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- Got eggs, vinegar and Epsom salts.. Save tons of money and make your own Calcium and magnesium supplement for your plants.. Works great for your entire veg and flower gardens. Can also apply as a foliar spray for pesky Blossom-end rot on tomatoes.. Cheap and easy.. Just how we like it.. Happy Growin..For educational purposes only.. EDIT: I ended adding twice the vinegar as the calcium neutralized the acid quite quickly which caused the reaction to stop. After straining off the resulting liquid, i added more vinegar to restart the chemical reaction. Thx for watching..
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I'm a old timer. If you just add dolomite lime to your potting mix before planting you are good to go. It contains magnesium and calcium. Mix a cup for every 5 gallons. If you amend your mix with lime, chicken manure, banana peels along with chopped up fish you plants will be happy. Yes chopped up fish. Catch you some perch or bluegill and cut them into pieces. 👍
Won't work in hydroponics
@@MikeJones-qo7vt this video has nothing to do with hydroponics
@@Smoketownedc this video is...listen carefully to Bill in the very beginning
Thank you for unravelling my brain. I used it and had great results as well. The ingredient I missed all this time when in my head I was sure I was right😮ty
GUAM USA WAS READING COMMENTS AND JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU REGARDING IF I'M CORRECT LEMON LIME JUICE
Time for me to start saving my egg shells . Thanks for this.
Good old fashioned home products to make your feeds, your just like my old mentor god rest his soul, I’m glad I found you.. great tips. 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad t o have ya bro.. ✌😎
Bill Ward So after you leave it in the cupboard in strainer do you use the juice or the egg shells that was in the juice I’m confused or do you use the juice and then you throw the leftover egg shells in your soil as well please let me know
@@riverdoe7669 The liquid is calcium acetate. That's what you feed the plants. This contains no magnesium, which is why you also add epsom salts.
@@riverdoe7669 wouldn't the vinager mess with p.h due to its acidity? ni did something similar with lemon totaly messed up my ph
soil grow
Nice simple cal-mag recipe and presentation. I used the coffee/herb grinder which ground it down to a powder. Much finer than the mini food processor. PH was at 5.0 after setting for a week.
Sounds great!
10/10 video and extra bonus of not being shouted at to subscribe, you take your time to exsplain every step and the world needs more people like you, screw fighting wars let's help the planet by understanding his it works and grow our way out of this dump
Hey Bill, thanks a ton for the great videos. I'm a longtime "gardener" but have just (in the past 3 years) taken my hand at indoor gardening. Needless to say, I was in for a rude awakening lol. What mother nature used to supply, I now have to provide. Every day I seem to learn something important that I've been neglecting altogethor or doing completely wrong. Apparently, I've just barely managed to have success and wondered, very much, what I was doing wrong. But sure enough, with the help of many sources (like yourself), my thumb gets greener and greener. So again, thank you very much for your uploads. Bare in mind that you are helping many people through the information you post. These are indeed crazy times and the horizon is clouded with uncertainty and financial instability for millions of people. So growing medicine at home is sometimes the best or only option.
Thank you Jesse. I love to hear that. This is what i strive to do, help people grow their cannabis as easily and also as frugally as possible. Thank you for your kind words my friend.
Warning (!):
I've had the same idea but it turns out that Magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) cannot be combined with Calcium Acetate, because the reaction of Magnesium Sulfate + Calcium Acetate = Magnesium Acetate + Anhydrite (Calcium Sulfate) - a form of calcium that doesn't dissolve (it all gets precipitated) and is not available to plants directly like calcium acetate would.
The best way to this is to get some quicklime (CaO + MgO) powder and put that instead of eggshells. You'll end up with calcium acetate and magnesium acetate, which are immediately absorbed by plants (and humans). Quicklime has various concentrations of CaO and MgO so get the numbers of it to know your final percentages, usually its 46% CaO + 3.4% MgO.
