Water Soluble Calcium - a KNF Prep from REGENERATIVE SOIL (Course Excerpt)

Are you making Water Soluble Calcium at home?

This is an excerpt from a larger course & there's more detail to this recipe found in both the course & in the book: blowing off the membranes as you roast the eggs is key as is the ratios which may be too small on some phones to see.

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[colbykinney]

I made some last year. I don't think I lost one tomato on 150 plants to blossom end rot.

[RaechelleJ]

Wow thanks i have a lot of eggs shells i have been saving this winter for the spring

[noahelhardt]

Good video, but could use application details (dilution for foliar spray, etc.). Thanks!

[hardmoneylendershouston]

Hey Matt, what is the egg/vinegar ratio? And are you saying after the vinegar solution turns into the water, you use that for watering? If so, do you dilute it?

[davidcrimmins]

I've found that wood ash is primarily Calcium Carbonate and reacts similarly to egg shells, oyster shells, etc in vinegar. Do you know of any downsides to just using wood ash to make calcium water?

[lucasnon]

Hey Matt. If using oyster shell flower, does that have to be cooked before mixing with vinegar or is that just for the egg shells?

[kaohiibrao]

Is my batch of WSC good if a mother forms in the jar??? I used apple cider vinegar with a 10:1 ratio and roasted eggshells

[garybrohard]

What do you do with the solution? Can I do a soil drench through a hose sprayer? Or should it go into the compost? I now know to add the vinegar a little at a time. To much makes a volcano.

[rhb]

Do you implement the back to Eden garden strategy that Paul is does?

[ADHD-ENTREPRENEUR]

Do we have to add sand as well with eggshells?

[HansQuistorff]

My egg shells get blended in an Osterizer and added to the worm compost. I will let the worms and fermentation take care of the solubility.

[Eezzy]

I had some older eggshells that I collected because I don’t eat eggs and use now again for my worm bins grinded up, the eggs shells are probable one year old

The egg shells are kept in a cupboard out of the sun

I tried this technique but I’m not getting any bubbles coming up

Is it because the egg shells are not fresh

I can’t see what I am doing wrong and I’m using good quality vinegar

[STEAMLabDenver]

Why do you have to roast the egg shells if you are putting it in vinegar? Thanks! 🥰

[jenialherdianto]

What about water-soluble phosphoruc acid? Is there any plant that could substitute sesame street?

[ahhason]

I've heard you can use oyster shell flour also. but its tougher to filter when extracting at the end. Thoughts on using OSF?

[claybourdo]

Hello Matt!
Do you have any insight on using 30% acetic acid?
I made a jar over a year ago, and now there are large crystals of clear/white calcium, that seem to still be growing.
Are you using the solution or making a solution from newly formed calcium crystals? How would you quantify the amount of calcium in a solution?
Thank you!

[cnote]

If you are growing blueberries, can you use the solution before it converts to water to take advantage of the acidity? If you add magnesium to repel the Calcium, will it limit calcium from locking up other nutrients?
It sounds like a foliar spray after fruit production has begun is the ideal time and form of application for this. Is that accurate? Is there a formula for dosage per plant or sqft you can share?

Looks like fun. Thanks Matt!

[indica_dogo]

I like to foliar feed my cannabis with WCA

[bethsanchezyoga]

so this turns calcium carbonate into calcium acetate? Is that the final product?

[plantingthenorth]

What if the eggshells are not roasted? Does it work only if roasted?