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i8an8th
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Just made a casing with garden lime but?
#5381319 - 03/09/06 01:13 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hey I just used this http://www.yardener.com/GardenLimebyEspoma.html with oyster shells and verm/peat.. is that lime cool? I have it in jars in the pressure cooker right now.. before I put them in the PC the casing had a pH of about 7.. will that change after I take it out of the pressure cooker?
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5381407 - 03/09/06 01:34 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sorry to say bro but that stuff has too much magnessium (10%). You what 5% at most 0% at best if my memory is correct. I'm 99% sure though.
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i8an8th
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: Shadowrider]
#5381551 - 03/09/06 02:22 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Anybody?
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5381590 - 03/09/06 02:29 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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shadow just let ya know...
10,17,and35% of 3 different kinds of magnesium... fungi no like...
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i8an8th
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: pcubmycol]
#5381632 - 03/09/06 02:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I only added very little mayb 1/3 of a cup to 10 cups of verm and 10 cups of peat.. Still a bad idea?
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i8an8th
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5381701 - 03/09/06 03:05 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Should I give it a whirl? or you dont think any thing will happen?
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i8an8th
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5382202 - 03/09/06 05:14 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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BUMP
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5382215 - 03/09/06 05:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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The elemental Mg. of 10% is too much. I wouldn't try it..
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: Hotnuts]
#5382457 - 03/09/06 06:16 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Whats the worst that could happen?
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i8an8th
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5382822 - 03/09/06 08:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well I cased it, so I guess we'll see what happens...
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5382823 - 03/09/06 08:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've often wondered this. We're told to avoid Mg, but since you've already made it, let us know. I think it was in stamet's book to avoid high mag content due to it inhibiting fruiting.
Let it go and see how it works. RR
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#5382937 - 03/09/06 08:28 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, I'll keep you guys up to date..
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5383829 - 03/10/06 12:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Too much magnesium and too much like hydrated lime. You want calcium carbonate lime, not hydrated lime, and you don't want more than a couple percent magnesium in it.
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: Blue Helix]
#5384534 - 03/10/06 06:41 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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What makes it so bad?
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: i8an8th]
#5384582 - 03/10/06 07:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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uh oh, I have a bag of horticultural hydrated lime that i have been using for months. contents: 51% Calcium 72.5 % Calcium Oxide .045% Magnesium Oxide 131% Calcium Carbonate Equivalent 96% Calcium Hydroxide
Is this the wrong stuff too?!?
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: jamman]
#5384782 - 03/10/06 09:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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No, it's perfect. It matches what I've been using successfully for years. RR
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#5385083 - 03/10/06 10:38 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hydrated lime works great if you don't go overboard. You certainly cannot follow some blind receipe with it. You just need to know the exact amount YOU need given YOUR peat moss, YOUR coco coir, YOUR vermiculite, and YOUR water. Once you got that, it'll be great. I recommend a pH probe when using it; that's all.
Calcium carbonate is easier. Just dump some in and it'll work.
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Re: Just made a casing with garden lime but? [Re: Blue Helix]
#5385364 - 03/10/06 12:25 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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What does the Magnesium do to the mushrooms that is so bad?
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