lime question

[Guest]

What type of lime do u guys and gals recomend? Is there a difference in powder lime or granulated lime? Thanks this is my first post.

 

[southwind]

hello

hello

I use agricultural lime powdered.
I have been using i tsp per gallon of soil but I have been told to go to a tablespoon, which is perfect!

there is a good soil mix recipe i will find

 

[BurnOne]

Powdered or pulverized dolomite lime.
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[kush07]

Powdered is able to more readily deliver the desired nutes to you babies. The most common you will probably find is peletized so you may have to visit a Pikes nursery or its equivelant to find powdered.

Happy Toking

 

[JackTheGrower]

Here is an entry from The FAQ of another site but it's good.

What is Dolomite lime?


Derived from a naturally occurring limestone deposit, this powdered fertilizer is a valuable source of calcium and magnesium and helps prevent soils from becoming acidic.
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You will find reference to at least four kinds of lime in agriculture:

crushed limestone [Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)],

dolomitic lime [Calcium-magnesium carbonate (CaCO3--MgCO3)],

burned or quick lime [Calcium oxide (CaO)], and slake or hydrated lime ]Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)].

Of these, dolomitic lime appears to be the best additive to raise pH and promote growth.
This is because dolomitic lime includes manganese and because dolomite lime acts slowly and continuously, and hydrated lime acts almost instantly.

Use hydrated lime instead of dolomite lime for faster results, but don't use too much; you can create toxicity problems, which won't arise with dolomite lime, by using too much hydrated lime.

Always use fine dolomite lime, since coarser grades take years to have a substantial effect. Dolomite lime is available at most nurseries.

Source : sdfern.com/lime.htm

 

[Mackawber]

I put some in my soil but I want to add some more now as a top dressing. I took the prilled dolomitic lime pellets and used a hammer to pulverize them down to fine grit and powder, then I sprinkled the powder with a tiny bit of epsom salt in it around my plants.

 

[JackTheGrower]

I put some in my soil but I want to add some more now as a top dressing. I took the prilled dolomitic lime pellets and used a hammer to pulverize them down to fine grit and powder, then I sprinkled the powder with a tiny bit of epsom salt in it around my plants.

Do you have a PH issue? I worried when I read your post... Even dolomite can cause problems..

Just wondering friend.

 

[Mackawber]

No pH issue. I only added 7 tablespoons of dolomitic lime to 2 bags of Light warrior/1bag perlite/2 cups ammendments. I added another 4 tbls as a top dressing. I'm using PBP/liquid karma for nutes. I'm at day 13 of veg so they only got a few drops of nutes in a half gallon of water on day 10. next feeding will be on day 20--15 ml of PBP/7ml LK per gallon

 

[BurnOne]

I put some in my soil but I want to add some more now as a top dressing. I took the prilled dolomitic lime pellets and used a hammer to pulverize them down to fine grit and powder, then I sprinkled the powder with a tiny bit of epsom salt in it around my plants.

Prilled dolomite doesn't have to be crushed. Dolomite must be mixed thouroughly with the soil mix. Epsom salts are not necessary if using dolomite @ 2 tbs./gal.
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