Do u still use vinegar will agriculture lime stone work also thx for ur comment
@@jasonpelton7252 Agricultural limestone is primarily made up of calcium carbonate without any magnesium. When calcium carbonate and acetic acid (vinegar) react, the products of this reaction are calcium acetate, water, and carbon dioxide. So yes you can do it but you will only have calcium acetate. If you'll add magnesium sulfate to it then the same problem will happen, calcium acetate will become calcium sulfate and will precipitate out of the mix. You will then have only magnesium acetate as the active compound.
Bill browsing some old videos and this was the first video I had watched for cal mag when I got interested in growing
Can't wait to make this brew. I feel like I'm doing everything right but my results show that I'm missing something. Someone told me I may have a magnesium deficiency so I picked up some Epsom salt and she also said to use baking soda as well. I'm going to save my egg shells from now on and see how well it works. Thanks for the info Bill 👍
You have to watch that baking soda isn't screwing up the PH and locking out your nutrient uptake.
You gotta use quicklime instead of egg shells
I just bought a 2 oz bag of cal mag plus powder on ebay. It Makes 56 gallons. No Brainer $10. Less hassle.
How long does a mixed amount last ? ie. shelf life ? Thanx
I had a little of Advanced Nutrients CalMag so I got some distilled water and their recommendations for 1 liter . My ppm meter went up 180. So take a initial reading and add your homemade mixture until you’re up by 180ppm ! Cause every time u make this it’s probably going to be different! Thanks Bill and Happy New Year !
I mix my own Ph down, why wouldn't I mix my own Cal-Mag? Great tip. Growing is getting cheaper and cheaper.
Yes, for the people with experience, is getting cheaper.
I think, this is one of the best bill's videos. As it is firstly a great tip. And it puts you in better connection with plant, which is important. the relaxed overall tone of the video is also top.
Bill thank you very much for all the great information. I wish I would have found your channel six months ago. You make growing a lot more simpler and ofc easier than anyone else I’ve watched on you tube. They want to make growing like rocket science and by they time they get down the new grower is so confused with all their bs it’s discouraging. Best of luck my freind and again thank you very much. Sinc Jason
High from Canada. I tried this and it doesn't kill your plants. I've used it all summer. Plants are just doing so so. But all my friends say it was a bad year to grow outdoors. Anywho, take care folks. Have a happy day.
Did this years ago and had to find this video to remember all the steps to make another batch! Thanks!
A 1000 THANK YOU FOR THE CAL-MAG MIX AGAIN COMMING FROM GUAM USA NEW INDOOR GROWER BUT ALL GOING NATURAL RESOURCE BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Best natural cal-mag solution EVER!!!! Thanks for the vid dude!
Hello Bill. I made this last week and strained the egg shell mixture. We will be trying this on the next feeding. Thanks for a great money saving video. You rock dude!
Fantastic!
did you try ?
Can you please make a follow up video of how to use this method 👍🏼
I just added a feeding video that includes this calmag. hope it helps.
How much do you add to ea. gallon?
@@sineater1572 He said he keeps the Epsom separate. So 1/2 TBSP calcium acetate (this concoction) and 1 teaspoon Epsom Salt to each gallon.
Vinegar is good for ph down also.
And I use apple cider vinegar to assist the microbiome
@@HoneyBadger80886 I've always wondered if there was any benefits to using apple cider vinegar, I'll have to try it. 🍻
I've got a case of eggs I haven't used up that went bad. Was gonna throw them out today. Guess I'll be cracking them open and keeping the shells lol.
I just made this now I just need wood ash _bananas peels eggs that’s all I need right I’m new to growing organic
@@nunyabusiness1312 Honestly I have noo idea. I'm new to growing in general, let alone organic growing. If you're dead set on organics, I'd recommend something easy like Bio Bizz, or even BioTabs if you can get them in your location. You'll need more than those things if you're trying to make a good soil. Check out build a soil, The Dude Grows Show(and website, chock full of information) The Embracing Organics podcast, and plenty of other resources.
Is this correct?
