[IBC] Thick Trunks and Potassium
 

Hi All

Is it true that frequent use of a high potassium fertiliser results in a
thick trunk?

thanks

ss

Not per se. Potassium is essential for transport of sugars and for
starch formation. Leaves need potassium in order for stomates to open
and close.
Potassium improves a plant's ability to resist disease and cold, and
helps flower formation.

Granted, a plant with sufficient NP and K will be less spindly than
one that is deficient in any macronutrient.
--
Nina Shishkoff

Riverhead, NY

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[IBC] Thick Trunks and Potassium
 

Hi All

Is it true that frequent use of a high potassium fertiliser
results in a
thick trunk?


It works best when the trees are growing in the field. ;-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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