About to make some CalPhos

[tokaite]

High!

I crushed and baked some eggshells, now should I mix 1 cup of eggshells to 5 cups of vinegar?
After bubbling will keep for 2 weeks before use....

Then when to apply is it 1 tablespoon per gallon for drench?

If used as folliar spray, how much per liter?

Thanks,

Peace!

 

[Iamthewitness]

Cool, my plants see, to respond well to it, here's the link http://theunconventionalfarmer.com/recipes/calphos/

 

[tokaite]

High!

Thanks for the link but went there, wanted more precise application amounts for cannabis, is it same like 1 TBSPN / gallon for drench?
What about foliar spray? Because I want to try it as well on some hempy bottles and on very early (17 days) girl showing already some cal def.
How many times do you apply it?

I always got calcium def and want to check that stuff out. Am using LED...
Made some jars (4 liters each) of it....

Thansk,

Peace!

 

[Eyes on Fire]

imo you would have been better off making some simple dry cal phos and ammend to the soil a cpl times while cooking and it would do you a lot better imho..unfamiliar with steeped materials as a foliar.Im usually pushing soil additions. you could use simpler cal mag sprays to boost through veg if you so desired.but thats what I like to do when i tinkered with it as few timnes.really like it too.I hope that woks out great for you cuz its some really nice stuff.

 

[tokaite]

imo you would have been better off making some simple dry cal phos and ammend to the soil a cpl times while cooking and it would do you a lot better imho..unfamiliar with steeped materials as a foliar.Im usually pushing soil additions. you could use simpler cal mag sprays to boost through veg if you so desired.but thats what I like to do when i tinkered with it as few timnes.really like it too.I hope that woks out great for you cuz its some really nice stuff.

High!

Thanks for checking out,

How do you do your dry calphos, am up to try as well...

I always do have this deficiency, I amend whit dolomite lime crushed pellets, 2 table spoon per 6-10 liters, potting soil and compost.
and I supplement with calmag but still.
Some I get more heavier than others and some much less, I grow by batches of about 12 plants same strain per plot but trying to get rid of it.
This time am having a test run, 12 with 1 type of water, 12 with my tap water and 8 hempy bottle to give it a try.

Would like your dry calphos receipe for the next run, perfect timing for cooking (about 45 days right?), I just found some perlite in my place for the first time, so the next run shold be nice,

Peace1

 

[Eyes on Fire]

the only thing your doing differently is that instead of letting the acids of the vinegar to get the cal and phos out of the shells.let the cooking process do that for you,so in turn putting it into your soil naturally instead of having to spray it at all.well to lightly boost with almost anything light will be needed unless its a heavy plant in that aspect and then ofcourse make some nice rich nutrient rich soil ESPECIALLY made for top coating..to ballance out or add to anything.even make a gallon or two of stronger plain soil highly enriched with the cal phos laden soil.much easier than spraying and with simple treatment that should help a good bit if not cure it.well..worked for me anyways.as i always say.start your feeding regime with your roots and soil first and then lightly add to it how you'd like..ie: Tea,cal phos spray,simple kelp and wetter to pop the leaves in heavy veg n so on. and imho you should let it blend for 60 days..but thats my opinion..you'd ideally what to give them extra cpl of weeks and actively stir it after 30 days since they are shells.try to like gil said..powder them and minced sized pieces or so to actively have them blend a lot easier and will(should rather LOL) let it becomnme more actively involved into the soil..just make sure your Lime and aeration components are in good order and you'll be golden..

and 12 plants in about 3 gallon or even 4 gallon. is a good batch of 35 gallons or so.so imho you'd wanna add about 3 cups to start with , of the cal phos dry and crushed/powdered after baking to the soil and mixed well and worked every week after that initial 30 days.then upto 45-60 days then imo you'll be in far better shape.and to moisten your soil in always use a cal mag additive to moisten your soil in too.i dunno if you do that or not but that will help also.but i think you'll like the difference you'll see.hope thats helpful bro.take it easy.

and for a good top coating Id take about 2-3 gallons of soil (8-12 L or so) and add a full cup to that separately and blend that powder into that and add to it to boost if simple feeds arent popping it and leveling it as much.should help a lot man.