1 cup ground, heated egg shells
1-2 c Vinegar
let shells dissolve in vinegar for a week or two
Strain resulting liquid
Should have about 1 cup of liquid, which you add 1 tablespoon per 2 gallons to your feed
Also, have you thought about just buying a calcium carbonate supplement and using that? I'm kind of inclined to do that and just use the eggshells in soil. A couple google searches indicate you could substitute the supplement essentially equally to the eggshells by weight. Looks like it might be pretty cheap to do.
Thanks.
I know what I'm doing with my egg shells next week.
i know what i’m doing for lunch tonight!
Great idea and video, thank you for sharing the knowledge. I knew there was a way to make this, used to see my grandmother use eggshells all the time and there were always eggshells in her garden. We have ducks and chickens and some big oak trees that I use to make my own dirt, I never trow away leaves, I have some amazing dirt made from years of leaf decay. I mix that black dirt with coco and vermiculite, then I mix in some chicken/duck dirt with some ground up feathers, this I put deep in the pots, I put it in first then the blk dirt and coco vermic mix.
Sounds great JOAB
@@BillWard420 I was wondering something. Do your Cannabis plants create a memory from the Light periods? Do the plants know when the timers/lights are going out and start to wilt a little around the time the lights are going to go out? I have noticed this may be happening to some plants. Can the plants get to much light and want to rest some or is it just memory that the plant is showing us? The Wilting goes away about an hour or so after the lights go out so it is nothing else that I can figure out but this has been happening now for about a week or so with White Widow CBD that is almost 3 wks from seed. Thanks for any answers from anyone on this subject.
@@joabtrust I have seen this with both my grows so far. Some plants more than others. I have a gellato auto that starts a couple of hours before the lights go out and doesnt come back until the lights have been back on for a couple of hours. My Bruce Banner auto doesn't do it at all.
I could use some measurements for the eggshells, vinegar and epsom salt mixture
1 cup of each ingredient.
The epsom salt he said 1 tea spoon per gallon.
Nice Video...Amazon can miss my money on the CalMag at least😎
Tums (antacid) contains calcium carbonate and sucrose. Seems easier...
The ratio should be two parts vinegar for one part eggshells.. this will make water and calcium and CO2 but make sure you test your pH to be 7ish because water is neutral too much vinegar will cause it to be acidic
I did know you can make your own thank you
Thats some nice plant crack bro
Dryed Banana is all that's missing
Plant crack!!!
Other than eggshells what else can one use for the calcium part?
Human bones
Thanks man you saved my plant I was going to get cal mag but not now man. AWSOME upload bro CHEEERS 🍻🍻
Glad to hear it brother. Cheers.
That was really helpful Sir, thanks for sharing 👍
Hey Bill how you doing! Great job as I was using my eggshells the wrong way! I will try this method and let you know how it turns out! 👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼👍
Sounds great!
What about the bleaching agent used on eggs to make them white
White eggs in the United States are not bleached, contrary to popular internet belief. The color, instead, depends on the kind of chicken that is laying the egg, and it usually corresponds with the color of the chicken's earlobe
Good to know! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Bill I made some yesterday mine looks more yellow orangish I assume it's just because I didn't Maybe cook the shells long enough they were quite Brown
Mine comes out a yellowing color also. It will be fine. Happy Growin brother.
Great video, man. People really appreciate the savings, especially in these times.
Gary Pilarchik (who doesn't grow weed as far as I know) is a renowned gardner with a few videos showing how to make different types of nutrient feeds. It's always good to get gardening tips, especially ones that save growers money. Speaking of which, I'd also like to personally thank you for the Mars Hydro discount code. Super cool of you.
Your gardening skills have definitely shown improvement since I started following your channel. Many thanks, and good vibes. ✌😆🌿
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Is it necessary to leave the mixture sit for a week, and if so, why? How long will it be good for? Have you tested the PPM of the Cal/Mag mixture? Thanks!
Hey Hexadecimal 110 (awesome name btw), You need to give time for the acid to break down the calcium carbonate to it's available calcium acetate form.. I did end up adding another cup of vinegar after a few days as the calcium raises the ph to a point where it does not react with the shells anymore. The end result will be a diluted form of Calcium acetate which should be shelf stable for quite a long time... I have not tested the ppm's of it.. Thx for the question bro.. ✌😎
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I like how this guy thinks
Thx robert..
