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Will dolomite lime buffer my ph down as well as up?
- Thread starter Tonygreen
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It will raise your pH levels to acceptable level when using acidic nutrients. Never heard of lime lowering pH. If your tap is 7.4 a small amount of vinegar will bring it down if you are doing water only.
Dolomite is calcium and magnesium carbonate. Do not use it ever.
If you think you need Mg and you probably don't, use sulpomag.
Folks are going way over board with carbonates and thinking they have lots of calcium for an annual crop, no way. Oyster shell, crab shell, shrimp shells, sea shells by the sea shore, bone meal, lime, dolomite... And on top of it, lots of growers have alkaline water. Try sulphate instead. Lots of S deficiencies floating around out there too.
Alkaline plus alkaline = never haha
Please take a gander at the Slow Nickel Lounge. We're getting into some of the finer points of soil science and base distributions, with a real agronomist with a real farm.
If you need some calcium quick use gypsum. Carbonates will block Mn uptake. As will nitrates. Mn is critical to goodie manufacture.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=331317
If you think you need Mg and you probably don't, use sulpomag.
Folks are going way over board with carbonates and thinking they have lots of calcium for an annual crop, no way. Oyster shell, crab shell, shrimp shells, sea shells by the sea shore, bone meal, lime, dolomite... And on top of it, lots of growers have alkaline water. Try sulphate instead. Lots of S deficiencies floating around out there too.
Alkaline plus alkaline = never haha
Please take a gander at the Slow Nickel Lounge. We're getting into some of the finer points of soil science and base distributions, with a real agronomist with a real farm.
If you need some calcium quick use gypsum. Carbonates will block Mn uptake. As will nitrates. Mn is critical to goodie manufacture.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=331317
