Understanding Garden Calcium: Dolomitic Lime, Gypsum, Slow & Fast Release, pH effects - TRG 2014
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- This video is about calcium and how it effects your garden and vegetable plants. I explain different products, ways to use it, how it impacts pH and general information to help you understand how you might use it in your garden.
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Thank you so much for your videos! I have learned so much from watching. I have so many pages of helpful notes and tips thanks to you. Thanks for helping this new gardener get her green thumb. This is my first year starting all of my plants from seeds and your knowledge is helping me out greatly along the way from watering seedlings to topping peppers etc. I can't wait to see where my garden goes from here! Thank you for your videos! :)
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Clear talk with vital info, thanks for sharing.
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So useful and explanation so clear and no bias. Good video . A winner mate !
yes, Roma's is one varietal im having bad issues with, that one is in a container. actually I just read that from a customer of urs in an older post. first appeared on Rutgers in a container. what's got me baffled is it is showing on my lowest and first tomatoes in my beds. brandywine, Kellogg's orange beefsteak and red beefsteak. I planted them in may with amendments of compost, fertilizer, epsom and the organic garden lime.
Wow! What a great video. So very informative. Thank you!
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Gary, Thank you for your kindness and work with the garden information. Much help. Robert
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Great video. Perfect for the beginners.
Thanks Gary, really informative video. I started planting couple of tomatoes, egg plant, cowpeas, tindora, peppers, red and green spinach, curry leaves etc. I watched most of your videos and those were all excellent. Thanks . Continue sharing. I am from Kerala, in India. :)
Hello over in India. Glad to help.
Hello Gary, (I realize this is an older video but I got hooked on your channel this year building a grow light setup in February.) Just a comment on limestone having trace minerals and different chemical makeups. Once limestone is exposed (geologically speaking), it can absorb chemicals from both the atmosphere and whatever rainwater/groundwater environment is around. So I suspect some of these products are perhaps quarried from different regions, and processed in different ways; perhaps for pulverizing or sterilization. Building limestone has long been differentiated by area; Indiana limestone, for example, being known for exceptional quality/durability.
Thanks Gary for a very informative presentation.
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Love your video about different macro micro nutrients. Learn so much. Thank you.
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thanks gary! you put my mind at ease, on me using dolomitic lime .I heard to raise ph. I could do more damage than good--- "now i see," says the the blind man to his deaf son.
Yeah you really have to put in a lot to start changing the pH. Don't over do it. and things will be fine.
I added lime for the first time this year to raise the ph since I put in a lot of peat moss. Did not know I was adding in calcium and other micronutrients, so this is very good news.
Calcium for sure
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So much great information Gary. I put in New raised beds this year, and the top soil and humour mix was quite deficient. even after adding some compost and not enough organic n p k, I found myself scrambling to save this year's garden. I am not an organic gardener, but I do use mostly organic. but this year I used Miracle Grow to save the garden. later I used garden lime and more compost with pretty okay results.
Everything is a chemical as is the world. I don't worry so much for fertilizer. I go organic first followed by human assisted as needed. I add in compost etc. That approach works well. You never know what you might need. Wise use is key.
I also use micro grow tomatoe plant food and for calcium I use hi yield calcium nitrate. My squash plants leaves started to turn yellow when I added the miracle grow plant food and the calcium nitrate my plants are greener than before.
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Hi Mr Gary, another great video as usual. How do I use the Dolomite Lime? Can I mix them with water just like the Epsom Salt? Thanks
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Thanks for this informative video. How often should we fertilize with calcium?
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Great presentation.
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I agree this is the best and most informative video on calcium for plants. I felt like a real student ! thank you
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I have a garden lime I just bought the other day and mix it in with a gallon of water and about two handfuls and watered my plants and no more blossom and rot already? How often should I do it and you recommend doing it through water or just throwing on top of the soil and mixing in? Thanks for your great knowledge
How often should you use the Garden Lime in tomato pots and peppers? I've read to ammend the soil the first few inches down in established pots? Thanks!
