Any organic benefits from raw or cooked oyster shells ?! Hammer them and bury in soil ?!
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Should be a good soil ammendment if you crush it up.
Article written on it, only the abstract is free. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11802-003-0057-5
Article written on it, only the abstract is free. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11802-003-0057-5
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Should be a good source of calcium and any other minerals the buggers soaked up
I also would like to know the best way to apply. I have a bag of shells saved. Has to be a good calcium source.
Whoops. Late to the game.
Whoops. Late to the game.
We used to give that to the chickens when they would eat there eggs from a calcium deficienty. We bought it ground up from the farm supply store and threw it in the yard. They got what they needed From eating it and stopped eating the eggs. I figure if you crushed and ground it up and mix it in or sprinkle it on top would work
You might want to grind it up really fine. I hear the update can be slow.
That's a good point, most of the soil around here is alkaline.
On another site some well respected growers said to make a mix with 2 parts oyster shells, 1 part gypsum and 1 part lime (all powdered and mixed of course).
Then to use 2 tablespoons per 1 gallon of straight peat that you put into your soil mix.
I like the idea of that to counteract the peats acidity but 2tablespoons seems a bit high so on my last soil mix I used 1 tablespoon of it per gallon of peat.
Then to use 2 tablespoons per 1 gallon of straight peat that you put into your soil mix.
I like the idea of that to counteract the peats acidity but 2tablespoons seems a bit high so on my last soil mix I used 1 tablespoon of it per gallon of peat.