Adding lime to soil?

What to use? When?

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sashaeffer
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Adding lime to soil?

Post by sashaeffer » Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:58 am

Is it a good idea as a maintenance thing to add lime to potted palm soil?


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Post by lucky1 » Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:59 pm

My garden soil is 7.2 so I've never needed to add lime.
Even the sunshine soil mix #4 is 6.5 pH, so pretty good (I asked the company who makes it).

A pH test kit is advisable but here's a couple of tips at bottom of page:

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