I am going to add dirt then mulch to my asparagus patch. It has never been limed, would like to put that on before adding the dirt and mulch. Someone on here said 3 tons to acre for field, this is 75 square feet, so I got 10 pounds. That seems like a lot so please double check my math.
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IHRedRules
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The math checks out, as I get 10 pounds to.
john in la
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I’ve always considered ag and garden lime to be the same thing. calcium carbonate
Dolomitic lime is different. It has magnesium in it.
Dolomitic lime is different. It has magnesium in it.
Traditional Farmer
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You really need to test to see if you need any lime, how much and what type.Example I'm East of the Blue Ridge Mts in the Piedmont of VA our soil is naturally very acidic can test down to
5.0 and is very naturally lacking in minerals.So I need to put a lot of lime on and I get High Cal/high Mag dolomite limestone, generally keep a tandem load here all the time to use off of.
Just West a few miles across the Blue Ridge Mts is the Shenandoah Valley with limestone soil and good for me a good number of limestone quarries.Many farms in the valley don't need to lime at all so it really depends on your soil how much lime to use.
5.0 and is very naturally lacking in minerals.So I need to put a lot of lime on and I get High Cal/high Mag dolomite limestone, generally keep a tandem load here all the time to use off of.
Just West a few miles across the Blue Ridge Mts is the Shenandoah Valley with limestone soil and good for me a good number of limestone quarries.Many farms in the valley don't need to lime at all so it really depends on your soil how much lime to use.
Traditional Farmer
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I use ag lime on the fields and gardens no difference.If you're referring to Hydrated lime as garden lime that is not what you want to use in a garden or anywhere for ag purposes.
Larry EC-OH
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According to Burpee, this is what you need.
Yields will be highest in full-sun sites, but asparagus plants will also tolerate partial shade. The optimum pH range for growing asparagus is between 6.5 to 7.0. Test for pH the fall before establishing a new bed of asparagus as an average of six months is needed to raise pH.
So step 1 is to soil test.
Larry
Yields will be highest in full-sun sites, but asparagus plants will also tolerate partial shade. The optimum pH range for growing asparagus is between 6.5 to 7.0. Test for pH the fall before establishing a new bed of asparagus as an average of six months is needed to raise pH.
So step 1 is to soil test.
Larry
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So you tell me the difference between ag lime and garden lime.Doubt you know that the lime from every quarry is different from any other quarry,each quarry has a spec sheet on their lime but none note any difference on whether the lime goes on a field or a garden(LOL) I'll ask at the quarry next time I go over the guys should get a good laugh out of that one.
caterpillar guy
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If I remember right the hydrated lime is what we spread on the floor in the barn to kill bacteria.
Brian G. NY
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And dump in the ol' "out house" occasionally.
Also used to help in the decomposition of dead animals.....preferably not of the human type.
"Garden Lime" means, to anyone I know, very finely pulverized limestone with the consistency of flour and sold in little bags marked "Garden Lime" and will have the same chemical components assuming it came from the same quarry, as granulated limestone, which is delivered and spread in huge trucks, the difference being that the finely pulverized garden lime will act faster in the soil, something the gardener would probably be in favor of but not necessarily the farmer, and it will cost a good deal more money. The farmer wants something that will keep working in the soil for years and will not be so costly as he is working with hundreds of acres vs the gardener who works in a few square feet. Otherwise, it's perfectly OK to spread ag lime in gardens. And yes, I'm very familiar with limestone as we have limestone quarry operations all over Wisconsin. I'm not so interested in dolomite lime anymore as we don't have cattle, other than deer, and my soils have adequate magnesium as per soil tests. Your quarry may or may not be into bagging and selling little bags of garden lime. Some do, some don't. It takes special equipment but also is a good source of revenue. Something akin to selling little ricks of firewood vs cord sized loads.
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