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Ammonium Sulphate - Description
- Nitrogen Based Fertilizer
- Lawn Fertilizer
- Brand: Vitax
- Reduces Soil pH (Makes Soil More Acidic)
- Quantity: 25Kg Bag
- Crystals/Granular
- Coverage: 875m2
- Active Ingredient: Straight Nitrogenous Fertilizer
- Nitrogen: 21%
Ammonium Sulphate Delivery - Important Note - Please Read
- We can only deliver orders of this compost by Fastway couriers
- Please do not choose DPD as your courier for orders containing 25Kg bags of fertiliser
Ammonium Sulphate - Uses
- Use to increase Nitrogen levels in the soil
- Use to feed your lawns as nitrogen is essential for leaf growth
- Add to vegetable garden to feed hungry plants such as cabbage
- Add to alkaline soils to reduce pH (Makes soil more acidic)
- Most vegetables require a neutral to low pH (6.5-7) to grow well
- Use to feed any leafy or hungry garden shrubs
- Helps to reduce clover build up on lawns
- Prevent Potato Scab by lower soil pH
Ammonium Sulphate - Advantages
- Fast acting
- Encourages blue colouring in hydrangeas
- Revitalise box, laurel & privet hedging
- Great for hungry plants
- Contains the most crucial plant nutrient (Nitrogen)
Ammonium Sulphate - Application
- Apply in Spring & Summer
- Ensure an even application
- It is best to mix Ammonium with soil or sand to an even spread
- As a general plant feed / lawn feed
- Scatter 35g per m2
- Lightly rake into soil / rake into lawn
- Repeat process twice over the growing season
- Do not apply in late Summer or Autumn
- To lower soil pH
- First test your soil to determine soil pH
- If alkaline & you want to make it more acidic
- Scatter 70g per m2
- This is likely to change pH by 0.01 on the scale i.e. from 7.3pH to 7.2pH
- Lightly rake into soil
- To Control Clover on Lawns
- Apply 15g per m2
Ammonium Sulphate - Notes
- Nitrogen is important for
- Leaf growth
- Deep green foliage
- Nitrogen deficiency symptoms
- Yellowing of foliage
- Reduced growth rates
- Nitrogen is the most important plant nutrient
- Nitrogen needs to be added to the soil each year
Soil Acidity - Notes
- Most vegetables prefer soil that is slightly acidic
- Most garden shrubs prefer a soil that is slightly alkaline
- Test soil before applying
- If your soil is alkaline, sulphate of ammonia will make it more acidic
- Organic ways to make soil more acidic
- Adding Peat
- Adding farmyard manure
