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  • From: Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] gypsum / organinc cert.
  • Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 05:39:34 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks for the commentaries: regarding stuff breaking up and blowing around -
the two
4'x4' test pieces I laid 3 years ago have simply dissolved into the soil,
and they did
an admirable job for a couple years of smothering weeds next to the trees (
the other
short term use for sheetrock) which of course a powder wouldn't do. I
appreciate the
heads up on organic certifying agency objections. Which leads to a question:
I'll be
growing 'organic' - whether I am certified or not, a personal bent of mine.
From the
restrictions I have seen I think I'll be certified crazy if I do get
'certified'! But I
figure I might as well reap the extra $ per pound if indeed I already deserve
the
classification. Since this is not a forum for organic growers can someone
recommend an
online forum for such discussions? thanks, Del

> > A fellow orchardist uses sheetrock (gypsum board ) to both add gypsum
> > and smother sod and
> > kill weeds around new trees. > > Del
>
> If you are contemplating getting certified, before applying ANYTHING
> check with the agency you intend to certify with.
>
> I just took a fast look at my 2004 print version of the OMRI (organic
> materials review institute) generic list. It says: "Gypsum - mined
> source: Nonsynthertic, Calcium sulfate; only mined forms are
> acceptable. See Gypsum By-products and Mined Minerals - Unprocessed."
> The next item says: "Gypsum By-Products: Synthetic. Gypsum produced as
> a by-product of superphosphate manufacture . . . from precipitation of
> sulfur-dioxide gas with limestone, or from dry-wall rejects is
> prohibited".
>
> So it sounds to me like you'd better not use it. But you could check
> with a certifying agency to be sure.
>
> --Rivka
> Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly>
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Del Stubbs http://www.pinewoodforge.com zone 3 N. MN

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