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"Robert" wrote in message ... "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... : : "Robert" wrote in message : ... : : : : : : If you want real lime, try a builder's merchant, especially one : who : : sells lime mortars. : : Builder's lime is a different thing altogether and is inactive on : the : garden. : : That is quite incorrect. Builders' lime is Calcium Hydroxide, known : as "slaked lime" It is an alkaline material which is very frequently : used to treat acid soil. No you're wrong Franz, builder's lime is no use to the garden whatsoever No, an elementary knowledge of chemistry, aided by a few hundred references in Google says I am right. Biulders' Lime really is Calcium Hydroxide, known as "slaked lime" It is an alkaline material which is very frequently used to treat acid soil. Franz |
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... : : "Robert" wrote in message : ... : : "Franz Heymann" wrote in message : ... : : : : "Robert" wrote in message : : ... : : : : : : : : : : If you want real lime, try a builder's merchant, especially : one : : who : : : sells lime mortars. : : : : Builder's lime is a different thing altogether and is inactive : on : : the : : garden. : : : : That is quite incorrect. Builders' lime is Calcium Hydroxide, : known : : as "slaked lime" It is an alkaline material which is very : frequently : : used to treat acid soil. : : No you're wrong Franz, builder's lime is no use to the garden : whatsoever : : No, an elementary knowledge of chemistry, aided by a few hundred : references in Google says I am right. : Biulders' Lime really is Calcium Hydroxide, known as "slaked lime" : It is an alkaline material which is very frequently used to treat : acid soil. : : Franz We'll have to agree to differ, my searches and the GQT team back me up but who cares really lol. All the best : |
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Robert wrote:
"Franz Heymann" [...] No, an elementary knowledge of chemistry, aided by a few hundred references in Google says I am right. Biulders' Lime really is Calcium Hydroxide, known as "slaked lime" It is an alkaline material which is very frequently used to treat acid soil. Franz We'll have to agree to differ, my searches and the GQT team back me up but who cares really lol. All the best But every gardener _should_ care; and it isn't a "lol" matter. What searches? What exactly did which members of the GQT team say about it? I've just done a very swift (admittedly _very_ swift) Internet search, and the nearest thing I found to your position is a site which specifically recommends that builders' lime should not be used in desilting operations because it may contain impurities which could upset the chemical balance of the environment to be treated. A quite separate issue from the material's garden value. Just as I believed, there are, or perhaps have been, perceived to be roughly two grades of hydrated lime, and in trade they are, or perhaps have been, sometimes distinguished as "slaked lime" and "hydrated lime"; but this is a convenient traditional distinction, not a scientific one. I'm still quite sure that "builders' lime" is not quicklime, which is a bugger to store safely; I find that Build Centre don't appear even to stock it, though they do stock two brands of hydrated. (I'm sure they could get it for you, of course.) Hobby-horse/ This "Who cares really?" is a suicidally bad habit the British need to grow out of. For some reason a country which _excels_ in academic and scientific research and music -- all disciplines in which precision is of the very essence -- also has a culture which derides precision (note the use of such insults as "anorak" and "pedant" from top to bottom of the society). Perhaps it's a healthy balance, but I don't think so: more a "them and us". /Hobby-horse I'm sorry to go on and on like this, but I've got the bit between my teeth! Mike. |
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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: Biulders' Lime really is Calcium Hydroxide, Calcium oxide known as "slaked lime" known as quicklime It is an alkaline material which is very frequently used to treat acid soil. But that much is true. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message k... The message from "Franz Heymann" contains these words: Biulders' Lime really is Calcium Hydroxide, Calcium oxide Rusty, Please do some serious googling before saying that yet again. I did, and I am vindicated. {:-}} Have a good Christmas. [snip] Franz Franz |
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