Thanks Bill
so 1/2 Tablespoon calcium concoction + 1 teaspoon epsom salt into 1 Gallon of water = 1 Gallon store bought CalMag solution
...which you would use via milliliters pre gallon again to actually feed?
Great video! I was wondering if you have made banana peel tea ever as a potassium substitute? Cheers!
Great awesome fantastic and thank you 💕 using what we have at home Dubai that expensive a must I need for the plan just like every video I would watch that ingredient that you're making to my understanding is 100% needed like silica silica what Incarnation is silica😂 going crazy trying to find it and where to look regarding our natural resources 100 % needed again when growing marijuana finding out it was that little pack that keeps the beef jerky molding out whose idea
great info Bill , I believe i will try this
Thx Thomas
Whats the difference between brewed vinegar and Distilled vinegar ? Can i use brewed vinegar?
Thank you for the info Brother !! Love your channel . Keep up the great work !!
Great Video Bill! A Lot of info! Do you cover the jar before storing for two weeks?
I usually throw a loose cover over it. Make sure it's not sealed at all though or you will have a bomb on your hands.
@@BillWard420 Awesome! Thanks Bill for replying!
Would the oyster shells work ?? And would I have to cook them ? I have powder oyster shells ?
Just came across ya man , you seem to know your stuff. I dont watch TH-cam for grow vids cuz most of em dont have a clue what their talkin about , unfortunately !.I've been at it since the 90s every single day , except a forced break or two ...so its not often i see something useful... But hey , I think i just did lmao ! Im down to support a man who has something to offer . Subbed up , nice to meet ya !
Glad to have ya Tim. Nice to meet you too.
I put my eggs in oven to burn the mem off then crushed and into blender and its turns a white powder and add it as a topping and water in... get it fine as possible then add 1 table spoon of Epsom.
It still takes weeks-months to break down into a usable form. The acid speeds the process up a lot.
better use "non white egg shells" wich will contain more calcium.. but yea usefull stuff tnx!
Does cooking the egg shells remove any of the benefits? Guessing there's other ways to clean and dry the shells. Really just curious about heat effects on the shells.
Hey JAYxPEE. Cooking the shell is just to remove the membrane on the inside to create more surface area for the acid to work on.. The shell is just calcium which isn't affected by the heat.. Thx for watchin bro.
Sorry, what's the recipe? How many eggshells, how much vinegar, how much epsom salt? Thanks.
Looking at all that ingredients on the table pretty sure a bottle of calmag would be cheaper and a lot less hassle.
Thanx my brother for sharing the wealth!
My pleasure!!
The $30 isn’t to bad but what kills me is I never finish the product before it goes bad and the manufacturer says zip on the label so a waste as well. Now my question for you is what do you do for micro nutes ?
Hello what to do if you notice you have a magnesium problem right after you flipped to flower?
Hey Bill, I tried it and like it. Great video.
Great to hear!
Aren't mag sulfate for home different from actual mag sulfate fertilizers?
The only membrane left on eggs comes from non washed eggs. They do not have this at the grocery store. I am going to try this but i don't think its necessary to burn the shells. How do you calibrate the new and improved cal mag?
In case you want to add epsom slat to your solution ( calcium acetate), what would be the ratio.
Let's assume 500 ml of the solution
Thanks Mr Ward! Just one question; can you just use a dehydrator for the shells, or do you need to heat it for better results. I normally dehydrate mine, coffee grind and add to my dirt which works well. But I just started my first DWC so I will need some more readily available calcium. Thanks again for your contributions. Stay safe everyone!
High heat to sterilize the eggshells.. or just make sure they are rinsed and clean
In metals extraction a pre-roast at 600F helps to chemically oxidize and break the metallic bonds between themselves so they can be separated and re-bond to something more soluble.
How much salt should i add to the mixture? Btw awsome idea!❤️
if you added the epsom salt in immediately, how much would you put into your mixture?
