How much dolomite lime for 3 gallon pot
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Emilya Green
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if it were this easy everyone would load up their soil with tons of calcium and magnesium... the problem is that these will then have an interaction with other minerals and will lock them out. Study Mulders Chart of interactions for more information on this.
THis is why the calmag supplement has become so popular... it is actually better to add small amounts of these minerals when needed, rather than load the soil up with them.
Dolomite lime is generally used in very small amounts in soil so as to provide an upper level pH buffer.... it reacts to lower pH fluids so as to make them drift upwards. Too much lime can also mess up this relationship and can make your soil drift upwards in pH so quickly that you can skip out on needed nutrients.
THis is why the calmag supplement has become so popular... it is actually better to add small amounts of these minerals when needed, rather than load the soil up with them.
Dolomite lime is generally used in very small amounts in soil so as to provide an upper level pH buffer.... it reacts to lower pH fluids so as to make them drift upwards. Too much lime can also mess up this relationship and can make your soil drift upwards in pH so quickly that you can skip out on needed nutrients.
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Righty thanks alot I will stick then to epsom salt and water calcium soluble with vinegarif it were this easy everyone would load up their soil with tons of calcium and magnesium... the problem is that these will then have an interaction with other minerals and will lock them out. Study Mulders Chart of interactions for more information on this.
THis is why the calmag supplement has become so popular... it is actually better to add small amounts of these minerals when needed, rather than load the soil up with them.
Dolomite lime is generally used in very small amounts in soil so as to provide an upper level pH buffer.... it reacts to lower pH fluids so as to make them drift upwards. Too much lime can also mess up this relationship and can make your soil drift upwards in pH so quickly that you can skip out on needed nutrients.
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