Emmie's DIY CalMagPhos+ From Eggshells

the eggshells... after a while there will be nothing left to break down into calcium and phosphorus... the magnesium comes in with the molasses as you shut down the fermentation. 20 days is fine... even if there are still some solids left over, you can either sift them out or shake it up well before applying and apply everything... it will eventually break down in the soil all the way.
 
Emilya said:
the eggshells... after a while there will be nothing left to break down into calcium and phosphorus... the magnesium comes in with the molasses as you shut down the fermentation. 20 days is fine... even if there are still some solids left over, you can either sift them out or shake it up well before applying and apply everything... it will eventually break down in the soil all the way.
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Hey, mine nhas been fermenting for almost 20 days, how did you make molasses? With cane sugar?
 
I can't imagine a grocery store not carrying molasses... it is a normal baking supply. Where is this terrible place in the world so I can make sure never to go there? You can buy molasses by the gallon in gardening supply stores... keep looking around.
 
I can’t get enough of this . Really love these forums em. Actually going through and reading everything reallly weeded out a lot of my questions , time to jump into it .
now if I wanted to make a full litre of this , how many eggs do you think I’ll need.
I know you said something about you had an even and had 40 dozen eggs . How many did you actually use and how much end product did you get . I just know if I do this I need to do as much as possible because my wife will not let it happen again , she’s very sensitive to smells .
She really loves my fermentation projects :thanks:
 
DeanWest89 said:
I can’t get enough of this . Really love these forums em. Actually going through and reading everything reallly weeded out a lot of my questions , time to jump into it .
now if I wanted to make a full litre of this , how many eggs do you think I’ll need.
I know you said something about you had an even and had 40 dozen eggs . How many did you actually use and how much end product did you get . I just know if I do this I need to do as much as possible because my wife will not let it happen again , she’s very sensitive to smells .
She really loves my fermentation projects :thanks:
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A BBQ or outdoor grill works great for toasting the eggshells and keeps the smell out of your house, that will keep the wife happy :thumb:
 
DeanWest89 said:
I can’t get enough of this . Really love these forums em. Actually going through and reading everything reallly weeded out a lot of my questions , time to jump into it .
now if I wanted to make a full litre of this , how many eggs do you think I’ll need.
I know you said something about you had an even and had 40 dozen eggs . How many did you actually use and how much end product did you get . I just know if I do this I need to do as much as possible because my wife will not let it happen again , she’s very sensitive to smells .
She really loves my fermentation projects :thanks:
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3 or 4 dozen should work just fine. Good luck with the wife! lol I was banned from the kitchen shortly after I wrote this thread. :)
 
Emilya said:
not that I have found so far. Ask me again in a year, after I have worked through the 60 dozen egg batch that I am making next. :)
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How did the shelf life end up being on the calmag+
 
Emilya said:
I think it held up well. It was mostly gone (used some on my tomatoes) and I threw out the rest when I moved to the new house this August.
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Threw it out ? Did you not have a use for it anymore ? Congrats on the new house by the way .
 
Emilya said:
This is an awesome product to use during the changeover period from growing to flowering/fruiting on all of your plants. For most of us, by using molasses we are able to get the magnesium that our plants need, but for our calcium needs, most of us have to fall back on a commercial product, and we end up buying one of the many versions of calmag supplement that are available. Because of a lock on the market by being the only source of an important nutrient, prices for this supplement, especially organic versions, are way overpriced.

I am going to show you how to make a superior calcium supplement that is cheap, easy to make and definitely cheaper than the commercial versions. By using organic materials, not only can calcium and magnesium be easily supplied, but also phosphorus, potassium and natural enzymes, making our homemade supplement just as "plus" as calmag+.

Any bones, sea shells, oysters, clam shells or egg shells can be used. Being severely landlocked in the midwest, I chose to use eggshells to create my calcium phosphate.

First collect about a dozen eggs and wash each egg out after use to get rid of the filaments and protein inside. I washed mine out and sat them on the windowsill for a couple of days to dry out, and then using my hands crumbled them up into a bowl.
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The next step is to pan fry the egg shells to the point that most of them are brown or even black, and there are just a few white ones left. Heat changes the shells, and the white ones will be your phosphorus source and the burned ones will be the calcium.

Here they are just starting to turn
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And here we have the eggshells burned just right.
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Next we put the cooked shells into a coffee grinder or in some other way grind them up into a powder.
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Next, add 5 parts vinegar to the pile of powdered eggshells. I used an organic organic apple cider vinegar in order to capture its natural goodness too. This step will fizz up quite dramatically, depending on how well you ground up the egg shells, and I suggest doing this in your kitchen sink. The vinegar is going to eat the egg shells, and it will fizz for a while.
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After about half a day, the fizzing should mostly stop. Seal the jar up and let this ferment for 20 days. Filter into another jar, and you have homemade calcium phosphate. Use it by adding 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. Add 1 tablespoon of molasses to the gallon and you will have with the combination the equivalent of using calmag+ at the recommended dosages.

I spent $18 on my last quart of organic calmag. My homemade product costs pennies per gallon to produce. Guess what I will be using from now on?
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Do you use "Mulder's" elements nutrient diagram"? The plus in botanicares Calmag Plus they add iron. Yes it does have connections to calcium. Each element aids in uptake of each nutrient. In cannabis test most are surprisingly lacking calcium especially with the amounts we use, to boost calcium uptake aminos!!! But not just any aminos. Example I used to use botanicare Vitamino, but doesn't have any 0 of the enzymes and or the ingredients needed to boost uptake. Look for any an amino with Left handed amino acids. Calcium uptake can boost plants natural resistance to fungi such as powdery mildew and bud rot.
I don't totally have Mulders diagram figured out but if anyone can Emilya can.

Here's the chart
And Emilya I'm sure you'll like this, Harley Smith is quite boring in energy but alot of good info. Search YouTube for NPK industries Bio stimulants

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Mulders Elements Diagram
 
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