potash Definition
pot·ash (pät′as̸h′)
noun
- potassium carbonate (esp. when obtained from wood ashes)
- potassium hydroxide
- any substance containing potassium; esp., salts derived from natural brines, distillery waste, flue dusts of blast furnaces, etc., whose potassium content is expressed in terms of KO: used in fertilizers, soaps, etc.
Etymology: earlier in pl., potashes < Du potasschen < pot, pot + asch, ash: orig. prepared by evaporating the lixivium of wood ashes in iron pots
potash Usage Examples
Preposition: from
reserve: On some clay soils, release of potash from reserves must also be allowed for.
Converse of object
- apply: Action for low P & K fields NOW is the time to apply potash to improve low K soils.
- remove: On soils of good phosphate and potash fertility: Use NK top dressing to replace some of the potash removed.
- use: The presence of water appearing thus to prevent any decomposition, I used potash in igneous fusion.
- release: However, the ability of some soil clays to fix or release potash complicates the picture.
- contain: It contains potash, which is valuable garden nutrient.
Adjective modifier
- adequate: Clearly adequate soil potash is one key part of good crop growth.
- much: But during growth crops need as much potash as nitrogen - some need more.
- high: A weekly feed of a high potash proprietary liquid fertilizer should be given, about 2 pints per ring.
- available: Sustainable nutrient management All systems of production should maintain an adequate supply of available potash to the plant.
- more: Potatoes take up more potash than most other crops.
- caustic: Care was required when doing this, as the liquid electrolyte contained caustic potash which would attack the hands or clothes.
Modifies a noun
- fertilizer: Once flowering is over, the bulbs should be fed with a high potash fertilizer.
- removal: For a given yield of straw, potash removal with a hot, dry harvest can be double that of a normal season.
- mine: This was once ' the world's largest potash mine ' Points of call during the tour include.
- feed: Once plenty of fruits have set, use a high potash feed.
- reserve: Such results do not alter the validity of maintaining potash reserves in the soil.
- recommendation: Phosphate and potash recommendations are based on nutrient offtake which is of course related to yield.
Noun used with modifier
- fertilizer: At soil K index 1 responses to fertilizer potash are well worthwhile.
- soil: Clearly adequate soil potash is one key part of good crop growth.
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