Lime grows grass

[quavers]

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Im looking at £40-50/t delivered price for good calcium lime, starting to think that prilled lime may be more cost effective, taking the fineness/effectiveness of it into account. what is a tonne of pilled lime costing these days?

where about are you ?

 

[Chae1]

Thread resurrection alert
Im looking at £40-50/t delivered price for good calcium lime, starting to think that prilled lime may be more cost effective, taking the fineness/effectiveness of it into account. what is a tonne of pilled lime costing these days?

£120/t in NE Scotland. That's taking a artic load. That's coming direct from Ireland

 

[Chae1]

This is a perm pasture that’s not been ploughed/reseeded/cultivated in over 50 years.....

Back in sept grazed to the ground and then had 1t/acre ground limestone with the plan to run cattle over winter ready to dd a summer forage crop in-front of a grass reseed in the autumn.

Very pleased with how the grass has responded to being hammered and then limed.

Any pictures of bits that didn't get lime? To show its effectiveness.

 

[Lemon curd]

Our local contractor sives all the bits out. For every 20ton he puts in the hopper he takes out 3 ton of bits before spreading. He is approx £22/ton del and spread for fine powdery calcium lime. So £44/acre for 2000kg/acre of fine calcium carbonate compared to the 900kg/acre of prilled calcium carbonate at £100/acre. Here is an old adas trial showing that fineness is important for not only for pH correction but also for yield and quality of crop grown. I have lifted my pH from 5.3 to 6.5 with 2 x2t/acre, 2 years apart

 

[Macsky]

where about are you ?

Skye

 

[Macsky]

Looking at lime from grange, 46% passes the 0.15mm sieve, at £46.50/t, so if you ignore the rest of it, you are paying £46.50/0.46=£101/t of fines, so still cheaper than prills, plus there will be benefits to the other half of the product as well

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Good lime this way is in the low £20ts delivered

 

[davidroberts30]

Good lime this way is in the low £20ts delivered

Wish it was,its 30 or 31 spread here

 

[Macsky]

Good lime this way is in the low £20ts delivered

Thanks Derrick, that’s warmed me up no end

 

[Bones]

Have to say got similar results with layers hen manure on real old pp, was going to plough but have changed my mind,

 

[hendrebc]

If your on Skye can you get any beach sand? Think you need 3 tonne to be equivalent of 2 tonne of lime.

 

[Macsky]

If your on Skye can you get any beach sand? Think you need 3 tonne to be equivalent of 2 tonne of lime.

You need to go further west for sand, we do have a coral beach which I imagine would be a great soil conditioner, but i don’t think you’d be too popular if you started pillaging that!

 

[Sid]

Good lime this way is in the low £20ts delivered

Is that better than slag?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Is that better than slag?

Its cheese better than ice cream

 

[Purli R]

Our local contractor sives all the bits out. For every 20ton he puts in the hopper he takes out 3 ton of bits before spreading. He is approx £22/ton del and spread for fine powdery calcium lime. So £44/acre for 2000kg/acre of fine calcium carbonate compared to the 900kg/acre of prilled calcium carbonate at £100/acre. Here is an old adas trial showing that fineness is important for not only for pH correction but also for yield and quality of crop grown. I have lifted my pH from 5.3 to 6.5 with 2 x2t/acre, 2 years apart

Who"s your contractor please? EBW? Or which quarry is it out of? thanks.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Looking at lime from grange, 46% passes the 0.15mm sieve, at £46.50/t, so if you ignore the rest of it, you are paying £46.50/0.46=£101/t of fines, so still cheaper than prills, plus there will be benefits to the other half of the product as well

Somebody who understands how to work it out.

Do not be fooled by salesmen telling you prilled will work faster or that it’s stronger or more finely ground than a good ground lime. It’s all rubbish.

There are certain areas where it can work out cost effective and in the right situation it will work and do a reasonable job of pH correction, but question it and do your figures

 

[Sid]

Its cheese better than ice cream

Depends if your having it on toast or apple pie.

 

[Macsky]

Somebody who understands how to work it out.

Do not be fooled by salesmen telling you prilled will work faster or that it’s stronger or more finely ground than a good ground lime. It’s all rubbish.

There are certain areas where it can work out cost effective and in the right situation it will work and do a reasonable job of pH correction, but question it and do your figures

At almost 300 miles from the quarry, it still makes sense to buy the real stuff, i cannot fathom how anyone farming anywhere near a good source of lime would have any ground sub-pH6.3, madness

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It’s not difficult, is it?

 

[quavers]

At almost 300 miles from the quarry, it still makes sense to buy the real stuff, i cannot fathom how anyone farming anywhere near a good source of lime would have any ground sub-pH6.3, madness

just done a quick google , banff to syke is 175 miles , lime can be got here £19 ton ex quarry (last years prices) if you can organise transport may be worth a shout , some one on here a few years back was getting back loads of lime to central perthshire from up here for the mid 20s , the bulkers were tipping at some of the distillaries .