Have you tried making calcium acetate at home yet? Save your eggshells, dry them out in an oven on a low temp, grind them down as fine as you can. I finish mine with pestle and mortar, food processor works okay, that’s what I lead with. Slowly add it to vinegar, I just use white distilled vinegar. Carful as the chemical reaction rapid and obvious. Fill a jar about 1/3 with the vinegar and slowly added the ground shells, if you stop getting a chemical reaction add more vinegar. When you’re happy with the quantity of material be sure you have a free air exchange filter (FAE) on your lid. Let this sit for eight to ten days. Filter the fluid and use one tablespoon per gallon as a foliage spray. I did this this past season in combination with biochar (first year 3rd year is a big boost I hear) and compost tea ( Epsom salt black strap molasses kelp concentrate, and even prenatal vitamins, and worm casting. Also my own compost in a pantyhose for the tea. Bubble for 3days. Spray leaves or water direct, which was my method also use to charge biochar) not gonna lie I was super impressed with the results.
we used egg shells from when we had quails one season but never like this. Will have to try your method. I saved it. Thanks for sharing it here with everyone
I can’t wait for the next garden season! If anyone has any tips on how frequently to fertilize in grow bags and how to attract more pollinators I’d love some tips!
I just gave some direction on compost tea, you can’t really over do anything with it, you could use it everyday or once a week. And if you add charcoal (no briquettes just natural) it starts to take care of itself. It’s about taking care of the biodiversity of the soil and using that to feed your plants.
Have you tried making calcium acetate at home yet? Save your eggshells, dry them out in an oven on a low temp, grind them down as fine as you can. I finish mine with pestle and mortar, food processor works okay, that’s what I lead with. Slowly add it to vinegar, I just use white distilled vinegar. Carful as the chemical reaction rapid and obvious. Fill a jar about 1/3 with the vinegar and slowly added the ground shells, if you stop getting a chemical reaction add more vinegar. When you’re happy with the quantity of material be sure you have a free air exchange filter (FAE) on your lid. Let this sit for eight to ten days. Filter the fluid and use one tablespoon per gallon as a foliage spray. I did this this past season in combination with biochar (first year 3rd year is a big boost I hear) and compost tea ( Epsom salt black strap molasses kelp concentrate, and even prenatal vitamins, and worm casting. Also my own compost in a pantyhose for the tea. Bubble for 3days. Spray leaves or water direct, which was my method also use to charge biochar) not gonna lie I was super impressed with the results.
we used egg shells from when we had quails one season but never like this. Will have to try your method. I saved it. Thanks for sharing it here with everyone
@ it’s more bioavailable to your plants this way.
I can’t wait for the next garden season! If anyone has any tips on how frequently to fertilize in grow bags and how to attract more pollinators I’d love some tips!
yeah the fertilization with growbags is tough to get right imo
I just gave some direction on compost tea, you can’t really over do anything with it, you could use it everyday or once a week. And if you add charcoal (no briquettes just natural) it starts to take care of itself. It’s about taking care of the biodiversity of the soil and using that to feed your plants.