 
> I couldn't find stump remover at our local garden shop but I did find a
> bag that stated 'potasium nitrate KNO3, guaranteed analysis- total
> nitrogen....13.75% (13.75% nitrogen in nitrate form). Soluble potash
> (K2O) ....44.50%. Would the potash be safe for the planted aquarium? The
> material is small white pellets .

The stuff is KNO3, all right.  The "potash" content is just an odd way
of stating potassium content that results from a convention used for
fertilizers.  For pure KNO3, the N content is 13.9%, the potassium
content is 38.6%, and the "K2O" (which isn't actually there) content
is 46.5%

-- 
Paul Sears        Ottawa, Canada

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