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Posted by Darrell Dorsey on May 14, 2006, 9:23 am
> Luther wrote:
>> Hello, I am doing a little remodeling to my house and yard and I
>> thought of a question about sheetrock. I think that the sheetrock that
>> I'm using is made out of gypsum??, and I'm just wondering, if I'm
>> wrong, what sheetrock is made out of. I need some extra dirt to use as
>> fill in my yard for my project out there and I was wondering if it
>> would be possible and alright for the earth if I broke down the
>> sheetrock, took the paper off, and used the sheetrock rubble as fill in
>> the ground as a method of "disposing" of it.
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> Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral - hydrated calcium sulfate.
> I've never heard of using gypsum for gardening purposes, not being much
> of a gardener (okay, I kill plants! Happy, now?! ;) Anyway, after a
> quick search:
> http://www.claytonontheweb.com/home-and-garden/hydrated-calcium-sulfate.html
> So it does seem to have a potentially beneficial effect on plants. I
> would guess it would be like vitamins, though - too much would be bad.
> If you stripped the paper and kept the gypsum in a bag you could get
> use it as fertilizer and dispose of it that way.
Gypsum is comminly used to help break up clay soils. I used bags of it at
my old house when making flower beds. I tilled in gypsum into the soil.
As posted, why not just bury the pieces with the paper. The track builders
do it all the time.
Darrell
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