i dont apply Calcium to the soi its already abundant, adding it would be stupid, i dont care what you say, what the pga says either, i hate golf, its a waste of good land.
So i have a product that has some calcium in it alongside some Fe and some Mg and Some trichoderma and some CO2, how is this like your gypsum? like I said, it is hard to avoid Ca esp if you live on limestone like I do. You method would do jack shit here buddy, this i can tell you as fact. Adding gypsum would mean i am wasting my money end of story. And is it helping my water? No is the answer, only proper organic matter such as cellulose, lignin etc will help me here.
You are losing it brother, what products does Elaine sell apart from her ideas? Like i said, you hate Elaine and anyone that uses her data end of story. you claim to care about soil brother, this I can see with my own eye means you care about it as long as you can make money from it.. You care about your personal profit, this has always been clear. And so now you bash other people for their way of getting money? You sir are a fraud and do as i say not as I do mofo.
Go about your business brother, Cult leader, ha you are fixated like a child. OK add gypsum see if it turns to a dark brown soil like substance, it is rock and salt, not clay, loam, sand silt is it? Mate you get too worked up by people not paying attention to what you do. SOM doesnt just build this is why we have less soil now or are you denying this as well as biology and 3.5 billion years of life? i dont need to amend my organically rich soil with gypsum, i dont have compaction issues, i dont have crusting issues. I have low Sodium, so tell me should I use it like you and your gypsum cult?
It has been said Gypsum can increase the soil structure, but it is not soil, nor is it recommended in many instances, something about which you have failed to acknowledge.
Gypsum is calcium sulfate, a naturally occurring mineral. It has been touted as beneficial for breaking up compact soil, especially clay soil. It is useful in changing the soil structure of excessively heavy soils which have been impacted by heavy traffic, flooding, overcropping, or simply overly weatherized, none of which happen on my farm except the weather.
One of the main uses of gypsum is to remove excess sodium from the soil and adding calcium. A soil analysis is helpful in determining if you need to apply gypsum as a soil amendment. Additional benefits are a reduction in crusting, improved water run-off and erosion control, assisting in seedling emergence, more workable soils, and better percolation. However, the effects will only last a couple of months before the soil reverts to its original state. And here in lies your problem brother, but again why read the facts.
Using Gypsum For Garden Tilth
Now that we have ascertained what gypsum is, it’s natural to question, “Is gypsum good for the soil?” Because it reduces salt levels in soil, it is effective in coastal and arid regions. However, it doesn’t work in sandy soils and it can deposit an excess of calcium in regions where the mineral is already abundant. Additionally, in areas with poor salinity, it pulls out too much sodium, leaving the location deficient in salt. Considering the cost of a few bags of the mineral, using gypsum for garden tilth is uneconomical.
I wont ever do what you do to the land, you are blinkered and see soil as a base for cations and anions, you neglect soil carbon, you neglect biology, you deny 3.5 billion years of natural recycling and imagine that the less than 100 years of synthetic manures is the answer when in fact we are sicker, fatter and less able to find fertile soil. Your ideas are failing us brother but dont lose hope.
As a rule, using gypsum for garden tilth will probably not harm your plants, but it simply is not necessary. Using a little elbow grease and lovely organic goodies from fall clean up or compost worked into the soil to a depth of at least 8 inches will provide an excellent soil amendment. Studies have shown that soils with at least 10 percent organic matter don’t benefit from the addition of gypsum. It also has no effect on soil fertility, permanent structure or pH, while generous amounts of compost will do all that and more. In short, you can benefit new landscapes by application of gypsum on compacted soil if you have a need for calcium and have salt laden earth. But for the majority of gardeners, the mineral is not necessary and should be left for industrial agricultural use.
Go ahead and be as you are, i could not care less, what you know I have forgotten ten times. You hate Elaine so what. You dismiss her work as nonsense because you arent bright enough to understand it. You claim she has harmed your land? Or not? You are just a bandwagoner bro.
by the way, you assume a lot. (ass u me)