Fertilizer labels give a value for Total Sulfur (S) as a percentage. Is this the percentage of elemental sulfur in the product or is there some other convention such as sulfate of sulfur dioxide?
2006-11-02 06:11:11 · 4 answers · asked by doctorzapp 1 in Environment
This is the total sulfur from all sources. Most of this is usually as sulfates but there are other compounds as well.
The sulfate is very available to plants, but it also is easy to leach out or be converted by microbes into less available forms of sulfur. It appears on the labels as percentages to make it easy to calculate the rates of application (to reach goals of, say, 20 pounds of Sulfur per acre).
2006-11-02 06:20:26 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 66⤊ 0⤋
Sulfur is sulfur, nonetheless in case you purchase from technology businesses may well be extra desirable. Why sulfur and fertilizer? Smells like a bomb test because of the fact that fertilizer additionally is composed of ammonium nitrate.
2016-11-26 23:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That'd be the total sulfur, including sulfur that's built into sulfates in the product.
2006-11-02 06:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be total sulfur. But that is not usually part of a fertilizer spec -- normally, you specify K, N, and P, which are the active elements.
2006-11-02 06:31:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