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  • From: "O'Barr, R. D." <topgun@otelco.net>
  • To: <reveland@bresnan.net>, "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ammonium vs. Nitrate
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:39:55 -0600

Ammonium is an adjective.
----- Original Message -----
From: <reveland@bresnan.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ammonium vs. Nitrate


> It was meant to be nonsensical. Can you tell me where I can buy some
> Ammonium? Ammonium nitrate is used in huge quantities as an explosive
where
> I live and you don't need dynamite to set it off. Just mix it with some
> diesel fuel and then it can be set off with the primer from a rifle
> cartridge, but I am more interested in learning where to purchase some
> Ammonium. I have never seen it on the shelves of a store anywhere.
>
> Rodney
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net>
> To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:15 AM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Ammonium vs. Nitrate
>
>
> > Rodney,
> > Your are mixing terms to the point of being nonsensical. Ammonium
> > Nitrate is just that, Ammonium (NH4) + Nitrate(NO3). Conscientious
> > fertilizer dealers often don't sell it to just anyone because it is the
> > stuff that was the primary ingredient for blowing up the Federal Courts
> > Building in Oklahoma City. Uniform delivery people can be too terrified
> > to
> > have it in their truck - I had it delivered once and the driver was
> > relieved
> > that it hadn't blown up yet - telling him that it needed another
> > ingredient
> > AND dynamite to set it off failed to quell his fear.
> > Anyway, if you are fertilizing with any form of nitrate, adding just
a
> > smidgeon too much can burn your plants just as fast as urea will.
> > Ammonium
> > is best because it is not available to plants until after soil bacteria
> > convert ammonium to nitrate. Soil bacteria provide a slow release of
> > nitrate which is unlikely to ever burn plants.
> >
> >
> > Jim Fruth
> > Brambleberry Farm
> > Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
> > www.bberryfarm.com
> > (218)568-8483 [Store]
> > (218)831-7018 [My Cell]
> >
> > 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 acquired that way, but when I
> > google - 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
> >
> >
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