RE: [CH] Lime

Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@leavenworth.army.mil)
Fri, 13 Oct 2000 03:59:25 -0000

> Just read a new tip for adding calcium to the soil
> Add 1 stick of chalkboard chalk in the soil, to each plant.

   The chalk should last a while.  Was told by a high school
chemistry teacher that the only difference between chalk
and Tums is the binder.  Tums uses talc, chalk uses clay.
To prove it he bit into a piece of chalkboard chalk, and spent
the rest of the day picking impacted clay out of his teeth.

Scott... KCK