Lloyd Charles wrote:
. . .
> If you have low calcium soil, Lime is needed to restore the
> CEC balance and you will need a carbon source to hold and activate it.
and later he wrote to Gil who had said, "Calcium will come from the application
of gypsum.":
And leave almost as quick as it came! LIME is the way to get good calcium
levels,
When I was working with Hugh Courtney on test plots for the right-of-way, one
of his suggestions was to add "high calcium lime." I called around to all the
the feed stores that sell lime and asked for a high calcium lime. None of the
salesmen knew what I was talking about. They always sold dolomite and they
really didn't understand anything about lime so they left it to me to choose.
I chose hydrated lime, and they sold it to me. The blind leading the blind.
Luckily, I only used it on two plots.
Then when I got connected to someone who sold soil amendments for Bruce Tainio,
Tainio Technology and Technique, a soil scientist recommended by Elaine, she
gave me "Calpril" which is a prilled calcium carbonate 91`% and 1% magnesium,
whatever "prilled" means from a company in Tonasket, WA. There's a series of
mesh sizes on the bag. This one is probably overkill, but I was glad to get
something that was the right thing...
When you suggest lime to someone, you need to be more specific about what you
mean. Can you do a rundown of limes that are available and what they are used
for just to clarify what you mean when you say "add lime"?
Best,
Merla
