Old Reviews adding lime to my soil

[spellbound]

Say guys, having ph issues and have been for some time. After getting a ph meter and and doing a watering and a soil ph check my soil has low ph. My soil has dried-out some so I want to transplant and was wondering about adding this to my soil; Espoma 6.75 lb. Garden Lime-100508617 at The Home Depot. Now it is pelletized and my question is would it work better to grind them down first before adding to the soil, and add a little as a top dressing too?? Was thinking it would act faster if it was broke down to almost powered form. Thanks for any help.

 

[Muddy]

Yes, you would need to pulverize those pellets to get them to act faster. Even so, don't expect to see any results for at least 2 weeks. Dolomite is slow acting. Unless they have taken it off the shelf the the winter you should be able to find powdered dolomite at Home Depot. To quickly raise your pH you will need hydrated lime. Just be cautious with it as too much can be toxic to the plants. You can add it to your existing pots and avoid transplanting. Use no more than 1 tablespoon per gallon of feed. Apply, then check your run off the next watering. You should see a difference.

 

[phoenix rising]

I use the same stuff and throw it in an old blender set on puree.after its done I sift it thru some window screen and use the finest flour like powder.

 

[spellbound]

Thanks Muddy for the advise. Yeah being out of the growing season not much to choose from locally. That lime i posted they have on hand. Ill do some more looking around to see if i might be able to find the liquid form. Thanks again. :smokebuds:

 

[spellbound]

Thats what i was thinking Phoenix. One way or the other going to have to do something.Got a few more stores i can check-out and see whit I can come-up with. Thanks. :smokebuds:

 

[spellbound]

So after shopping around no luck with finding the liquid or powder lime. Went ahead and bought the Epsom garden lime and spent a hour pounding it down to powder, got about a 1/2 of cup. Top dressed the soil's with 2 teaspoons, mixed it into the soil on top some-what and feed with 7.4 ph 1/2 strength nutes and added a teaspoon of Epsom salt to 1 gal. Runoff still the same 4.6, same as last watering and it was 6.5 going in. Starting to see that they are stressing due to the ph problems over there short life this far. After they dry-out some over the next few days Im going to transplant into 3 gal. pots and some better soil that is more ph balanced. 3 in all 2 photos and 1 auto. The auto not looking stressed just a little stunted but learn as you go. 1st grow so not to surprise, can only get better.

 

[phoenix rising]

The lime takes up to 2 weeks to work
But if.your transplanting it ain't gonna matter now.live and learn,always check soil ph before you plant so you can.make adjustments before you plant
Good luck

 

[spellbound]

OK guys I want to go ahead and transplant into 3 gal. containers sometime this weekend. Going to use OF and was wondering if you think I should cut the soil some or just give it a flush or would I be ok just going straight into it? 2 photos at 5weeks and 1 auto at 3 weeks. They have been in 1 gal. containers with MG seed starter soil in-which its given me my PH problems. Going to add 1/4 perlite to the OF, Was wanting to add some LW but these stores around me dont carry it. Maybe 1/4 of that seed starter soil with some more lime added to it?? As for the auto, would tiering be best rather than total transplant?? Any thoughts or advice surely welcomed...:smokebuds:

 

[greenfingers]

i was having the same ph issues as yourself, i ended up just top dressing with dolomite lime however you spell it, done the trick instantly got my ph to the correct level love the stuff,this time around i mixed a table spoon with my soil seems great again so far perfect ph.