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Thanks so much Gary!!!! just watched your series on Macronutrients, and it was amazing!
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Thanks taking notes I just need the orange bag first time garden in small apt front and back nice vid
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Thanks I'm a gardener too but I'm try to plant a lawn in my yard for erosion issues and came here for more info wanted more info about gypsum for pellet aerating my clay soil with macro nutrients... I really like the PH info cause I'm paying attention my PH level in my soil...
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Lots of great information. Brought back memories of college chemistry and geology, I would have liked to have you as my professor.
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great information,,thanks,,here in south florida the dolomite lime also gets rid of bugs also,,,
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Balancing the PH in the soil is essential to most crops. If you wish to keep up the growth of your plants you can balance the PH with dolomite and it will not be excessive and requiring more changes like adding fertilizer to make the PH more acid. Tomatoes need an acid soil. Other plants need a PH balanced to neutral.
Very nice as well as very important information for the farmers to apply natural micro nutrient which are available in our contry,'state like M.P.,Raj,Guj,Mah,Bihar&so many state. Thank you so much such a beautiful and informative agriculture micronutrients knowledge for the farmers especially Indian farmers. They have lot of natural resources but few farmers known about it chemical composition once again thank you so much.
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I could not see the name of the last (red package) product. This seems to be the one I need right now as my tomatoes are with end rot and I NEED something to fix it quickly. Anyone knows which one it is?
I have looked everywhere trying to find out how much Garden Lime to add to a new 20 gallon containers and how often afterwards. I am only growing in this type tube and its a self wicking tub so I am watering every 7 days when the water is low in the tub. I cant find the answer anywhere. PS- I only water thru a 1" PVC pipe that reaches the bottom of the tub and it wicks up (no holes in the bottom).
Gypsum would be best for a "Mel's Mix" then right? Due to the acidity in the peat moss?
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I have a pool and regularly add CaO with water becomes CaOH. Would not a tablespoon of CaO in a gallon of water be a quick acting source of calcium? Soluble, inexpensive and quick acting.
Good afternoon Gary, I bought your calcium nitrate and was wondering when to use it on my tomato plant. This is my first time growing so I'm trying to get it right. You have been very helpful. If there is a video of yours I could watch on how to use the product I bought from you that would be great. Thank you very much for your time.
You dont have to be super exact but you can use it 1 or 2 a month any time. A lot of people wait till it is fruiting. And use it every 10-14 days. Thanks for the order
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If you can do a video on why I’m not getting any female flowers on my huge cucumber plant that would help this is the second year in a row I can’t grow cucumbers? Straight eights variety, may be time to change variety? In NJ
I done a lot of research on dolomite lime and magnesium and calcium and PH correction which corrects the right PH for the plant that it requires whether slightly acid or slightly alkaline but for a good PH for plants is neutral. I am listening to you. you seem to know your stuff well. Thank you.
Oh I just noticed you said gypsum changes pH in above question. Gypsum does not change pH btw. Lime or calcium carbonate does. Anyway, the amount is hard to say without knowing your goals and soil pH. Try looking up pound or kilograms per square foot to change pH. Something more farmers would use.
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So if I need raise my ph in my soil dolomite is my choice and for downloading the ph I can use Gipsum?
