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Old 26-03-2005, 06:03 PM
Stephen Henning
 
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"Ann in Houston" wrote:

I guess I expected other stuff, but not ammonia.


Fertilizer is ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, ammonium phosphate &
potassium phosphate. So 2 out of 4 fertilizers are ammonia based.
Organic fertilizers (manure) is this and urea. Urea is a chemical
combination of ammonia and carbon dioxide. So now we are 3 out of 5.
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