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[pred]

Well I'll be bvggered! all this time I though Joe would be right on the baqll with this one.

The way I understand it is as follows; fertilizer is manure, correct? Manure is what comes out of Joes mouth everytime he opens it correct?

 

[EddieM]

From memory I bought a bag of Ammonium nitrate years ago so I guess ammonia features somewhere.

God almighty it's like pulling teeth, ammonia is made of ??

nitrogen and hydrogen

yep most certainly.

 

[EddieM]

Well I'll be bvggered! all this time I though Joe would be right on the baqll with this one.

The way I understand it is as follows; fertilizer is manure, correct? Manure is what comes out of Joes mouth everytime he opens it correct?

manure is very rich in nitrogen, urea mainly, actually ****.

 

[EddieM]

phosphates...whatever they are.

phosphorus and oxygen, very important.

 

[Dextraneous]

So, to answer your question Eddie - Nitrogen.phosphorus and ?

 

[EddieM]

quicksilver and toluene? Do we really have to go through the whole periodic table?

mercury and toluene, really, both nasty stuff.

 

[EddieM]

So, to answer your question Eddie - Nitrogen.phosphorus and ?

NPK Nitrogen Phosphorus and potassium.

 

[Dextraneous]

Ta. And to save me the google, why is K potassium?

 

[sooey]

and for the next question.....


can you give me something for me lumbago?

 

[Dextraneous]

and for the next question.....


can you give me something for me lumbago?

Is that island in the Caribbean?

 

[sooey]

symbol K for potassium.

 

[Dextraneous]

symbol K for potassium.

Aye. But why K? After all, we know the origin of pb for lead

 

[sooey]

why not?

 

[sooey]

A mate of mine worked on one of those private islands over there for a while. It was that one that Margeret used to go to can't remember the name.
He said that the coloured servants weren't allowed to use the toilet facilities in the private resiences and had to go out in the undergrowth to do their business.
It wasn't all that long ago either.

Mustique, just remembered.

 

[EddieM]

Ta. And to save me the google, why is K potassium?

Comes from the latin, Kalium. Sodium Natrium hence Na, Tungsten W comes from the ore Woframite, Chemistry odd huh.