Hi. Blossum end rot is caused by pot containers getting too dry usually from being too hot and drying up all the fine roots on your plant - the same roots that absorb the calcium out of the soil. That is why pot planted tomatoes so often gets the blossom end rot. Tomatoes like their roots to be cool and moist. Adding more calcium can bring the plant back to producing more tomatoes that do not have the rot.
what about peppers
Thanks for posting these excellent source of information about nutrients for gardening. I have a question about nutrients for use in hydroponics. I set up a 'dutch bucket system' for growing tomatoes for the first time this year and have had excellent results with tomatoes. The only problem I see is a few cases of blossom end rot, particularly in Roma tomatoes. The system feeds the same nutrient water to all the twelve plants in my small system, but the blossom end rot is only in Roma tomatoes and none in any other types. I have been adding Calcium Nitrate, in addition to other nutrients, in the water, but am wondering why only the Roma tomatoes are showing this problem and none of the others are. I am wondering if the amount or the rate of Calc uptake is different for different types of tomatoes, and adding more of Calc. Nitrate would help solve this problem Thanks for any insights on this.
chandra0102 If you have calcium nitrate you can make a quart bottle spray and spray the leaves of the Roma's. Some varieties the the San Marzano are just more prone to BER.
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Hi Gary! Thanks for the information and great video. I am currently battling blossom end rot with my tomatoes in my raised beds. Should I use both lime and gymsum and if so how much? Or would the lime slurry be the best bet? I was wondering have you made a video with what you put in the planting holes when you plant? I appreciate all the information!
Gypsum wont effect pH. One or the other not both. Just 1 treatment. And water regularly.
Gary Pilarchik Okay, thank you!
awesome info, how much gypsum do you think i may need when building 19 gallon living soil?
About a cup[ or two.
At 3:21, you are talking about Calcium not affecting the ph. But the CARD says it will increase the PH. Which is right?
I'm transplanting a squash plant, how much calcium should i add...I'm thinking a small handful per plant.
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Where do i get the fert on the right the red bag?
Hi Gary! I've been watching your videos and been finding them helpful. I bought the same type of dolomitic garden line shown in the center in this video. Is this something that I can use to make a lime slurry as seen in one of your other videos for emergency calcium deficiency problems? My plants haven't started fruiting yet up here in Minnesota, but some of my peppers that have been out for a month are showing signs of calcium problems (new leaves are yellowish and starting to curl upward). So I want to get them help quick. Will making a lime slurry out of that garden lime help? Also, if I mix up some lime slurry, can I store it and use it over time or do I need to use it right away for it to remain effective? Thanks for all your videos, they've been so helpful
I want to know this too
Gary,
My garden is all in 12" raised beds. How deep should I check moisture? At 4 inches, my meter registers Wet. At 2" it is Dry or slightly moist.
I dont use them. But if it is moist at 4 inches the plants should be fine.
Thx
Hi Gary. I would like to ask how much gypsum can I add to my 5 gallon pot of soil for tomato as calcium supplement? Also for cucumber too. One more thing. Can I use any type of gypsum such as Classic Stone Pulverized gypsum (garden soil softener) from Home Depot? Thank you Gary.
I believe you can use any gypsum. It is best added early but really just a handful in a planting hole for the bigger plants is plenty. If they are in the ground, scatter a few handfuls around the surface of the garden bed. In 5 gallons, 1 handful mixed will is plenty.
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Hi Gary, Greetings, Thank you for posting very interesting and informative videos. I watch and educate my self & find them quite useful. I have an enquiry. May be you can help me. I have a Gul Mohar tree (Delonix regia) over hanging my small vegetable patch which constantly sheds tiny fern-like leaves and flowers into my patch. I suspect that these leaves are Allelopathic to other growth. Is it true & if yes what is the solution. Thanks
+Vijay Bharthiae Hmmm. I am not familiar with that tree. We have a tree that does that through its root system. I think the best thing to do is ask at a local nursery. I cant think of example of a tree that leaves do that.
Great video. I found a bag of lime with the ingredients listed as Calcium Hydroxide and Magnesium Hydroxide. I didn't see those variations mentioned...is that something I could use to raise the ph level and/or add calcium to prevent blossom end rot?
Hydroxide versions dissolve extremely quickly and will deliver the nutrients almost instantly. However, they also _rapidly and significantly_ raise the pH and should be used with extreme caution. Strong solutions will be quite caustic and present a bit of a hazard for handling. Spraying directly on young plant leaves will likely cause caustic burns, so use with caution and _very dilute_ if using mixed with water.
