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Potash

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Nutrien: What Is Potash?

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How to make potash (free fertilizer)

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CTV Saskatoon goes 3,300 feet underground to see potash mine

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How to apply potash

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Potash, the miracle of China's ‘Dead Sea’

Potash is some of various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. The name derives from pot ash, which refers to plant ashes soaked in water in a pot, the primary means of manufacturing the product before the industrial era. The word potassium is derived from potash.
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