- Location
- Near Colchester
Is this a thing I should be doing to help the DD?
compost if you can get it but gypsum will help alsoIs this a thing I should be doing to help the DD?
Same here. Very happy with it.Depends what you have available, liquid gypsum looks Expensive for the amount of product applied, I’ve had reasonable results with solid gypsum but spread it myself with muckspreaders and I have been able to get gypsum for the cost of local haulage.
There is a limit on how much you can legally apply I think!Stick plenty on should still be able to get it tipped for free
2T/ha I think officiallyThere is a limit on how much you can legally apply I think!
Last August we paid £46 per 20 litre drum and used 14 litres per hectare on grass field before ploughing , done at the same time as burning of so no extra cost, think it was available in ibc's at about half the price per litre if you needed that much.Depends what you have available, liquid gypsum looks Expensive for the amount of product applied, I’ve had reasonable results with solid gypsum but spread it myself with muckspreaders and I have been able to get gypsum for the cost of local haulage.
Recycled plaster boardWhere does gypsum come from that it's a waste material needing disposed of?
Pretty much a waste of time rate. Ten times that, then you're cooking.2T/ha I think officially
So for less than what you pay for a 20 ltr drum I can fill my 10 ton spreader, I know which will have more long term effect on the soilLast August we paid £46 per 20 litre drum and used 14 litres per hectare on grass field before ploughing , done at the same time as burning of so no extra cost, think it was available in ibc's at about half the price per litre if you needed that much.
Well worth the investment
I don't have a 10 ton spreader and would be relying on contractor to spread so the liquid suits us better,but applying gypsum in any form is well worth itSo for less than what you pay for a 20 ltr drum I can fill my 10 ton spreader, I know which will have more long term effect on the soil
It forms a crust, couple of inches thick, still dry and dusty under the crust, crust breaks as it goes through the spreader.I don't have a 10 ton spreader and would be relying on contractor to spread so the liquid suits us better,but applying gypsum in any form is well worth it
How does it fare if it's rained on when it's heaped waiting to be spread?
Well, the positively love urea with an "inhibitor" which iirc is based on formaldehyde.I thought recycled plasterboard was a bit frowned upon, due to the nasties they put into the gypsum. Anti mould agents etc.