Rock Phosphates

[prudencel]

Hello Stephanie,
I didn't mean to imply that you were sqaundering the world's dwindling piles of rock phosphate! - If I could get it I would very probably use it. Anyway its not even began to dwindle yet, its production is yet to peak apparently.

My point was that if the toxic element content of unrefined Rock Phosphate is safe enough for Organic food producers to use, its safe enough for roses.

I was a bit annoyed at the time of writing - Biofuel seemed such a great idea at first, but so far has caused worse problems than it has solved, competing for land with both food production and 'wildlife'.
Its high fertilizer requirement is because the entire plant growth can be taken, unlike, eg: wheat and maize for food, where only the seed is used with the rest (with its phosphate)being returned to the soil. And so biofuel is set to double the world's consumption of phosphate fertilizer. compared to all that the Phosphate used by gardeners for flowers is a very small drop in the ocean!Prudence

[Stefanie]

Ok, I am now convinced. So far I have seen and/or applied the RP in about 5 gardens and I new them before and after.

WOW - give the stuff 6 weeks and you cant imagine ever having lived without it!

Go and find a supplier - it's magic. Peter Beales - maybe you would like to import it into Great Britain? It sure would make plenty of gardeners very happy and it is dirt cheap (R8/kg) - you just need to buy a very large quantity. Let me know and I'll find out who the supplier is here in SA, apparently we sit on a huge source here