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Garden Lime - Description
- Soil Conditioning Garden Lime
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- Increases Soil pH (Makes Soil More Alkaline)
- Quantity: 20Kg Bag
- Coverage: 50m2
- Brand: Vitax
- Active Ingredient: Ground Limestone (or Calcium Carbonate)
Delivery - Important Note - Please Read
- We can only deliver orders of this product by Fastway couriers
- Please do not choose DPD as your courier for orders containing this item
Garden Lime - Uses
Lime has been used to improved soils for many years
- Add to acidic soils to increase pH (Make more alkaline)
- Most vegetables require a neutral pH (7 pH) to grow well
- Most garden plants prefer a higher pH (7+ pH / alkaline soil) to grow well
- Also used to improve soil structure
- Aids soil particles to bind together improving soil crumb structure
- Improve soils 'workability'
- Improves the workability of heavy clay soils
- Improves nutrient uptake ability of soils (allows plants absorb soil nutrients easily)
- Used to feed plants - Contains Calcium & Magnesium both essential nutrients for plants
- Add to Cabbage plants to prevent Clubroot
Garden Lime - Advantages
- Improves soils in many different ways
- Creates the optimum soil condition for the widest range of plants
- Large bag covers up to 40m2
- This product is a plant food & a soil conditioner
Garden Lime - Application
- Different soils require different application rates of lime
- Both soil pH & soil texture will determine application rates
- First test your soil to determine soil pH
- Application rates:
- pH 6 Clay soil: 7Kg /10m2
- pH 6 Sandy soil: 5Kg /10m2
- PH 5 Clay soil: 14Kg /10m2
- pH 5 Sandy soil: 10Kg /10m2
- Work lime down into soil
- For best results place lime close to plant roots
- Best applied in Autumn to allow it break down over Winter months
- Do not over apply & avoid applying near ericaceous plants
Garden Lime - Notes
- Contains Magnesium
- Important for disease resistance
- Important for foliage & roots
- Magnesium deficiency symptoms
- Loss of colour of foliage & curly of leaf edge
- Contains Calcium
- Important for all plant processes
- Calcium deficiency symptoms
- Necrosis on base of leaves
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