hi alice ...

no experience.. but i googled it for you

who knew.. one salt.. can offest another salt ... go figure.. sounds all sciencey .. lol ...

ken

https://www.google.com/search?q=Gypsum+for+salt+water+flooding&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Alice, I'm glad to hear from you. I've been keeping tabs on my former community and have been thankful to know that most of Beaufort escaped major flooding.

Gypsum is not used only after salt water flooding, but also salt water intrusion in well water. It's brought in by the tractor trailer load to the golf courses in the area and applied as part of their normal routine.

There is a very wide range of application rates for gypsum, anywhere from 50-100 pounds per 1000 square feet.....or under or over that range! I'd strongly suggest that you contact the Beaufort Extension office and ask specifically to speak to Laura Lee Rose. Tell her I told you that she would know who to talk with, if not her.

You might also try Jerry Ross, Supt. at the Ocean Creek Golf Club (Fripp Island). He will likely have a suggested per acre application rate as well as a square foot amount. Again, tell him Dorie told you to ask him. We worked together at Dataw.

You can also contact me via my Houzz page, and click on "Messege". Give me your direct email in the messege and I'll give you mine.

Oh, one thing that is very, very important when applying gypsum to aid with sodium leaching.....water, water, water.

Try to locate granulated product, it's a million times easier to apply. There might be a liquid product more commonly available than it used to be.

Thank you Dorie & Ken. Dorie, I'll pm you. Ken, thanks for those links, we'll be getting a lot of questions as soon as things dry out more and damage shows up.

add your county and state to the search ... you may find more local info ...

ken

Hey Dorie, sorry I have been awol, life interrupted. I cannot see any place on your page that said "message." I did change my preferences so I have messages on my page.

We are having what are called King tides this week. Combined with the remnants of Patricia it is soggy around here. This is not my home but my next door neighbor's, fortunately we are set about 100' further back.

Have you used the resources of Clemson Cooperative Extension?

kimmq is kimmsr

Yes, that was my first query. They do not have any specific resources in this area. It was suggested we irrigate like crazy to dilute the salt. I found Rutgers, in NJ, had a good paper on this which was written in response to hurricane Sandy. I suspect Clemson will come out with something now. They say the recent King tides are the highest ever, I bet the same thing will happen next year, perhaps as early as the spring perigee moon tides and Clemson will have to address the issue.