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Aluminum phosphate is used in fertilizer:
https://farmonaut.com/mining/aluminum-phosphate-tin-phosphate-phosphate-mineral-uses


84 posted on 07/10/2026 7:40:52 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo om om)
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That is correct. As AlPO4. It’s the PO4 (phosphate) that acts as the fertilizer. And if your pH is correct then phosphate gets released for your plants to take up and the aluminum ion (in correct pH) is incorporated into minerals in the soil before the plant can absorb them.

If your pH is too low, the whether you add this fertilizer or not aluminum will leach out of minerals in the soil and your plants take it up. So if you’re a good farmer you maintain proper pH in your soil.


88 posted on 07/10/2026 7:50:06 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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