Disposing or utilizing used DE

[LaVern]

Hi,
New poster here located in northwestern Pa. I used the search function here and went back about 12 pages in this 'Bottling and Filtering" section and have not found anything pertaining to this. What do you do with the used DE after filtering. Seems like just dumping it in the land fill would be a waste, yet there is a serious amount of it to deal with by the end of a season. Any ideas? Thanks.
LaVern

[Haynes Forest Products]

My father inlay the chemist wants me to make soap and use it as the main ingredient. Maybe a nice Maple Lavender blend just for the sugar maker that has everything.If the thought of it being in the land fill bothers you separate from the papers and toss in the woods. I generate maybe 2 5 gallon buckets to make 5 drums of syrup so that isn't that much to toss in the woods. The deer don't like it and it will melt away.

Now if you really want to be thrifty reuse the papers just recirculate for a few minuets more per filtering and you will never know. Just seperate from filter cake when cold rinse in hot condensate. Just do a quick drop down into the bucket.

[GeneralStark]

I save it and use it as a soil amendment in my garden. Some serious calcium...my potatoes were huge this year...

[maple2]

Old farmer once told me..You will have tomatoes the size of watermellons.

[maple flats]

We also use it in the garden. If just mixed with the soil or compost, it is great. If you have a problem with slugs, rinse some to remove most of the sugar, then dry it and spread around the plants being bothered by the slugs. It will kill them by cutting them beyond repair.

[LaVern]

Thanks all for your replies. My son had thought about feeding some of it to his hogs as a supplement to help control parasitic worms. I thought that by dumping it in the garden and mixing it in either the compost or directly on the garden may have a negative effect on the earth worms. Don't want to kill them. The suggestion of drying and applying where slugs and snails are a problem sounds good.
LaVern