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<blockquote data-quote="Coximus" data-source="post: 7111866" data-attributes="member: 12800"><p>That looks like a mag lime - not great if your soil is already Mag high, </p><p>Getting good lime is very hard, I rejected a 40 tonne load from one of the alrgest aggregate companies in britain,.... tipped a load of what could be best descirbed as grit and gravel.</p><p>A typical shovel full weighed to 1kg gave me,;</p><p>130g 3mm+</p><p>400g of 2mm +</p><p>350g of 1mm+ bits</p><p>120g dust under 1mm</p><p></p><p>They didnt collect it until I called their bluff on a county court claim and sent them bakc the legal defintion of Ag lime....</p><p></p><p>I had their lime tested, and their own tests said 49% NV.</p><p>Due to the large particle size, the test result gave 9% NV as the lab confirmed everthing 1mm+ did not react in acid during the test and the 2 and 3mm would not react either.</p><p></p><p>A lot of companies just use AG lime as a place to dump washings and low quality stone waste,></p><p>Daft thing is it they just crushed it again they could dispose of this waste day in day out as lime legitimatly.... </p><p></p><p>Ive used Chalk from east riding and that was good as even 1-2mm bits react within the year,</p><p>Alternatly my next load will be Lime from Malton - The reaction test on that came back at 49% bang on what they were claiming, and its consistently fine/.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coximus, post: 7111866, member: 12800"] That looks like a mag lime - not great if your soil is already Mag high, Getting good lime is very hard, I rejected a 40 tonne load from one of the alrgest aggregate companies in britain,.... tipped a load of what could be best descirbed as grit and gravel. A typical shovel full weighed to 1kg gave me,; 130g 3mm+ 400g of 2mm + 350g of 1mm+ bits 120g dust under 1mm They didnt collect it until I called their bluff on a county court claim and sent them bakc the legal defintion of Ag lime.... I had their lime tested, and their own tests said 49% NV. Due to the large particle size, the test result gave 9% NV as the lab confirmed everthing 1mm+ did not react in acid during the test and the 2 and 3mm would not react either. A lot of companies just use AG lime as a place to dump washings and low quality stone waste,> Daft thing is it they just crushed it again they could dispose of this waste day in day out as lime legitimatly.... Ive used Chalk from east riding and that was good as even 1-2mm bits react within the year, Alternatly my next load will be Lime from Malton - The reaction test on that came back at 49% bang on what they were claiming, and its consistently fine/. [/QUOTE]
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