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Old 05-19-2009, 11:38 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Finding fertilizer

My guess is that the high P fertilizers is to help phosphorus come available to the plant. Not much P is needed but most of it gets locked up in the soil. It is also immobile in the soil. The best way to get it absorbed by the plant is to apply it by banding.

It won't make much difference unless your soil has inadequate amounts of available phosphorus.
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