Potash for citrus

 

Hi to all

What would you recommend as a high potash fertiliser for citrus trees?
Thanks
Sandra

 

Chicken manure, and not the factory pelletised stuff.
Its makes citrus sit up and take notice.

 


Jonno wrote:

Chook poo is good for citrus but it is not high in potassium.   If you are
sure that potassium is required then the quickest and cheapest source is
potassium sulphate.  You can buy a 500g packet for $8 or 20kg sack for $40
(IIRC).  The sack will last a very long time.  It must be applied sparingly
and well watered in.  I wouldn't be applying it until spring.

Despite being synthetic potassium sulphate is an acceptable input according
to organic standards.  If you picture "organic" meaning synthetic fertiliser
is bad then there is no logic to this at all.  The reason is most likely
that there are very few non-synthetic fertilisers that are high in potassium
and most of those are ash which tends to be very alkaline.


David

 

Here we go again...
First of all expenerience tells me its chook poo the tree needs.
Solve the potassium stuff after the tree fails to respond. That hardly ever
the case. If the tree is not producing flowers, then is MAY be a problem.
But its usually not the case. Its in need of a tonic. Chook poo has enough.
While I cant analyse it from where I'm sitting it pays to start with the
essentials.
People are always being told that if you want something to flower you should
add Potash.
No one say how much. The result is the nutrients can get unbalanced.
Better to do it safely...Add the other stuf later perhaps, and as David
says, preferable spring time, though if the weather is still warm, a light
application can help as a tonic till spring...Its usually in the process of
shutting down for winter at this point so doesnt require much.

.

 


Jonno wrote:

Here we go where again?  Do you mean jumping to conclusions with too little
real information and too little understanding of the matter?  Now that you
mention it that does sound sort of familiar.


And your ESP.  You know nothing about the specific situation other than a
request was made for potash for citrus.  Sandra may or may not know what is
wrong but you assume that she doesn't and sight unseen you also assume that
it is something that chook poo will fix.  Chook is not a panacea for citrus
trees.


But analysing sight unseen is what you are in fact doing.  Why guess?


Except that we don't know that in this case.  It MAY be so that the tree is
not flowering.  It might be better to ask for clarification rather than jump
to conclusions.



Except that this is quite the wrong time to be promoting growth or for
making citrus sit up and take notice.  A "tonic" now is probably a waste of
time and may well do harm.

Its

You cannot quite make up your mind can you.

David