Hydroxides are one of the fastest ways to raise Ph.
I’ve been following your videos for planting tomatoes. I just built an above ground bed with equal parts compost, sphagnum peat moss, and topsoil. I see you use Garden lime. Will this raise my pH to an undesirable level? I want my tomatoes to be healthy but my PH is already a 6.5 to maybe 7.
Just a handful sprinkled across the top will add calcium and not effect pH or use Gypsum and that doesnt change pH no matter how much you use.
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I have beautiful Squash plants, but few flowers. Will a Calcium application promote flower growth.
Nope. Your doing things right. Nature is at work. They will produce when ready.
I put a lot of gypsum in my garden to soften the soil, but so far it doesn't seem to be softening much. Maybe next spring will show some softening and some breaking up clumps of clay.
Putting a winter layer of mulch down has really softened my hard clay soil. I'm about to try the gypsum too.
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The two mixed release minerals you mentioned (Garden Gypsum and Garden Lime) are nothing more than the basic form that has had another chemical pr process added to partially break it down into its basic elements so you don't need to wait for the soil to do it. It's much like when you pour the vinegar into eggs shells to break it down so the plants can readily use it.
Also there are other forms of calcium, like chalk, diluted spoiled milk, water used to boil eggs, expired calcium pills/tablets, etc.
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What's a fast way to raise the pH of soil??? I put in some garden lime but figured it won't act until a few months later
Pulverized lime does it well.
i have blossom end rot on tomatoes and pulled up some squash plants that had some foamey looking stuff underneath. didnt know what to do so mixed up some milk water and doused Everything. then , i saw this video. oops!
Thanks I just did a Tomato emergency treatment!
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Hey buddy, just used peat moss and perlite only as I up potted my seedlings from solos, I did so without amending the peat moss I'm in 1 gals and my ph sits at 3.5 I picked up some dolomite lime but don't know how much to add or if I should, at bg the moment they've been in 1 gals for over a week and no deficiencies yet, I need help with thi peat moss.
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Gary--- Today I found a 40# bag of gypsum at rural king for $4.99 way more than I need but they have a big sale going so couldnt pass it by. Also I have read that using gypsum could interfere or stop with any mycorrhizae growth that might be going on. What is your thoughts on that issue?
yes350yes Thats a good deal. I found my bag for $4.99 on sale too. I think it was pelleted lime. I dont know enough to comment on mycorrhizae growth. But I usually apply the same logic. What is the amount you need to interfere. And will you every put them much in there at 1x.
I'm having problems with my tomatoes, they are flowering well, there are a few tomatoes already growing but I noticed there is brown discoloration around the tomatoes. It's not the bottom of the tomorrow but around the sides. Also it looks like the skin is squishy and soft on those areas. They are in a big raised bed and all three plants have the same thing going on. Even the tiny tomatoes just coming out have that brownish necrotic lesions on them. Would you have any idea of what is wrong? The leaves look normal no yellowing, no spots nothing. Just the tomatoes. TYIA!
Its not blossom end rot. I would need to see pictures but look up tomato brown lesions and I think you will find an answer.
Any thoughts on Azomite?
I just toss a handful of Gypsum around my tomato plants then water in. Hoping that some won't wash out when watering or raining.
I also alternate with Azomite.
I used it in the past. I think it is great for containers at set up. Maybe earth beds at set up but I found my clay soil has enough of the micro nutrients.
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Hi man, I’ve got a question. I have a bag of dolomite like. It says on the label that 1gr/liter of soil (in pots) raise soil ph by 1 point. So 10 liter pots need 10 gr of dolomite to move ph from 6 to 7.
I’d like to understand if DL can raise ph over 7 or no metter how much you mix in the soil, max ph will always be 7 (neutral).
