napoleonrags
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Post by napoleonrags on May 14, 2016 22:26:53 GMT -5
Sorry for the alliteration: I attempt to teach high school English when not playing. Many of you dispose of slurry in hokes or in the trash or n other ways. Do any of you pitch slurry into the compost? Seems like slurry is full of minerals. Is broken down SIC toxic? I don't roll anything exotic only local schist that I find about northern Colorado.
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Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on May 15, 2016 0:15:52 GMT -5
I think it depends on what is in the slurry. For instance, if you use borax in it you wouldn't want to put it in your compost pile because borax is a plant killer. Most folks putting slurry in holes are doing so because they use borax. I would imagine that there is other soaps that might not be good in the compost pile. But, you are right, the slurry is full of minerals. Some minerals can be bad but I think most would be good. In my coarse grinds I never use anything extra other than red clay (Alabama red clay, it's better than the imitation Georgia stuff jamesp ) and my rocks so far have been quartzite and maybe some pet wood....I wouldn't hesitate to mix it in a compost pile.
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2016 6:03:53 GMT -5
If tumbling high content copper/aluminum/arsenic/others slurry would easily kill plants if concentrated. Most silica based rocks would not be a problem. I tumble in a production greenhouse and dump the slurry on the gravel floor. It makes crude concrete. Weeds and ornamentals germinate in it constantly where damp, probably because it is basically clay and holds moisture well. Middle Georgia is basically a covered in a giant layer of slurry. Worn down Appalachian mountain dust called clay. Mostly quartz and felspar. Silicon Carbide and aluminum oxide are not likely a problem. Many rocks derive color from iron which is a fine micronutrient for plants. Rocks are a smorgasbord of compounds. Borax slurry is an herbicide. Many rocks may have chelated elements that plants can use in the right conditions as micronutrients(granite dust) short list of micros, available to plants best at neutral ph 7 Grow corn in slurry as an indicator. It has been researched more than any other plant: Looks like grape leaves, note toxicity(overdose) effects:
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2016 6:21:00 GMT -5
I think it depends on what is in the slurry. For instance, if you use borax in it you wouldn't want to put it in your compost pile because borax is a plant killer. Most folks putting slurry in holes are doing so because they use borax. I would imagine that there is other soaps that might not be good in the compost pile. But, you are right, the slurry is full of minerals. Some minerals can be bad but I think most would be good. In my coarse grinds I never use anything extra other than red clay (Alabama red clay, it's better than the imitation Georgia stuff jamesp ) and my rocks so far have been quartzite and maybe some pet wood....I wouldn't hesitate to mix it in a compost pile. Didn't Mom tell you jealousy will get you no where ?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 15, 2016 9:03:14 GMT -5
I have huge rock pile of so-so rocks,it gets poured onto the pile and than it filters to the soil below after the rains and etc...
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Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on May 15, 2016 9:12:23 GMT -5
I think it depends on what is in the slurry. For instance, if you use borax in it you wouldn't want to put it in your compost pile because borax is a plant killer. Most folks putting slurry in holes are doing so because they use borax. I would imagine that there is other soaps that might not be good in the compost pile. But, you are right, the slurry is full of minerals. Some minerals can be bad but I think most would be good. In my coarse grinds I never use anything extra other than red clay (Alabama red clay, it's better than the imitation Georgia stuff jamesp ) and my rocks so far have been quartzite and maybe some pet wood....I wouldn't hesitate to mix it in a compost pile. Didn't Mom tell you jealousy will get you no where ?
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on May 15, 2016 13:38:59 GMT -5
I don't think broken down SIC is toxic per say. Silica in dust from dried slurry can be a problem if one were to breath a lot of it.
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napoleonrags
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Post by napoleonrags on May 15, 2016 14:12:28 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks.
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Post by Pat on May 15, 2016 14:58:08 GMT -5
Don't know anything about the issue, but do appreciate a good alliteration!
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napoleonrags
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Post by napoleonrags on May 15, 2016 21:53:11 GMT -5
Don't know anything about the issue, but do appreciate a good alliteration! Ah, as an aspiring English author I always avoid alliteration.
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Post by Pat on May 15, 2016 22:54:59 GMT -5
Don't know anything about the issue, but do appreciate a good alliteration! Ah, as an aspiring English author I always avoid alliteration. I see!
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Post by charliework on May 16, 2016 0:47:46 GMT -5
I use a bucket with a hole cut out three inches from the bottom. i cut a 3/4 hole in the bucket and used pvc as an out-spout with a threaded piece on the inside which i screw on a cap. Ill dump my waste in the bucket and let it settle for a day, then unscrew the cap.
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Post by nowyo on May 16, 2016 21:24:34 GMT -5
Yep, dump it on the compost piles. Rinse water with Borax gets dumped in places where I don't want stuff to grow.
Russ
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