Low Chlorine/Chloride 10-10-10 Fertilzer - Possible Source

[Laredo]

Since I am still in my planning stages for next year’s container grow, I have been searching for a low chlorine fertilizer. I have seen the recent post from @deluxestogie showing a picture of his Southern States low chlorine 10-10-10 fertilizer. I can’t find that on the Southern States website, so I am not sure if they still make it, or just don’t list it.

I did some searching and found GreenView Multi-Purpose Fertilizer 10-10-10 at HomeDepot, Ace Hardware, and on Amazon. It looks to be low chlorine but does not specifically mention that it is. I went to the GreenView Fertilizer website, and they don’t list that product. Idk why these companies don’t list all of their products on their websites.

Anyway, do you think this 10-10-10 fertilizer is low chlorine? I can’t really get a good screen shot on my iPad of the ingredients from pictures posted on HomeDepot, so here is a snippet from the Ace Hardware MSDS. Or should I just go with Miracle-Gro fertilizer?

 

[deluxestogie]

Muriate of potash is pure potassium chloride. So, definitely not low chlorine. Low chlorine is important for tobacco. I use a "balanced" fertilizer, which means that the N and P and K are equal. That is not particularly important. The "10-10-10" doesn't matter. It can be any other more or less balanced numbers. You just use their recommended rate for tomatoes. Miracle Grow makes a gazillion different preparations, so I can't help there.

Bob

 

[Laredo]

Blah, figures it would not be good. I think @Knucklehead used the general purpose MG for his 2023 grow, but I’ll have to confirm that. Oh well, I thought I was on to something but I reckon, I wasn’t. Thanks for your help though.

On edit: I think I used pure KCL as a fertilizer when I grew 20+ years ago. I didn’t do much research into it at the time, but I had a Bunch of KCL because I used that in my molten salt heat treating for making knives. makes more sense now, as I reflect back, as to why my tobacco turned out like crap. Lol.

 

[Knucklehead]

Blah, figures it would not be good. I think @Knucklehead used the general purpose MG for his 2023 grow, but I’ll have to confirm that. Oh well, I thought I was on to something but I reckon, I wasn’t. Thanks for your help though.

Are you growing in the ground or in containers?

 

[Laredo]

Are you growing in the ground or in containers?

I am going to grow in containers. I intend to use the air pruning type fabric pots. The ones I have picked out are listed as 5 gallon pots, but the specified dimensions come out closer to 7 gallons. I figure I will fill each pot with 6 gallons of soil (about 1 inch from the top of the pot). I found a local source for some decent potting soil at a bit less than $60 per yard. If I grow 24 plants, it will be a less then 0.75 of a cubic yard.

The soil I am looking at is a combination of Canadian sphagnum peat moss, composted pine bark, leaf compost, and a small percentage of naturally occurring topsoil and structure sand. It sounds like it is a well draining soil and is what the company recommended for growing plants in containers. I am struggling to find a good source of fertilizer as I can’t imagine that the soil will last more than 4 to 6 weeks without having to add some nutrients.

 

[Knucklehead]

I am going to grow in containers. I intend to use the air pruning type fabric pots. The ones I have picked out are listed as 5 gallon pots, but the specified dimensions come out closer to 7 gallons. I figure I will fill each pot with 6 gallons of soil (about 1 inch from the top of the pot). I found a local source for some decent potting soil at a bit less than $60 per yard. If I grow 24 plants, it will be a less then 0.75 of a cubic yard.

The soil I am looking at is a combination of Canadian sphagnum peat moss, composted pine bark, leaf compost, and a small percentage of naturally occurring topsoil and structure sand. It sounds like it is a well draining soil and is what the company recommended for growing plants in containers. I am struggling to find a good source of fertilizer as I can’t imagine that the soil will last more than 4 to 6 weeks without having to add some nutrients.

For containers I used Miracle Grow fertilizer for tomatoes. I ordered it from Amazon.
For the garden I used 10-10-10 garden fertilizer like Bob uses but from the County Co-op. If you were going to grow in the ground, I would recommend a soil sample first.

https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Gro-Water-Soluble-Tomato-Plant/dp/B004PVY3F8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=6BEI810EQQTS&keywords=miracle+gro+for+tomatoes&qid=1691624696&sprefix=miracle+grow+for+tomat%2Caps%2C1081&sr=8-3

To reduce the frequency of watering, and to waste less water and fertilizer, I put the grow bags in kiddie swimming pools.

Knucklehead's 2023 Grow Blog

I plan to start seed 1 Feb for a planting date of 1st week of April. I will have 48 cells of Reams 158 flue cure variety. Four will be backups. My seedling mix is several years old and dry so I went down earlier and dumped a gallon of water in the bag to help premoisten the soil. I struggled...

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I also used an RV filter between the water faucet and the garden hose to eliminate chlorine in the water. Chlorine can reduce the combustibility of tobacco. Too much can make your leaf fireproof. Not good if you are a smoker. If you like to keep your car clean, the filter also reduces the hard water spots when washing your car.

https://www.amazon.com/AQUA-CREST-Protector-Fluoride-Dedicated/dp/B07Z7ML4LW/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=1OP8SRW5FHWU&keywords=RV+filter&qid=1691625011&sprefix=rv+filte%2Caps%2C1109&sr=8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

I used a battery operated transfer pump to move the fertilizer from the bucket into the pools. Easy breezy. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/HORUSDY-Portable-Battery-2-2GPM-Transfer/dp/B0936H75HD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2Y2KVITSS8C8X&keywords=Liquid+transfer+pump+battery&qid=1691625557&sprefix=liquid+transfer+pump+battery%2Caps%2C1493&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1