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06-05-2003, 12:32 PM
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William Plummer wrote:
Most of the posts on this thread are calling limestone by the name
"lime".
Lime is really Calcium Oxide and is very caustic and will lower pH a
lot in a hurry. Real lime is used in outhouses and to destroy the body
after a murder! We used it to mark the yard lines on the high school
football field.
What is being sold to gardners is actually limestone. This is
typically ground up seashells, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Sulphate and
the like. These are very unreactive and if they lower pH, it will take
a year for a noticeable effect. But limestone is cheap. Buy lots.
Apply it. and hope for the best. It won't hurt.
But if you want a real reaction, buy real lime. Apply very carefully
wearing safety clothes! --Bill
the stuff here for lawns is brown and granular
That's beacuse they've granulated it,for easier spreading. As soon as it
gets wet,it's no longer granular.
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