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Gold/Mining/Energy : Verde Agritech -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (6748)	4/21/2011 3:08:40 PM
From: Mark Bartlett	3 Recommendations Respond to of 16592

CK, TK, according to the release, is as good as KCL now. The release indicated the their engineers could potentially enhance the uptake of nutrients by adjusting the granular size -- despite the obfuscation in the PR (admittedly poorly done as I have indicated here more than once), I think it is reasonable to suggest that by enhancing the uptake of nutrients, TK will likely perform better than KCL. At the end of the day, we know, at a minimum, that at least for carrots, it is as good as KCL. As far as I am concerned, assuming no issues with dispersal of TK on crops, it is a viable product. - M

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (6748)	4/21/2011 3:10:16 PM
From: Sultan	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16592

With regard to the efficiency of the sources of potassium, the Company expected greater agricultural efficiency from granular ThermoPotash as compared to potassium chloride or the control. However, the release of nutrients from ThermoPotash was observed to be hampered in the field because the granules of the product showed a high degree of hardness and resistance to fragmentation. This decreased the contact and reaction of these particles with the soil preventing the release of total nutrients, thus reducing the efficiency of the product. The Company did not previously observe these characteristics when it supplied ThermoPotash in coarse form as opposed to granules. The company's engineering team expects to resolve this issue by making a simple change to the granulation process.