Re: CULT: Gypsum (was Old sawdust)
- Subject: Re: CULT: Gypsum (was Old sawdust)
- From: J* M*
- Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 15:19:31 -0800
From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>
John Bruce wrote:
>
> of the finer texture. Be careful adding gypsum to your soil,
> as it can lower pH (acidify) your soil. Gypsum does act to break
All the advice which I have been given is that gypsum will
NOT acidify soil. I can't pretend to be a chemist but gypsum
is hydrated calcium sulphate and it seems to me that it will
produce one negative and one positive ion. Thus it shouldn't
do much to change the pH, or am I overlooking something.
Cheers
John Montgomery
Vernon BC Zone 5
email: monashee@junction.net
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