thecitygiant
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Is there organic dolomite lime if so what company makes it?
Dolomite lime
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massah
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dolomite lime isn't vegetation...its crushed up limestone...its all technically "organic" as its a mineral that only comes from the ground...its not man made
thecitygiant
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Thanks would you happen to know how much of it i should use?dolomite lime isn't vegetation...its crushed up limestone...its all technically "organic" as its a mineral that only comes from the ground...its not man made
I just bought a 50lb bag it's agricultural limestone
theres no info on the bag as to how to go about using it
this is my first time. I'm going to be transplanting soon and would like to add this to my soul mix
any help would be appreciated
Rottedroots
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Giant. Do you know. If you got pellets or powder? They are both pretty slow acting but powder is faster. Not even sure if crushed pellets equals powder. I put lime on my outdoor plants for the future. There must be a faster way to tweak your ph if you need too. IDK. It's early and i got a good AM bake going so I'm wondering if that's how "quick" lime got it's name or if the two limes are even related?
thecitygiant
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IDK about a 'soul' mix, but for *soil* use 2tbl/gallon of mix, or 1 cup/cf of mix (7.5 gallons).
For sure, add it to you mix before you transplant. Moisten after it is added and mixed in well. This will get the lime working.
What you got is the right stuff.
Wet[/QUOTE
if im going to transfer into five gallon containers
i should mix in 10tbl lime into the soil in each container before i transplant? I should moisten the soil after i transplant right? And not before
Thanks wet appreciate the info. Really helps out!
I meant to type in soil not soul ha!
thecitygiant
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Whats good roots. I have the powder lime it's very fine, seems to me as if the powder will breakdown faster than crushed. Its the same product just in a different form
massah
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correct..the powdered lime works faster than the pelletized lime, but you need to make sure that its dolomitic lime and not hydrated lime. Dolomitic lime is calcium-magnesium carbonate, where hydrated lime is calcium oxide. Hydrated lime does not contain magnesium, and will burn your root system easily if you even remotely water it too much, or use too much of it. Dolomitic lime/Garden Lime/Dolomite lime is the stuff you want...the hydrated lime is used to keep the stank down in chicken coops and stuff 
Rottedroots
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I don't know what they do to make powdered lime pellet lime. You have the right stuff. For sure mix in well to damp soil. The problem is that if you test for ph right after adding lime you are not really testing the soil itself but instead testing before it is truly available to the plants. I'm not sure how long it takes for the lime to become available. I know there are other ways to tweak your ph but I have never use them and frankly do not know what they are. I think there are products that will change your ph over night.massa.. many years ago we used lime in the outhouse. Same idea as the chickens But far more important.