Richard

Many phosphite minerals are ingested by plants more readily than phosphates and are circulated systemically throughout the plant. Potassium Phosphite (technically MonoPotassium Phosphite) is of special interest with fruiting bananas, pit fruits, and fruiting vegetables because of the potassium content. I am trying it out this spring on several crops. Anyone else using it?

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saltydad

Should be interesting, Richard, as this is usually used for it's anti-fungal properties. Keep us informed.

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Christian Rieger

Synthetic fertilizers kill life in the soil, from microbes that produce CO2 to earthworms. These synthetic fertilizers are used by factory farms to produce large, heavy produce and big crops. There is almost no concern for flavor or nutrition.

You can go to this webpage for a review comparing synthetic with natural fertilizers: Organic Fertilizer

Richard

Potassium Phosphite is not a synthetic fertilizer. This mineral is found in dry lake beds throughout the N.E. Mojave Desert.

Dosage is key. If you use 1 teaspoon per gallon of water and apply in the appropriate season to appropriate plants, then both the plants and the soil bio-system will thrive. On the other hand, you can mis-apply just about any fertilizer (organic or not) and destroy nearly all the life in the soil.

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jnstropic

I use potassium nitrate on my Ae Ae bananas mostly in the fall. It helps the Ae Ae go through the winter. The leaves have more green and less white. The spring pup well be much stronger and easier to grow it away of the parent.

It's growing very well now.

It was planted in mid March and if was very slow. In May it has started to grow fast.

turtile

There is no nutritional difference between the two and top part of the web page contains many false statements.

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