Oyster shell flour as liming agent

Is this oyster shell flour available locally to you?
 
If not, it is silly to pay shipping when you can get calcitic lime at Lowes or HD. Pretty much a 1 to 1 equivalent and ~$15/bag vs ~$45 for shipped OSF.  "Pennington Fast Acting Lime" and if you do a search of the forum there has been pics of the bag posted in several threads.
 
BTW, after a number of years using dolomite, I've never noticed any compaction issues in containers using my own soiless mix. I have when I tried the 4-5 cups of rock dust, but when I went back to 1-2 cups of rock dust and 1 cup of dolo the issue went away.
 
I could see an issue with soil gardens and long term use of dolo, but my soiless mixes last about 3 years max till the peat breaks down and the mix is discarded to the flower beds.
 
Wet

 

Hey wet, why not just add more peat to it? It is essentially compost ain't it? Probably the bomb diggity too

Hey btw, I have a plant that smells exactly like your username :lol:

G-13 Labs Auto NL x Auto AK

TJ

 

 My wife likes the smell of wet dogs and that's how I chose the name. Hopefully, I don't smell to match.  
 
IDK if she would appreciate smelling it all the time though. The only reason I haven't caught any grief over the strain I've been running for the last 5 years or so is, it has pretty much zero smell to it. That, and being a 2 hit and quit is why I've never looked much for anything different.
 
The last stuff I grew (Williams Wonder, early 90's), had such an odeur that I got yelled at for smoking in the house, when all I was doing was cutting up a bud.  From what I've read, AK 47 seems to be similar in the smell dept, which might explain the wet dog smell of your plants. Very nice looking BTW, I'm impressed.
 
Might try adding peat, but usually it's so sludge like it works better spread out in the flower beds or garden than in a container.
 
Wet

 

Not to get off topic here but regarding using old soil in the flower beds, that's a great way to recycle/continue using it. I will also just dump my big pots of soil that have been in use for a few years out by the compost heap, and then when I get around to it I'll just add a little of this, a little of that and i run it thru my big screen and its ready to use again, for whatever I need it for. It seems to like being out in the weather for a few months - the old roots break down, more worms find their way into it, and I find that with very minimal re-amending with a bit of kelp, chicken manure pellets, or whatever I have lying around that it's totally ready for use again. I always add more lead mold compost to it. I also use it for potting vegetable plants for the porch.

However you go about recycling/re-using your soil is a good thing. It never ever "goes bad" or becomes unusable. Once you make a batch of soil you'll have it for a lifetime.

J