Teaspoon per gallon
Bill so I used 18 egg shells and got 1/2 cp of ground up egg shells added 1/2 cup of vinegar. Is that all I'm getting is just a half cup of liquid calcium? I don't add any water? Then add 1/8 tp of Epsom salt and I'm done . Add 1 ml to one liter. Thanks Bill!
Hi Wild Otter. I added an edit in the description.. This should help. EDIT: I ended up adding twice the vinegar as the calcium neutralized the acid quite quickly which caused the reaction to stop. After straining off the resulting liquid, i added more vinegar to restart the chemical reaction. I add about a teaspoon per gallon.
What ratio to mix epsom salt with the solution ( eggshells, vinegar)
One word........... EXCELLENT! Just one question, do you dilute the finished solution before applying to the plant?
Yes i mix with my nutrient solution. About a tsp per gallon or so.
What can I use instead of Epsom salt. Pink himalayan salt?
can i use wine vinegar or it has to be white vinegar
Sure. Not sure the acidity of it but it will work.
This is great Bill. Do you have a bloom. Thanks and Happy New year
Is the 1:1 ration correct? I read online some places they are saying 10 part vineger to 1 part eggshell
Wondering if you close the lid on that egg shell and vinegar mixture when you let it cure for a week?
Thanks for the tip... yeah, I like to save a buck where I can too. Waist not want not.
That would create a bomb, so i would suggest not to. lol. The chemical reaction releases gas, c02 i believe. I still use it all the time. Works well and easy to make.
@@BillWard420 Thanks for saying... I didn't know. Peace.
Great video and info Bill, thanks! 🍻
That's the calcium and magnesium sorted,, what about the nitrate and trace elements?
This is used alongside your main nutrients.
How much does one cup of shells and one cup of vinegar make?? Gallon,, two gallon or just the one cup thats it?? I know you also said one teaspoon per gallon of Epsom salt .just need to know how much this specific mix makes??? Thank bill
Hi Bill. Just mixed this up, how soon can it be strained and used? Does it have to be 2 weeks? Thanks mate :)
I've bought two bags of calcium sulfate (gypsum) can I use it on my cannabis soil?
Here is some info on that brother. www.maximumyield.com/definition/2504/calcium-sulfate-gypsum
Wood ash might be a bit simpler of a source of calcium. But definitely a great idea.
Thx brother..Wood ash contains calcium carbonate as its major component, representing 25 or even 45 percent, whereas egg shells are 100% Calcium. That's why i went with shells.
Wood ash is a good source of potash. I use it in organic composting but for a quick nutrient fix if you want to do ashes it will screw the PH of the water then eventually your soil. I do usually from 3 to 5 compost mounds a year that are easily 4 feet high and 6 feet wide. What's not mixed into the soil is brewed into teas and I never need to add anything but water. I even foliar feed with it. But I live close to the shore and I have access to mountains of seaweed which load the compost with not just the usual NPK but also calcium, manganese, copper, iron, sulfur and easily 10 other trace minerals plants need to build up a strong defense against mold and bugs and in the fall it just dumps (stacks) big calyx's loaded with trichomes when they're flowering. It's all about the prep. I've been busting my a** for 2 months preparing for the season (outdoors) so it's ready in the amounts I need. Now all I do is water in the morning. I watched Bill's videos because now he's got me doing auto's inside for the first time which I wasn't sure what to expect and I've been training "somewhat" as he does. And damn I have some really nice big auto's growing from this compost. I thank Bill for the info because I didn't know about timelines on veg or flower cycle. I'm at 6 weeks, one's been flowering for 2 weeks all the others are just starting and they're huge. I was wondering if they weren't photo's by mistake but they're showing to many flowers to early to not be auto's. One is blueberry indica from ILGM and the smell is so nice my girlfriend actually isn't complaining for once lol. I gassed us both so bad last year with one seriously strong diesel plant I dried inside last year we both got headaches from it lol. She said never again lol. Funny thing about that is I told her if I had to choose you know who's going don't you lol. Maybe that's why she likes my indoor blueberry indica lol? Sorry I got carried away and babbled on but there's something satisfying about taking a seed and growing a bush/tree in a matter of months that you can put in words. But hey I tried lol. Good luck with your grows
going to use this !
how often would you use epson salt and what ratio if you dont mind👍😁👍
Thanks Bill I do this now!
