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RE: Pecan Shells

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 1997.05.20 at 14:12:02(766)
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Sent: Monday, May 19, 1997 8:31 PM
To: Julius Boos
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Subject: Re: Pecan Shells
Dewey,
Regarding the use of pecan shells as a planting medium (or one of several
ingredients), I would be cautious with this until I understood the
chemical contents of the shells. For some reason I am thinking that
pecan shells contain tannin. While I don't know this for certain, I'll
bet one of the chemists on the list could tell us about.
By the way, pecan shells are use in the abrasive industry as a pressure
blasting abrasive, and possibly in other ways. And the stuff is not
cheap.
Don
Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b
It`s also used in the oil drilling industry in a ground up form as an additive
to drilling mud as a torque reducer while drilling in tight or high angle
hole. Not cheap!
Julius Boos, W.P.B., FL., U.S.A.

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