gazingm42
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Post by gazingm42 on Aug 22, 2014 17:18:50 GMT -5
While understanding no grit and mud going down your house drains.
What do folks do to clean and process in clean their rocks. What to do with the grit and mud?
Thanks
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highlife8600
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Post by highlife8600 on Aug 22, 2014 18:02:20 GMT -5
i collect it in a 5 gal bucket. then i dig a little hole in my yard and pour it in when i have a decent amount collected
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transcendental
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Post by transcendental on Aug 22, 2014 18:23:54 GMT -5
I dug a shallow hole out back behind the garage where no one goes and dump my barrel into a colander over the hole.
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Post by gingerkid on Aug 22, 2014 18:29:59 GMT -5
Place colander over 5 gallon bucket, dump rocks and grit into colander, then clean barrels (or bowl) and rocks with water. Pour off water in our back yard, then scoop up grit (wearing rubber gloves) and place it into small plastic bag, which goes into the garbage. Off topic: highlife8600, that's a beautiful big cat (bobcat?) as your avatar. Did you take the photo?
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Aug 22, 2014 19:08:02 GMT -5
Been dumping it out on my garden beds for years unless it has borax in it.Vegetables and flowers seem to love the variety of minerals ground up!
snuffy
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 20:18:13 GMT -5
Been dumping it out on my garden beds for years unless it has borax in it.Vegetables and flowers seem to love the variety of minerals ground up! snuffy same here.just never dump the burnish in the garden Dave
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 22, 2014 20:36:51 GMT -5
After washing everything through a colander into a five gallon bucket, I let the bucket sit until the grit settles out. Pour off most of the water (without disturbing the sludge on the bottom), then let it sit for a week or so and the rest of the water evaporates. Doesn't take long in the heat of SoCal. Might take a little longer in the dead of winter. Yeah, it actually gets below 60 degrees! Brrr. When the water is all gone, the used grit gets cleaned out of the bucket, bagged up, and goes into the trash.
The drainage from my flat lap (just water and finely powdered rock) I throw onto some near-by plants. Some of my epiphyllums seem to bloom following an application of powdered rock. Agree with snuffy , I think plants love the mineral content. Could probably package it up and sell it! My pitaya has also had more and bigger blooms with the addition of the minerals. Jean
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Post by Toad on Aug 23, 2014 1:38:53 GMT -5
I use borax in all my loads so I can't dump in the yard. I let the 5-gallon pails dry out and get rid of in the garbage.
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TIGER
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Post by TIGER on Aug 23, 2014 4:21:31 GMT -5
I've been doing very similar too, letting the mud settle and then removing most water, then it's the dustbin for the mud when it's dry but i might consider the compost heap, if flowers seem to like it.
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whatamidoing
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Post by whatamidoing on Aug 23, 2014 13:57:16 GMT -5
Thanks for the question and replies. As a newbie I was wondering the same thing.
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