quick question about dolomite lime.

[Space Ghost]

is the lime that is designed for horticulture in anyway different from lime used in other aplications, such as ceramics.

I am a ceramic artist and have plenty of ceramic dolomite lime laying around, it's a fine white powder.

Is there any reason I shouldn't use this for growing as well?

I ask this because the only other dolomite lime I have used came in the form of tiny rust colored pellets, not a white powder.
thanks...

 

[Rellikbuzz]

I read on Overgrow.com that Hydrolized Lime (fine white powder) was used for foliar sprays but that dolomite lime was for use in the soil. Haven't seen a powdered dolomite before but if it's for ceramic use then it may have other minerals in it for forming pottery that wouldn't be healthy for a plant. Thus, horticultural grade dolomite lime.

 

[Space Ghost]

its pure, it has the chemical formula right on the lable...

there's nothing else in it, but its a white powder, so it scares me...

Thanks

 

[Rellikbuzz]

If you have multiple plants going, I guess you could experiment with it on one to see how it goes. However, dolomite is so cheap that it really doesn't seem worth the risk. Just my honest opinion.

 

[Space Ghost]

true, but I'm a lazy man, and there's a bag of it sitting right in my studio.

I'll mix up a little soil pretty hot with this stuff and see how a clone takes it.

 

[Guest]

Hey spaceghost- according to the organic guys over at OG powdered dolomite lime is the best the kind you can get. Mine came in a 50 lb bag from a local garden center. Its a fine white powder and i used a cup per cubic ft of soil, seems to be working. I will say that on the bag it explictely says for horticultural applications ( ph buffer, Mg, Ca)

 

[Space Ghost]

:friends: awsome :friends:

thanks guys