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flytier
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Thanks for the info, Jed. As for crab shells, no, but I have a bunch of scallop shells on hand. I'm not sure if they have any chitin in them, as they are molluscs rather than arthropods, but they do have lots of calcium just the same. I guess I can grind up a couple between some rocks and fire it in.
I'm in the process of putting together a soil mix now, with fish compost I got from work (I'm a salmon hatchery technician), black soil from Walmart, perlite, and peat moss. I guess another ingredient won't hurt in the recipe. I'll use it when my next White Widows are ready for transplant in a few weeks. For now I'm trying it out on a black-eyed Susan (not the same, but anyway...) and I'm germinating some beans now to see how seedlings handle it. Not really a perfectly controlled biological study, but it's something to play with in the meantime. I want to get some camouflage on the go for when I put the weed out on the deck.
Oh, yeah, and I bought some molasses tonight too.
I'm in the process of putting together a soil mix now, with fish compost I got from work (I'm a salmon hatchery technician), black soil from Walmart, perlite, and peat moss. I guess another ingredient won't hurt in the recipe. I'll use it when my next White Widows are ready for transplant in a few weeks. For now I'm trying it out on a black-eyed Susan (not the same, but anyway...) and I'm germinating some beans now to see how seedlings handle it. Not really a perfectly controlled biological study, but it's something to play with in the meantime. I want to get some camouflage on the go for when I put the weed out on the deck.
Oh, yeah, and I bought some molasses tonight too.