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ag lime or dolomite?
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<blockquote data-quote="Limepro" data-source="post: 1313262" data-attributes="member: 17660"><p>Well, I'm not going to say they don't work but I've never really seen anyone that was happy with the performance that liquid products delivered. Personally I can't see paying to haul water around either. Now let's talk about the science about why not to use them. You can't cheat the lime bank that you have in your soils, there is no way around it if your going to survive farming. All of us are guilty of only thinking about aglime when we need to change soil ph. Not many people respect it for its roll in plant health, nutrient uptake, and plant cell wall development . Perfect example is Bermuda grass hay, it removes 280 pounds of calcium from the soil for every 8 tons of yield. You're average 600 pound calf uses 45 pounds of calcium to develope it's bone structure. A ton of finely ground lime only delivers 880 pounds of soluble calcium period. Ever wonder why lime only tends to last three years on your hay fields, there's your Answer. Buy a load of course aglime and your lucky to get 400 pounds of soluble calcium. I can't see how a gallon jug of liquid lime can ever keep up with the calcium demands our grasses have. That plant cell wall contains a lot of calcium so don't just think about ph when talking about Aglime!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Limepro, post: 1313262, member: 17660"] Well, I'm not going to say they don't work but I've never really seen anyone that was happy with the performance that liquid products delivered. Personally I can't see paying to haul water around either. Now let's talk about the science about why not to use them. You can't cheat the lime bank that you have in your soils, there is no way around it if your going to survive farming. All of us are guilty of only thinking about aglime when we need to change soil ph. Not many people respect it for its roll in plant health, nutrient uptake, and plant cell wall development . Perfect example is Bermuda grass hay, it removes 280 pounds of calcium from the soil for every 8 tons of yield. You're average 600 pound calf uses 45 pounds of calcium to develope it's bone structure. A ton of finely ground lime only delivers 880 pounds of soluble calcium period. Ever wonder why lime only tends to last three years on your hay fields, there's your Answer. Buy a load of course aglime and your lucky to get 400 pounds of soluble calcium. I can't see how a gallon jug of liquid lime can ever keep up with the calcium demands our grasses have. That plant cell wall contains a lot of calcium so don't just think about ph when talking about Aglime! [/QUOTE]
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