You should roast/pan fry the eggshell until brown. That will yield you a much better calphos. Make 1:9 ratio solution of eggshell to vinegar and fermenting it for atleast 3 weeks is a must. Dilute your calphos 10ml/liter of water because of the acidity. If you only need the water-soluble calcium, just roast it, soak it with water. That will make an alkaline water rich in calcium.
Egg shells can be consumed as long as they are cleaned and boiled then dried and grided to make a powder that can be added to food. You can also give to chicken to harden their eggs.
Information: in vinegar is no phosphor neither in eggshells. To create a phosphate you have to add a phospor to a accepting partner like calcium. Basic chemistry
From my research, it takes hydrochloric acid, ammonia and other components to extract calcium phosphate from bones. The process to produce bone powder breaks up the phosphorus enough to make it available to the plants slowly. That said, there's no reason why vinegar over many weeks would not produce water soluble calphos. The ratios for application is something you'll have to experiment with.
@rumachattopadhyay3475 I used store brand 5%acidity distilled vinegar. I believe the stronger acidity would work faster, and would need further dilution. Homemade vinegar would work, take longer to process.
You should roast/pan fry the eggshell until brown. That will yield you a much better calphos. Make 1:9 ratio solution of eggshell to vinegar and fermenting it for atleast 3 weeks is a must. Dilute your calphos 10ml/liter of water because of the acidity. If you only need the water-soluble calcium, just roast it, soak it with water. That will make an alkaline water rich in calcium.
Ok, I will do that next time. Thanks
Egg shells can be consumed as long as they are cleaned and boiled then dried and grided to make a powder that can be added to food. You can also give to chicken to harden their eggs.
i believe that this substance you've created is calcium acetate, not calcium phosphate. Wikipedia's article on calcium acetate has this recipe
That's interesting, I'll have to look that up...
Information: in vinegar is no phosphor neither in eggshells. To create a phosphate you have to add a phospor to a accepting partner like calcium. Basic chemistry
Putting acetic acid( that is vinegar) with calcium carbonate(egg shells) you obtain calcium acetate, not phosphate, elementar chemistry.
We didn't have chemistry till high school, and I failed miserably. I'll change the title if I remember.
Exactly
It's still wrong, remove phosphate and keep acetate without quotes
@@RotatingLocomotive but people aren't searching for "calcium acetate".
Can You Delut Dried bone powder in vineger to get more phosphorous and make it solible for fertilizing plants.
From my research, it takes hydrochloric acid, ammonia and other components to extract calcium phosphate from bones. The process to produce bone powder breaks up the phosphorus enough to make it available to the plants slowly. That said, there's no reason why vinegar over many weeks would not produce water soluble calphos. The ratios for application is something you'll have to experiment with.
can we use synthetic vinegar... plz reply 🙏
@rumachattopadhyay3475 I used store brand 5%acidity distilled vinegar. I believe the stronger acidity would work faster, and would need further dilution. Homemade vinegar would work, take longer to process.
@@JoyoftheGardenandHome Thank you very much for reply 🥰
is there any other way than using egg shells ???
Seashells would work too, but harder to work with and or come-by
@@JoyoftheGardenandHome I found an alternative
Do you use this as a supplement or just plant fertilizer?
Mainly as fertilizer for my indoor plants.
It will break down faster if you ground up egg shells to a powder. Just saying
Yeah, specially if going in the ground.
Calphos was the Greek god of eggs?
Why not leave more head room for the expansion? This should create less of a mess and more useable product.
Yes, lesson learned...
@@JoyoftheGardenandHome Thanks for a prompt response, oh GREAT video; you have a new sub as of now.
Put them in a blender it's easier