What are Some Things High in K that I Can Use to Build My Soil?

anybody have any ideas???

i see banana peels mentioned, potato peels too
i use molasses tea which has a bit of potassium, molasses is a pretty good source
and good clean wood ashes are great if you have them, i use them to add some K during watering

Kelp meal is 1-0-2

growone said:

i see banana peels mentioned, potato peels too
i use molasses tea which has a bit of potassium, molasses is a pretty good source
and good clean wood ashes are great if you have them, i use them to add some K during watering

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I've read about others using ashes too but after some research, I really couldn't find much about how to use them. How do you use ashes?

Plowboy said:

I've read about others using ashes too but after some research, I really couldn't find much about how to use them. How do you use ashes?

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this is just my own way, not necessarily the best way
i will take a tablespoon of wood ash, add to a half gallon of water
let dissolve for a while, then filter out the sludge, i like clear water, but that's just a personal preference
the spring water i use has a 6.2 ph, after adding wood ash it gets to around 6.5, maybe a touch higher
tell you the truth, the results i get just using a bone meal/molasses tea(molasses is the K source) seems to work just as well without the extra wood ash K
my micro grows don't seem to exhaust soil nutrients too badly i guess

Thanks for the info growone. I'm always ready to try something new.

K-Mag or Langbeinite helps acidify soils and adds potassium.

Greensand is a long-term, slow-releasing fertilizer of marine origin with iron-potash-silicates and unique properties that loosen clay soils and increase the moisture-holding capacity of both clay and sand.

http://www.downtoearthfertilizer.com/fert_single.html

Wood ashes, find a friend with a wood stove. The harder the wood the more potassium, be sure to crunch and grind up the black chunks too and mix with soil.
Don't add too much it increases alkalininty - or check ph after first watering as it reacts fast. You can adjust before planting or ph your water to balance out.

Hops

Peace,

Hops

How do i use banana peels and potato peels?? I live in a apartment so the only way i make nutes is by aerated compost tea.. Can I use banana peels, potato peels, and all that organic unbroken down matter in a compost tea????

beartrapgeorge said:

How do i use banana peels and potato peels?? I live in a apartment so the only way i make nutes is by aerated compost tea.. Can I use banana peels, potato peels, and all that organic unbroken down matter in a compost tea????

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can't tell you finer points of the recipe for these(just that they have been used by others for K), i'd think incorporating than into a compost pile would be the usual method