Silly question folks.....when applying lime to the plot, is it ok to use hydrated lime available from a builder's merchant?
Seems to be very cheap compared to the small boxes available from the local GC's.
That is what I always use ...
Derekthefox :D
Thank you Derek...Nuff said...Travis & Perkins here I come!
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Could you tell me a bit more about where and when to use lime.
And how often? Do you find that it make a great deal of difference to certain veg?
in my 4 year rotation i lime the legume bed (so 1 bed each year) after potatoes. don't add any manure or fertiliser 2 months within applying lime as a chemical reaction releases ammonia (and therefore nitogen content of the soil). i tend to do it in autumn then come spring add the necessary fertilisers before putting in my peas!
I lime the brassica bed ... I too use a four year rotation
Derekthefox :D
it's probably best to lime the brassica bed....but mine is never empty so i compromise!
the plot that I have has been dormant for a couple of years, so I have been 'sailing' with a bit of a wing and a prayer, but I do realise that soon the soil will need some TLC!!
I have a bit of plot that still needs digging. I was intending it for the sweetcorn / beans / courgettes / squashes should I lime that bit too?
I too use a four year rotation - goes like this:
legumes - brassicas - solanums - alliums
However, do not know whether I should swap my solanums and alliums. What do you other 4 yearers do?
PS never limed but planning on liming brassicas.
red>> i don't think there's any hard and fast rules but mine is: solanums&squashes> legumes > brassicas > roots
I like to rotate my weeds
Bindweed > Couch Grass > Creeping Buttercup > Dandilions
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Just Joking ;D
The_Snail
my weeds just aren't that disciplined. ???
i don't have any weeds *smug* :P