Great vid Bill, i have been following you for a while now, love the way you are growing ! keep up the work! So this mixture is for the whole process , grow/veg and flower period ?
Thx Johnny. Yes it's good for whenever you need Cal.
@@BillWard420 Great thank you Bill !
Hi Bill,I just made a small batch,question..If you were to add Epson salt how much would you use.
Awesome. I use about 2 tablespoons per cup of calcium mixture..
@@BillWard420 Thankyou Bill.
Ratio of "egg-shell juice" to water?
I usually add a tsp per gallon or so.
@@BillWard420 God Bless.
So you strain out the vinegar and eggs shells anduse the nuetral vinegar calcium solution 1 tablespoon per two gallons and a teaspoon of epsom salt per gallon? How often do i use? Once Weekly ?
You should use it when you spot any deficiencies
Yes, I use it every feeding or two as i feed with run off everyday. You may not have to use it that much. Most soil grows hardly ever need it.
I grew my first auto budding gelato plant outside was wondering if you knew where i can purchase more auto budding seeds
Can one heat the vinegar and calcium mixture to make the infusion process faster safely? I won’t burn my house down will I?
Too cool...excellent video...
Thank you Kay
My SAVIOR !
Do you use the vinegar or the shell dust? Do you add dust to water?
Little off topic but do you know anything to keep red ants away? I got organic fertilizer and it had chicken shit in it and it attracts them in droves if any one has a fix let me know please thanks
You could try Diatomaceous earth.. It works for most bugs with an exoskeleton.. Check this out.. www.absorbentproductsltd.com/does-diatomaceous-earth-kill-ants/
Make a tea out of worm wood plant and spray it on plants for steps and window sills
@@conradkarasti4578 Thx for the tip Conrad...
Worm compost will keep ants away. Something about the compost makes them uncomfortable and they will leave.
@@fruitloops3718 thx for the info Steve
Hey man, love the video. I can't subscribe quick enough.
Happy to have ya. Thx
Are just buy the calmac
Hi Bill. Thank you for the great tips. I just found this site.
So I've made an KNF WCA and a WCP. Could i use either alongside of Epsolm Salts at a 1:1 ratio (1tsp:1tsp)/ gallon of water?
I found out egg shells that aren't free roam have small amounts Mercury and lead and other toxic material from the medicine and testing done on are farm raised and factory raised chickens do you think that would transfer to the soil and plant? Or are the trace amounts so small it doesn't matter to us?
Anybody know what would result with tap water instead of vinegar? Does result have to be cal. Acetate?
If you were to use water you would just end up with water with eggshells in it. You need the acid from the vinegar to cause the chemical reaction with the alkaline shell to break it down. Hope this helps John.
@@BillWard420 awesome appreciate feedback, that’s probably why some people say egg shells don’t work 😂 great to know! Have some cooking atm and wanted to also know if 24-48 hrs is enough time to let it sit
Wonder if anyone else had problem getting there ph back to 6.0-6.5?
Seems like I use a half bottle of ph up now?
Hi Bill.l just subscribed to your channel and love your videos. I'm a first time grower and I'm wondering if l need to add a cal mag solution to my organic soil? The soil l use is baked for 30 days and claims little nutrient loss. It also has lime which l understand has cal mag. What do you think? Thanks Bill B from Canada
Hey Bill. You should be fine. Just keep an eye out.
Thanks for the recipe 😎
Any time!
how are you determining dosage rates?
I am following recipes I've read online. Of course how much you use depends on how you grow, whether it be dwc, soilless media ect. And also how much of the shell breaks down in the mixture. If your plants want more they will show you and you can up the amount as needed. Thx for watching..
is it necessary to burn the eggshells? can we use the eggshells as it is
Not it is not necessary, just more efficient because there is a thin film on the inside of the shell will stop the vinegar from reaching the shell from that area.