This paper deals with the determination of potassium in fertilizers by the flame photometric method. A preliminary study was performed in order to know the relationship between potassium concentration and readings in the Coleman flame photometer, model 21. It was verified a linear relation when the concentration of potassium was in the range of 0 and 30 ppm. The presence of some ions like calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, phosphate, sulfate and ammonium were studied and showed that calcium and magnesium cause no interference in the method. Ammonium caused a slight interference when 550 ppm of NH4+ and 10 ppm of potassium were present. With 20 ppm of potassium the influence of ammonium was observed only with 995 ppm. Sulfate caused a moderate influence and phosphate interfered, giving lower results. The determination of potassium, with five replications, in three fertilizer mixtures, were performed in solutions that underwent a previous separation of phosphate and sulfate by an anion exchange resin and in solutions not purified by ion adsorption. The results showed good agreement indicating it is not necessary the separation of phosphate and sulfate when there is a several fold dilution of the solution. The method for determining potassium in fertilizers by flame photometry is very rapid and afford a good precision.