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How much sulphate of potash (potassium sulphate) should be used as a pre-planting base dressing, and/or as a top dressing? As with all fertilisers, too much can damage.   I just get a handful and sprinkle around the plants. If I'm honest.  Never

Sprinkle a handful of sulphate of potash fertiliser around the base of fruit trees and bushesPlant new raspberry canes and blackberry plantsPrepare beds to plant asparagusPlace tunnel cloches or simple sheets of polythene over beds to warm soil

as valuable as sulphate of potash. Having said that and to answer your question, it is best applied at at 1/2lb per sq yd on open ground. Potash aids the development of fruit & flowers.

artichokes as a windbreak on exposed plotsSprinkle sulphate of potash fertiliser around fruitSow seeds of broad beans, carrots, hardy peas and parsnips outside in soil that's been warmed with cloches

hello all i'd like know what measures i need of sulphate of ammonia/super phosphate/sulphate of potash/bonemeal,  i have 4 beds 2.4 x 4 meters square, in rotation are potatoes/roots/brassicas/legumes  each group likes different amounts, if (unlike

deficiency. Sulphate of potash cures potassium deficiency. For low phosphorous levels, apply super-phosphates. Top up manganese levels with Epsom salts.raspberriesspring, summer, autumnMore advice on growing raspberriesMaking the most of summer raspberries

sulphate of potash on them.  I was told chicken manure would help them so I've also tried that but I'm still getting nothing.  It's very disheartening. What am I doing wrong? Have they been pruned at all? need to cut them right down to ground level

I have some 1 year old, some 2 -3 year old and some newly planted fruit trees and bushes. What is the best feed to give them now ?- I have seen blood, fish and bone mentioned and sulphate of potash. which is best or is it different for tres

it been getting? - something with plenty of potash in it might nudge it into action - I'd sprinkle some sulphate of potash around it, or you could use a rose or tomato fertiliser. And I'm a bit confused by your description of the pruning - you say you

plants, I'll apply sulphate of potash, which will also boost fruiting potential. And, to further nourish the canes, I’ll treat them to a good, thick mulch of mature manure, recently delivered in a large trailer by a farmer friend.Hopefully, all