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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 176916" data-attributes="member: 389">Depends on the fertilizer, but I'd imagine they are all appropriately labeled.&nbsp; My only real experience with mass fertilizer application is anhydrous ammonia.&nbsp; Not much inert material with that stuff.&nbsp; Since we live in ND, I wouldn't spend an awful lot of money on phosphorous soils anyway, but dry fertilzers containing potassium and phosphorous use inert material. What I've read says that different manufacturers will use anything from sand, clean dirt, saw dust, corn cobs, and ??? to provide the inert material needed to reduce clumping.&nbsp; All depends on what is the cheapest.Personally, I don't know that I see an issue with inert material.&nbsp; Lots of us gardeners intentionally add sand to clayey soils, or clays and organics to sandy soils.- - - Updated - - -p.s.&nbsp; percent of inert material tends to be in the 40-60% range on most dry fertilizers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 176916, member: 389"] Depends on the fertilizer, but I'd imagine they are all appropriately labeled. My only real experience with mass fertilizer application is anhydrous ammonia. Not much inert material with that stuff. Since we live in ND, I wouldn't spend an awful lot of money on phosphorous soils anyway, but dry fertilzers containing potassium and phosphorous use inert material. What I've read says that different manufacturers will use anything from sand, clean dirt, saw dust, corn cobs, and ??? to provide the inert material needed to reduce clumping. All depends on what is the cheapest. Personally, I don't know that I see an issue with inert material. Lots of us gardeners intentionally add sand to clayey soils, or clays and organics to sandy soils. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] p.s. percent of inert material tends to be in the 40-60% range on most dry fertilizers. [/QUOTE]

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