Dawn on tue 6 jun 06
My baby squashes are rotting on the blossom end and my organic gardening
book says it is a lack of calcium. Are there any glaze ingredients in the
studio I can safely add to the soil to increase the calcium? .or I can
always add egg shells but I thought a powdered form of calcium would be
faster acting.
Thanks,
Dawn
Dannon Rhudy on tue 6 jun 06
Yes, of course. Whiting, or limestone, whichever your
supplier puts on the bag. It is very effective for squash
and tomatoes, and for some reason costs less than what
you get at the garden store. Sometimes - buy it in a
50 lb. bag, cost about $10, feeds a lot of plants.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn"
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Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: garden nutrients/ glaze ingredients
> My baby squashes are rotting on the blossom end and my organic gardening
> book says it is a lack of calcium. Are there any glaze ingredients in the
> studio I can safely add to the soil to increase the calcium? .or I can
> always add egg shells but I thought a powdered form of calcium would be
> faster acting.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dawn
>
>
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Mud Duck Pottery on tue 6 jun 06
Dawn
I use a table spoon of Portland cement and a table spoon of Epson salts
under all my plants that need calcium to avoid blossom rot. Mostly tomatoes.
Gene & Latonna
mudduck@mudduckpottery.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 12:18 PM
Subject: garden nutrients/ glaze ingredients
> My baby squashes are rotting on the blossom end and my organic gardening
> book says it is a lack of calcium.
Mark Issenberg on tue 6 jun 06
Hey Dawn, calcium carbonate, whiting, limestone.. I have bags of limestone
dust ,, come and get a couple bags
Mark
Ivor and Olive Lewis on wed 7 jun 06
Dear Dawn,=20
Three compounds will work.
Whiting, Aka Calcium Carbonate dusted over the soil and watered in.
Dolomite, a mixture of Calcium and Magnesium Carbonates
Potters Plaster, Aka Calcium Sulphate, dehydrated Gypsum. Slake small =
amounts in copious volumes of water and keep stirring to prevent it from =
setting solid. Pour the mixture on the soil and hoe in.
All supply Calcium. We use Raw Gypsum and Dolomite
I have often wondered, and Mel, being the farmer might explain. Why we =
are never advised to use a magnesium fertilizer. Magnesium is the =
essential ingredient in Chlorophyll.
Hope your plants recover.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
iglasgo on wed 7 jun 06
Cool. I'm starting to wander off topic here, but... There are so many
micronutrients that are needed to keep plants really happy, and most
of them occur in glazes. My tomatoes are showing signs of manganese
and boron deficiency. I wonder if I could feed them some Gerstley
borate and MnO? I wonder what would happen if I started pouring my
glaze bucket rinse water onto the lawn instead of into a hole in the
ground?
Now I'm thinking about converting garden ingredients to glaze
ingredients. I imagine that diatomaceous earth, bone meal, and blood
meal would have interesting effects. I think I'll start with the DE!
-Ivy G.
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Mud Duck Pottery wrote:
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> Dawn
>
> I use a table spoon of Portland cement and a table spoon of Epson salts
> under all my plants that need calcium to avoid blossom rot. Mostly
tomatoes.
>
>
John Hesselberth on wed 7 jun 06
On Jun 6, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Mark Issenberg wrote:
> calcium carbonate, whiting, limestone.. I have bags of limestone
> dust
Be careful. What is called limestone is often dolomite, not calcium
carbonate. It still might do the job in the garden, but you might get
a surprise if you use it in a glaze where you have been using whiting.
Regards,
John
Maggie Woodhead on wed 7 jun 06
Hello Dawn and Kia Ora,
The ingredient that will help you
out if you have it is dolomite, a favourite of mine in pottery glazes and
also in the garden. On peas and beans, and any plants that require calcium
or magnesium and it works well. The sweetpeas are always beautiful. I
also take it for arthritis, our local dolomite does not have heavy metals in
it unlike some from overseas. (I am really sticking my neck out here so hope
I have not caused too many ripples).
I have a very large quantity I bought some time ago and at my age feel sure
it will see me out!
Wonderful ingredient. Go for it Maggie in New Zealand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:18 AM
Subject: garden nutrients/ glaze ingredients
My baby squashes are rotting on the blossom end and my organic gardening
book says it is a lack of calcium. Are there any glaze ingredients in the
studio I can safely add to the soil to increase the calcium? .or I can
always add egg shells but I thought a powdered form of calcium would be
faster acting.
Thanks,
Dawn
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Mark Issenberg on thu 8 jun 06
Hi John,, i will do a test, I got the limestone where i got the bags of
Cullet.. The cullet was in 25 lb bags and the limestone was in 50lb bags.. I will
mix up tests for my next firing
Thanks for the tip
Mark
Linda Ferzoco on thu 8 jun 06
Hi Ivor,
There are a couple of gardeners in the US (Jerry Baker
and others) who recommend using Epsom salts. It's
magnesium sulfate, right?
--- Ivor and Olive Lewis
wrote:
> I have often wondered, and Mel, being the farmer
> might explain. Why we are never advised to use a
> magnesium fertilizer. Magnesium is the essential
> ingredient in Chlorophyll.
>
Ivor and Olive Lewis on fri 9 jun 06
Dear Linda Ferzoco,=20
Yes, that is correct, Epsom Salts is Magnesium Sulphate. I believe it is =
added to the liquor used in Hydroponic cultivation.
In Ceramics it is a flocculating agent. I have a packet on the shelves.
Hope you cure the garden problem.
Best regards,
Ivor
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