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kirstin-11

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« on: March 10, 2011, 08:23 »
Hi everyone. I'm fairly new to growing my own veg. I have 3 raised beds and a greenhouse. Can anyone tell me if I'm too late to add lime or should I have done it in Autumn? Thank-you.

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Re: liming
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 08:24 »
hello and welcome, I have just popped this over to here so hopefully one of the growers will be able to help you with this question  :)
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 11:39 »
I hope not, I've only limed my plot last week  :ohmy:
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Re: liming
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 13:18 »
I will watch this with interest because I am only clearing and digging my brassica bed on new allotment this week so I was planning on getting lime on this weekend weather permitting.

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Re: liming
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 16:12 »
You can add lime but you can't add manure at the same time.
Need to leave about 2 months between them.

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kirstin-11

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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 19:29 »
I think i'll go ahead and put some lime on mine then!!! I've grown in the beds for 2 years, however last years crops were disappointing. Especially raddish. Plenty of green foliage, however no raddish lol...  :blush:
I am also thinking of buying a digital soil ph tester!!! How do people rate them????

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Re: liming
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 20:17 »
Have you taken a Ph test of your plot to ensure that acidity is the problem? It also gives you an idea how much lime is needed to bring the Ph back to where it needs to be.
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011, 20:48 »
The chemical pH testers with small test tubes are better than the digital ones. The digital ones give variable results, I think it is something to do with soil moisture.

Take several samples with a trowel down to about 6 inches deep. Mix them all together in a bucket and test that. Do not just test the surface soil.

When you apply the lime mix it in so that the soil moisture gets it working.

Beware applying too much lime as this can make things like manganese unavailable to the plants.

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Re: liming
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2011, 19:42 »
talking about liming i bought a bag lime from my local builders merchant the other day
when i got it out of my wife's car a small amount of lime came out the bag where it was
sealed and landed on my car i though nothing of it until i washed the car a couple of days later where the lime had stood on the car it had pitted the paintwork i had hell of job with a cutting compound to get the pain work back i should have washed it off straight away silly me
i know you did tell me to be careful have learnt my lesson now >:(

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Re: liming
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2011, 20:36 »
i read somewhere that if you cannot or will not test your soil ph, for whatever reason, just add half the amount of lime you usually would eg half a pound per square yard rather than one pound.

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Re: liming
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2011, 00:30 »
kirstin...you only lime brassicas because they prefer a more alkaline soil but also it CAN act as a prevention for club root. You can just put a bit of lime in the planting hole.
If you're getting plenty of leaf in your beds sounds like you have a higher ratio of nitrogen and brassicas will probably be happy. Potassium is the necessary ingredient for flowers/fruit, roots and bulbs.
Is this right, folks?

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rainie

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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2011, 06:44 »
This is a really interesting thread.  :)

What happens if the lime is added and then manure is added before the two months, or visa versa?

Do the same liming rules apply for grass or is this just veg plots we are talking about?
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savbo

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Re: liming
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2011, 09:15 »

What happens if the lime is added and then manure is added before the two months, or visa versa?


have you ever had a wee in a toilet with bleach in and made it fizz? I think it's something like that... :) obviously not chlorine given off but there is an alkali/acid reaction

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izzy

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Re: liming
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2011, 16:34 »
I only lime the bed for brassicas so thats every three seasons .We are on clay and it seems to balance out.Never manure and lime at the same time

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Trillium

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« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2011, 16:55 »
You'll find some very useful info here:

http://www.allotment-garden.org/fertilizer/garden-lime.php


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