10 Facts About Potash

Potash includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form.

Potash refers to potassium compounds and potassium-bearing materials, most commonly potassium carbonate.

Potash ores are typically rich in potassium chloride, sodium chloride and other salts and clays, and are typically obtained by conventional shaft mining with the extracted ore ground into a powder.

Potash has been used in bleaching textiles, making glass, ceramic, and making soap, since the Bronze Age.

Potash was principally obtained by leaching the ashes of land and sea plants.

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Potash became an important international trade commodity in Europe from at least the early fourteenth century.

Potash pits were once used in England to produce potash that was used in making soap for the preparation of wool for yarn production.

Potash making became a major industry in British North America.

Potash production was always a by-product industry, following from the need to clear land for agriculture.

Potash is important for agriculture because it improves water retention, yield, nutrient value, taste, color, texture and disease resistance of food crops.