This is probably a dumb question but bear with me...

Mostly people tell me that NPK labelling on fertilizer refers to the
percentage concentration of the nutrients. So, simplistically, if I
buy a metric ton of 5-10-10 I get 50kg of Nitrogen, 100kg of
Phosphorous and 100kg of Potash. (I know it won't be in elemental
form but you get the idea).

Presumably therefore if I buy 1/2 a ton of 10-20-20 I get the same
quantities of nutrient with a smaller percentage of filler. So why
not use this instead and just spread twice as thin?

One person has told me that it doesn't work like that because the
labelling is not the real proportions. It's an artificial scale which
takes account of the effect of the nutrients (ie including speed of
release) rather than the absolute quantity. Is this true?

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I read somewhere that carbonised rice hull is somewhat alkaline, and that
it can be used to reduce the soil's acidity.
Is that true?
And also that chicken manure was supposed to be slightly alkaline.
True?

thanks

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On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:33:16 +0000, Jack wrote:

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You got me here, why do you want to keep weeds down if you have horses
grazing on that area?

Just a probably dumb and ignorant question, but it just puzzles me :)