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  • From: <reveland@bresnan.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ammonium vs. Nitrate
  • Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:57:57 -0700

I wonder what the tomatoes would have tasted like had they used ammonium nitrate to fertilize them. I say this with tongue in cheek because ammonium nitrate has both names in it's name. I have to assume that "ammonium" is ammonium hydroxide (a more dangerous, for the handler, and expensive chemical than ammonium nitrate), although it could possibly be urea as it is a commonly used fertilizer also. I have never purchased or ordered ammonium via mail order but I suppose it can be aquired that way, but when I oogle - ammonium mail order - I find lots of ammoniums that can be ordered mail order; Ammonium Lactate, Ammonium Molybdate, Ammonium Thiocyanate, Ammonium Carbonate, Ammonium Chloride, Glufosinate Ammonium, ammonium hydrogen hemihydrate, ammonia (ammonium hydroxide diluted in water), ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium hydroxide, and more, but I really have no idea just which ammonium the Brits were using. Can I run down to the nearest nursery and order some ammonium? What chemical do you think those researchers were using?

Rodney Eveland


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Ammonium vs. Nitrate


One hundred and forty one consumers can't be wrong. They rated tomatoes
grown with ammonium to be 59% higher in terms of taste and overall
acceptance compared to those grown with nitrate. Could this apply to fruit
trees too?


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