dolomite lime

[Guest]

does anyone make dolomite lime tea? just mix a tablespoon w/ gallon of h20. for caluim and mag, and also ph ?

 

[Guest]

I am not sure but this isnt very good, plain water will take along time to break this limestone down.

 

[sproutco]

Because dolomite lime is not really soluble, it is better to just sprinkle it on the soil surface. Usual rate is 3/5 to 1 teaspoon to a 6 inch pot if there really is no lime already. There are flowable liquid formulations of lime that contain ingredients to make the lime a suspenion in water and not allow it to sink to the bottom of your watering container. You could add to your water powdered gypsum and epsom salts instead. Both these are more water soluble and don't raise ph. But, neither is organic.

 

[Guest]

epsom salts aren't organic? are u sure about that?........ i mixed a tablespoon of dolomite lime with a gal of water and shook it up alittle. made the water turn little brown and watered with it. it seems like the water broke it down alittle? who knows?

 

[sproutco]

Epsom salts has the formula MgSO4 7H2O. You can see it does not contain carbon (C) so it would be non-organic. Some dolomite lime will disolve in the water but other larger particles will sink to the bottom.

 

[Tirs]

I would consider them organic, epsom salts are derived from minerals however viewed strictly they aren't (omri wont certify them)

anyway if you need to apply D.Lime just top dress it and water a little more than usual. IME I find lime acts rather quickly, at least for pH. I've never had a mag/cal deficieny but epsom salts are more soluble so they should work faster for that

 

[Guest]

if its a polverized form of D lime (poweder) i dnt see why mixing it wif water would b a problem? should react jst as fast as any other way of adding it ... i jst top dress it over the top of the soil and mix it n a lil wif my hands and then water it in ... seems to work

 

[emmy75]

yes you can add dolimite lime to your tea and water away as normal.

 

[minds_I]

Hello all,

I have read that dolomite lime is insoluable in water.

minds_I

 

[emmy75]

oh shit my bad i was thinking of salts but talking about dolomite lime.

i was having magnesium deficiency and ive been dealing with both the lime and salts. confused one with the other.

again my apologies

 

[inflorescence]

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[Suby]

Great find Inflo

Could you post that chart in the OFC?

Peace
S