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Wednesday, March 05, 2014
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Princeton Joe
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Princeton Kentucky
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This is egg shells put thru a OSTER Kitchen Center meat grinder. You older growers know what that is,lol. A Kitchen Center is a Standing Blender, Mixer, veggie chopper all in one from the 70's & 80's. This batch in the pic is not processed all the way because you can still see small chips of shells. I have to put a damp towel over the final process because of the dust...WOW. After putting the shells thru about 15 - 20 times, I then put a cup at a time thru an OSTER upright blender and turn it into powder for making a slurry with water. I add about 1 tablespoon of powder to 20 oz. of water shake well and spray on the grafts while they are healing in the chamber. Puts it at around 400 ppm. Read somewhere that calcium aids in rebuilding plant cell structure. So why not try it. I also use the powder in my starting soil and potting mix. Will also introduce it into the patches for sure. Not saying its working on the grafts but ever since I've been doing it I have zero splits at the graft mating surfaces.....probably just one heck of a coincidence.
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