On 2007-02-11, Salmon Egg wrote:

This is unadulterated crap! If you can truly PROVE that potassium nitrate in
a hermetically sealed glass tube leaning against a potato plant stem
increases the potassium content of the potatoes, while an empty tube of the
same nature does not, you would be a shoo-in for a Nobel prize in chemistry!
Moreover, explaining how that works would put you alongside Lavoisier as one
of the most famous chemists of all time.

I agree.

I was surprised to read this in a respectable-looking book printed
(English translation 1947) long before every kook could publish on the
interweb or the usernet.


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