All inside the book and course these images and animations are from :) You can get your own signed copy at a discount here: www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/regenerative-soil-science-amp-solutions-manual-pre-order
What do you do with the solution? Can I do a soil drench through a hose sprayer? Or should it go into the compost? I now know to add the vinegar a little at a time. To much makes a volcano.
The safest way is to foliar spray diluted 1 part calcium solution to 1000 parts water. As mentioned in the video be careful with a soil drench if your Ca : Mg ratio is already ideal.
Hey Matt, what is the egg/vinegar ratio? And are you saying after the vinegar solution turns into the water, you use that for watering? If so, do you dilute it?
1:10 ratio egg:vinegar, yes after its done you can dilute it and use as a foliar diluted 1:1000 :) You can get all the recipes in my new book, Regenerative Soil: www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/regenerative-soil-science-amp-solutions-manual-pre-order
I've found that wood ash is primarily Calcium Carbonate and reacts similarly to egg shells, oyster shells, etc in vinegar. Do you know of any downsides to just using wood ash to make calcium water?
I had some older eggshells that I collected because I don’t eat eggs and use now again for my worm bins grinded up, the eggs shells are probable one year old The egg shells are kept in a cupboard out of the sun I tried this technique but I’m not getting any bubbles coming up Is it because the egg shells are not fresh I can’t see what I am doing wrong and I’m using good quality vinegar
The way to figure that out is to use Dr. Duke's phytochemical database and search by phosphoric acid like so: phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/chemicals/show/14513?qlookup=phosphoric&offset=0&max=20&et= Looks like Chinese Foxglove wins ;)
My 2nd question sir. If 1kg Sesame Stem Charcoal diluted in 5 liters water (like cho suggest), how many % of Phosphoric Acid will be? It says explicit "Phosphoric Acid" not other phosphor salt
On your link, i saw banana contain Phosphoric Acid, and Phosphorus, Phosphatase.. Ob KNF, there is Calcium Phosphate too. I'm confused why Cho use Calcium Phosphate & Phosphoric Acid as different input... Are they have different effects on plants as well? Sorry sir, too many questions
If you are growing blueberries, can you use the solution before it converts to water to take advantage of the acidity? If you add magnesium to repel the Calcium, will it limit calcium from locking up other nutrients? It sounds like a foliar spray after fruit production has begun is the ideal time and form of application for this. Is that accurate? Is there a formula for dosage per plant or sqft you can share? Looks like fun. Thanks Matt!
lots of things to say here - yes acidity is good for the soil (BRV soil soaks) BUT this is a foliar spray (Ca) not a soil soak because that would disrupt the Ca:Mg ratios that are ideally 7:1 already and we don't want to mess with that.
Hello Matt! Do you have any insight on using 30% acetic acid? I made a jar over a year ago, and now there are large crystals of clear/white calcium, that seem to still be growing. Are you using the solution or making a solution from newly formed calcium crystals? How would you quantify the amount of calcium in a solution? Thank you!
acetic acid evaporates over time and the calcium begins to solidify. You could top it off with a little acetic acid to dissolve the crystals. I see no problem with using 30 percent. you just have to keep in mind, that its 6 times as strong.
it naturally heads towards neutral as the acetic acid and the CaCO3 combine and that's why you wait until the reaction is complete - even if it was slightly acidic, that'll only add energy to the soil and reduce the pH slightly which is good.
I made some last year. I don't think I lost one tomato on 150 plants to blossom end rot.
Good video, but could use application details (dilution for foliar spray, etc.). Thanks!
All inside the book and course these images and animations are from :) You can get your own signed copy at a discount here: www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/regenerative-soil-science-amp-solutions-manual-pre-order
Wow thanks i have a lot of eggs shells i have been saving this winter for the spring
Hey Matt. If using oyster shell flower, does that have to be cooked before mixing with vinegar or is that just for the egg shells?
Heating the egg shells just kills bacteria and things that could ferment and destroy your end product
What do you do with the solution? Can I do a soil drench through a hose sprayer? Or should it go into the compost? I now know to add the vinegar a little at a time. To much makes a volcano.
The safest way is to foliar spray diluted 1 part calcium solution to 1000 parts water. As mentioned in the video be careful with a soil drench if your Ca : Mg ratio is already ideal.
