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potash Definition

pot·ash (pätas̸h′)

noun

    1. potassium carbonate (esp. when obtained from wood ashes)
    2. potassium hydroxide
  1. 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.