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Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics)
    #3514654 - 12/17/04 05:33 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

I got some stuff called Florida Crushed Coral, it says the following on the package.
*High Strontium - Up to 7 times more naturally occurring strontium than other brands
*Maintains Proper PH - unsurpassed in buffering ability, over 30 times more soluble than dolomite.
*High Sphericity = resists packing, channeling, and the formation of anaerobic "dead spots".
*Natural Fractal Surface Area = [porous structure, combined with aragonite and high magnesium calcite microcrystalline content, provides up to %40 more surface area in the 1 to 10 Micron range ( The domain of nitrifying bacteria). This also results in better bacterial adhesion.

Here is a pic of the bag.




Will this stuff work in a casing soil of coir/verm, as well as crushed oyster shells? The coir's ph is 5.9 - 6.7, and the verm is netral. I think salt sea water maintains about 8 so this should raise the pH right?


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514661 - 12/17/04 05:35 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

and the residual salts can kill the mycelium...

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #3514681 - 12/17/04 05:42 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

residual salts being?


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514692 - 12/17/04 05:48 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

what has been picked up while it spent thousands of years in the ocean

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #3514707 - 12/17/04 05:53 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

so then is that a no to the coral? and if so where can I pick up some crushed oyster?


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514716 - 12/17/04 05:57 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

taste it to see if it is salty, if not itll work.

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514724 - 12/17/04 05:58 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

pet stores generaly carry it, you can also use regular chalk from an office supply
store like office depot and the powdered variety is available in bowling centers
and billiard sales stores

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514828 - 12/17/04 06:34 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

come on guys I want some more feedback


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514833 - 12/17/04 06:37 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

chalk? from office depot? yes i would like some more insight on that idea prisoner..

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3514862 - 12/17/04 06:48 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

:thumbup:


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: agar]
    #3515198 - 12/17/04 09:16 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Theres another topic right now on this right on the front page just a few topics down from this, do you people even look before posting or try to research? I know its been there for a few days.

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3507823/an/0/page/0


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Casing layer colonization and overlay

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: agar]
    #3515310 - 12/17/04 09:53 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

There's nothing magical about oyster shells. You could use clam shells, or snail shells, or egg shells, or chalk, or sedimentary rock....

What these things have in common is that they are ph neutral and acid attacks them. They, in turn, neutralize the acid. If there is no acid, they do nothing. Put some egg shells in a jar of vinegar and seal it. Wait a week or so. The egg shells will be thinner. Taste the vinegar. It tastes like water. The acid is gone.

You can use lime, but then you have to use an exact amount. It's a base, which is sort of the opposite of an acid. You could in theory use lye if you got the measurement just right. The beauty of using a buffer instead of a base is that it works like a thermostat. It only goes into action if it's needed. No worries if you dump in too much oyster shell.


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: ticktock]
    #3515358 - 12/17/04 10:05 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)


You had better have a GOOD Ph TESTER..........
If you use HYDRATED LIME......
It is HOT enough TO BURN YOUR SKIN OFF.
But, once you learn HOW to use it :thumbup:


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: agar]
    #3515397 - 12/17/04 10:11 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Can large amounts of calcium carbonate in water feel warm and tingly? I swear I feel my hands and forearms getting tingly once I put it in... I've always wondered if it was this or possibly the coir? I know its not the verm and really dont think its the coir since theres nothing to it..could be my head too...


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Turn your closet into a fruiting chamber
Casing layer colonization and overlay

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: scatmanrav]
    #3515574 - 12/17/04 10:57 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

scatmanrav said:
Can large amounts of calcium carbonate in water feel warm and tingly? I swear I feel my hands and forearms getting tingly once I put it in... I've always wondered if it was this or possibly the coir? I know its not the verm and really dont think its the coir since theres nothing to it..could be my head too...




When an acid hits a buffer it will fizz. That would explain the tingly feeling. I don't believe that the reaction is exothermic. Are you sure that the temperature goes up?


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: scatmanrav]
    #3516722 - 12/18/04 09:30 AM (19 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

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Can large amounts of calcium carbonate in water feel warm and tingly?




yes, and as Agar said, it can burn your skin, I learned this quickly in the
concrete industry, the burn isnt just a caustic action, there is a physical
rise in temperature.

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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #3516728 - 12/18/04 09:33 AM (19 years, 3 months ago)

the once killed "the monster of frankenstein" by throwing him in calcium something (dont know in english here it is called: "ongebluste kalk")
our meat vanishes in there


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: MushroomFriend]
    #3517169 - 12/18/04 12:57 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

So ticktock, you think i can use the crushed coral to buffer ph?


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: AnonymousNewbie]
    #3517281 - 12/18/04 02:02 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

I'm a noob too. Best to pay attention when guys like Prisoner#1 say something. The coral would make an interesting side experiment, but I wouldn't bet the ranch on it. Best to stay on the yellow brick road when first starting out. JMO


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Re: Will "Crushed Coral" work in place of crushed oyster shells / calcium carbonate? (Pics) [Re: ticktock]
    #3517311 - 12/18/04 02:16 PM (19 years, 3 months ago)

OK...there seems to be quite some confusion....cause the people don't bother to read the FAQ!
What you want is either Calcium carbonate or Agricultural limestone.
If you have a pH tester, you can also use Calcium hydroxide.

Read http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/23684 and http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/23455 .

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