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Old 30-05-2010, 10:09 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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alan.holmes wrote:
As one does every 20 years or so, I can across a HUGE bag of something
called 'Phosphoric Acid' which I obviously bought for some use, but what
was
it used for?


Dissolving human bones and teeth after you have turned the rest of
their bodies into meat pies.


Interesting, but I somehow do not think I would have bought it dissolve
parts of bodies, I'm sure it would have been bought to use in the garden,
but what for?

Alan



When I first saw the bag the words 'growmore' came to mind, but bearing in
mind the reliability of my memory it could be anything!


Growmore is an ordinary NPK (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium) fertiliser.
Phosphoric acid is just a source of phosphorus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.