Ferrous sulfate question

Oz Oz at upthorpe.demon.co.uk
Sat Apr 15 13:17:36 EST 2000


In article <DB0K4.2544$%L6.152001 at monger.newsread.com>, Mike the Tree
Doctor <mlamana at bestweb.net> writes

>Anyone with any experience with this material? Any ideas on whether the
>acidification gotten from the sulfate will be had at the expense of an
>extreme accumulation of iron??

I have no info on the nutritional position but note that in mildly
alkaline situations FeSO4 produces a rather thick gelatinous gel of
Fe(OH)2 that has a propensity for bunging up pipes and orifices. Your
dilution may be so low that this doesn't happen or isn't a problem, I
can't say.

-- 
Oz




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