I want to provide calmag but I fear to mix too much and fuck up soil ph that is already a good 6.2
Thanx
So I never truly understood all the measurements. So many factors come into play. If you have 6.2, anything would grow in that. If you just want calcium, a handful is plenty. Sorry.
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I watched your video this morning on where you added lime to water to treat blossom end rot quickly. Do you know if using the Garden Lime product (the middle product)in this video will work the same way the pelleted lime you used in the other video? Hope that wasn't too confusing. Thank you! I'm a new gardener and your videos have been a life saver.
So you can use any lime. It will help. You just need to know calcium is there and only do it one time really. The rest is keeping up even watering.
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What about egg shells for calcium carbonate? if you grind it down in a blender does it become ready to absorb to plants?
+QueefJuiceOverflow Not so much right away but pulverized they breakdown faster. Look up eggshells on my channel. I video of adding some vinegar to free up some calcium.
would Aunt Pattys blackstrap molasses do the job. It says %15 calcium, is that to much or to littel.
*little
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A few questions -- do you know if putting crushed eggshells really works for adding calcium? What about crushed up calcium supplements (i.e., the kind made for humans)?
Eggshells works. The take time to break down and become available to a plants. So if your plant is in distress, dropping eggshells wont fix it. The should be regularly put in soil year after year. I hear calcium supplements work but I have not use them. Gypsum or lime works and it is cheaper in the long run.
Supplements made for humans will probably get expensive.
@@garethbaus5471 lol, that's what I was thinking. I can barely afford it for myself. Maybe a slurry made of my chicken's oyster shells, though. 🤔
hello Gary ^^...I want to ask...is all gypsum powder are the same...bcos I cannot find garden gypsum....I only can find food grade gypsum...for making tofu...lol....can I put this food gypsum in plant?...thank you Gary. ..^^
+neoh kee weng Im not 100% sure but I think the answer is yes. Youre just paying more for food grade. Make sure there are not additives or things to stop it from sticking together etc.
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN how much gypsum to add per cubic foot of garden soil?
Hi Gary! You didn't really discuss the product to the right. I'm wondering what it is? I'm also wondering about bone meal for calcuim.
Lime adds calcium and change pH potentially. Gypsum adds calcium but is pH nuetral. Bone meal adds phosphorous and calcium
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Calcium Nitrate seems to be very important that you ordered 25 lbs of it. Should we all use it regularly on all plants? Thanks!
Well I resell it. No you don't need to use regularly. I can be used lightly and targeted.
thanks for your explanation , and i have a question to you- can we use calcium from medicine ?
+sisounthone thongthep I think you can use Tums no problem. I don't see why you couldn't pulverize tablets. But you do have to know what else might be in the tablets you use.
i didn't show the tablet which i asked you about. i want to try out to use it so i ask you.sorry my english is weak
thanks lots for your vdo
+sisounthone thongthep You are welcome. And your English is strong enough.
thank you so much for video.i start learning to do gardening.i'll use earthboxes to grow plants , so i have to know many things before i do and i hope i would ask you again next.
Very informative. I am surprised you didn't mention the use of Calcium Chloride(CaCl2).
I have some calcium nitrate. Making a video on that.
Yeah, surprised you didn’t mention calcium nitrate and calcium chloride. Also surprised you didn’t mention Epsom salts and the myth that it provides a source of calcium. It actually competes with the update of calcium. Appreciate it if you could talk about the above topics as well.
@@marcnaidu5804 epsom is magnesium sulfate, it does not have calcium.
@@eafadeev I agree. That’s why is said the “myth” in my initial comment.
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@@marcnaidu5804 well, perhaps the myth is due to them needing each other. In humans, calcium must be taken with magnesium to facilitate uptake. Perhaps someone added Epsom and their situation improved because the magnesium in the salts allowed calcium absorption. Just a thought. 🤔