Re: calcium nitrate
Beth.
Been there - done that.
What I did was put the fert. into a feed bag (they do not use burlap here
anymore it is a woven plastic kind of like the stuff cheap tarps are made
of) then smash it on the cement floor with a big blunt object. The bag is
tough enough to let you abuse the fertilizer usually.
Happy beating!
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: <rado1000@hotmail.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>; <GiantPumpkins@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 6:27 PM
Subject: calcium nitrate
> Hi,
>
> A year or so ago I bought a sack of calcium nitrate. The only size they
had
> was 20 pounds. Now it has turned into a rock. I've been out there
> hammering on it, and it sounds like I'm hammering a chunk of metal -
clink,
> clink, clink. If I break anything off, it's large pebble- to, maybe,
> golf-ball size chunks. I don't want little concentrated globs of the
stuff
> in my soil.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this stuff? If I brought it inside
(if
> it gets chilly again), would the furnace/dry air make it easier to break
up?
> Should I soak chunks in a bucket of water, then pour that on the patch?
> Or should I throw this away and go buy another sack? If I buy more, will
> the next batch fare better if I put it in an airtight container?
>
> Thanks!
> Beth
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