Hey Matt, what is the egg/vinegar ratio? And are you saying after the vinegar solution turns into the water, you use that for watering? If so, do you dilute it?
1:10 ratio egg:vinegar, yes after its done you can dilute it and use as a foliar diluted 1:1000 :) You can get all the recipes in my new book, Regenerative Soil: www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/regenerative-soil-science-amp-solutions-manual-pre-order
I've found that wood ash is primarily Calcium Carbonate and reacts similarly to egg shells, oyster shells, etc in vinegar. Do you know of any downsides to just using wood ash to make calcium water?
Is my batch of WSC good if a mother forms in the jar??? I used apple cider vinegar with a 10:1 ratio and roasted eggshells
My egg shells get blended in an Osterizer and added to the worm compost. I will let the worms and fermentation take care of the solubility.
and it's healthy for the worms digestion and reproduction
Why do you have to roast the egg shells if you are putting it in vinegar? Thanks! 🥰
So you can fan the membranes off - they can spoil the solution otherwise.
Good Question
Thank you!!
I had some older eggshells that I collected because I don’t eat eggs and use now again for my worm bins grinded up, the eggs shells are probable one year old
The egg shells are kept in a cupboard out of the sun
I tried this technique but I’m not getting any bubbles coming up
Is it because the egg shells are not fresh
I can’t see what I am doing wrong and I’m using good quality vinegar
I've heard you can use oyster shell flour also. but its tougher to filter when extracting at the end. Thoughts on using OSF?
You can use it
Do you implement the back to Eden garden strategy that Paul is does?
What about water-soluble phosphoruc acid? Is there any plant that could substitute sesame street?
The way to figure that out is to use Dr. Duke's phytochemical database and search by phosphoric acid like so: phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/chemicals/show/14513?qlookup=phosphoric&offset=0&max=20&et=
Looks like Chinese Foxglove wins ;)
Thank you
My 2nd question sir. If 1kg Sesame Stem Charcoal diluted in 5 liters water (like cho suggest), how many % of Phosphoric Acid will be?
It says explicit "Phosphoric Acid" not other phosphor salt
On your link, i saw banana contain Phosphoric Acid, and Phosphorus, Phosphatase..
Ob KNF, there is Calcium Phosphate too. I'm confused why Cho use Calcium Phosphate & Phosphoric Acid as different input...
Are they have different effects on plants as well?
Sorry sir, too many questions
Do we have to add sand as well with eggshells?
Funny enough..I did a TikTok on that Very subject a few days ago!!
If you are growing blueberries, can you use the solution before it converts to water to take advantage of the acidity? If you add magnesium to repel the Calcium, will it limit calcium from locking up other nutrients?
It sounds like a foliar spray after fruit production has begun is the ideal time and form of application for this. Is that accurate? Is there a formula for dosage per plant or sqft you can share?
Looks like fun. Thanks Matt!
lots of things to say here - yes acidity is good for the soil (BRV soil soaks) BUT this is a foliar spray (Ca) not a soil soak because that would disrupt the Ca:Mg ratios that are ideally 7:1 already and we don't want to mess with that.
Hello Matt!
Do you have any insight on using 30% acetic acid?
I made a jar over a year ago, and now there are large crystals of clear/white calcium, that seem to still be growing.
Are you using the solution or making a solution from newly formed calcium crystals? How would you quantify the amount of calcium in a solution?
Thank you!
acetic acid evaporates over time and the calcium begins to solidify. You could top it off with a little acetic acid to dissolve the crystals. I see no problem with using 30 percent. you just have to keep in mind, that its 6 times as strong.
so this turns calcium carbonate into calcium acetate? Is that the final product?
What if the eggshells are not roasted? Does it work only if roasted?
it's to remove the membranes and I think the roasting chars them a bit as well.
Incidentally, dissolved CO2 forms an acid called carbonic acid. This also helps dissolve calcium carbonate by converting it to calcium bicarbonate.
I like to foliar feed my cannabis with WCA
Can you use this for human consumption?
i do. its great for the bones. but its not nessesary if you drink plenty raw milk.
Does this need any neutralisation?
it naturally heads towards neutral as the acetic acid and the CaCO3 combine and that's why you wait until the reaction is complete - even if it was slightly acidic, that'll only add energy to the soil and reduce the pH slightly which is good.
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