Many garden plots are not rich in nutrients, especially this refers to a soil containing a large content of sand and sandy loam. For these reasons, attention should be given to fertilizing the soil.
Potassium chloride is a fertilizer of organic origin, extracted from potash ores. Therefore, do not be afraid of the effect of this substance, on the contrary, it qualitatively improves the taste of the harvested crop. This fertilizer is especially liked by potatoes, beets, carrots, turnips, grapes.
Fertilizer potassium chloride - use and dose
Undoubtedly, this top dressing is considered one of the best for vegetable crops, but due to the presence of chlorine, the following possible consequences should be taken into account:
- chlorine, partially accumulating, can increase the acidity of the soil;
- Potassium chloride with long-term use is able to retain salt in the soil.
Attention should be paid to the content of chlorine in fertilizer potassium chloride, the application of which should be postponed for the autumn period, so that the element of chlorine can wash out of the soil in autumn and winter.
But without this fertilizer can not do on the ground, consisting of a large amount of dried peat, sand and sandy loam. In order not to overfeed the soil with potassium, one should pay attention to the state of plants:
- when the leaves lose chlorophyll they quickly dry out, become covered with brown spots, skukozhivayutsya and fly around;
- The stalks become weak, they turn pale and they are unnaturally bent;
- melted the fruit, do not mature for a long time.
Before using potassium chloride fertilizer in the vegetable garden, you should carefully read the instructions so as not to overdo with the dosage. Fertilizer is used as follows:
- In autumn it is necessary to feed the soil in a ratio of 100-200 g of substance per 10 square meters. m of land area. Especially depleted land can be fertilized in spring, but even at a ratio of 20-35 g per 10 square. m;
- Complex potassium fertilizers, because of the minimum chlorine content, are applied directly to the wells before planting in the proportion of no more than 20 g per 1 sq. Km. m;
- The use of granulated potassium chloride is carried out by mixing moist soil with granules. It has a property for a long time to be in the soil, so this way it can be fertilized rarely. Quite often granular potassium chloride is used, combining with nitrogen and phosphate preparations. This helps to accelerate the development of plants.
Pay special attention to precautions, use garden gloves and respirators. Potassium-based products should not be mixed with chalk, dolomite and lime.
The use of fertilizer potassium chloride is not a complicated and painstaking procedure, but it must be treated with attention, observing the conditions of application.