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<blockquote data-quote="Bigfoot" data-source="post: 1275781" data-attributes="member: 17956"><p>It's actually a simple process of ion exchange. Hydrochloric acid is probably your culprit if you have an acid soil. The lime ( calcium carbonate) makes he HCL, give up its hydrogen. The CaCo3 seperates in to its 3 components. The problem is that limestone doesn't dissolve very easily. It will catch a ride down thru the soil, as you moisture is carried by gravity down thru the soil. The finer the lime, the easily accessible the exchange. Hope that helps. Plants aren't your culprit for removing calcium. It simply leeches out, IMHO in a pasture, water moves down pretty quickly, the soil is never turned, poop is being added, fertilizer is being added. It's a recipe for an acid soil. Personally, in my area, I'd just about soon lime as fertilize. True micronutrients, become super accessible to the plant slowing growth to a trickle. You put, N, P, and K on, it cost a fortune, and if don't rain there you are. Lime is not that way. Fertilizer is money well spent if it rains. Lime is money well spent anytime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigfoot, post: 1275781, member: 17956"] It's actually a simple process of ion exchange. Hydrochloric acid is probably your culprit if you have an acid soil. The lime ( calcium carbonate) makes he HCL, give up its hydrogen. The CaCo3 seperates in to its 3 components. The problem is that limestone doesn't dissolve very easily. It will catch a ride down thru the soil, as you moisture is carried by gravity down thru the soil. The finer the lime, the easily accessible the exchange. Hope that helps. Plants aren't your culprit for removing calcium. It simply leeches out, IMHO in a pasture, water moves down pretty quickly, the soil is never turned, poop is being added, fertilizer is being added. It's a recipe for an acid soil. Personally, in my area, I'd just about soon lime as fertilize. True micronutrients, become super accessible to the plant slowing growth to a trickle. You put, N, P, and K on, it cost a fortune, and if don't rain there you are. Lime is not that way. Fertilizer is money well spent if it rains. Lime is money well spent anytime. [/QUOTE]
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