Re: [CH] gypsum application
luke (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Thu, 09 Apr 1998 20:24:03 +1000
At 21:34 8/04/98 -0400, Phil Cody wrote:
>At 12:25 PM 4/8/98 +0000, Celeste or Dave Anderson wrote:
>>Here's the scoop on Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate CaSO4)
>I can not imagine than gypsum is expensive enough to warrant the effort
>unless resources were very tight. I am still curious though, has anyone
>else heard of using scrap drywall as a source of gypsum in the garden?
>Luke in Oz Wrote From Eudora my back up mailer .
As Im in the Construction Industry myself and Generally Come after the
Drywall stage as its Called in the US of a /e.g. Painting I have for years
told people here in Oz to use Plasterboard to break down their soil.
Our soils here in Oz / coastal regions IMHO ,are generally either 4-6
inches of top soil over shale or sand both of which need Building up and
as the Great Aussie dream is to own your own Home "Damm the Cost">
some of the new home Owners are Strugling when it comes to the Garden
having spent most of their money on our over-inflated land prices and
Building Costs .
so any work they can do on weekends at minimal cost is a bonus - Its quite
hard work to break drywall into small scraps by hand ,I personally used a
Tiller that my late Neighbour had . 1/2 a gallon of gas was good for about
an hour of mixing ,didn't take the paper off either
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