LimeX v Regular (cotswold) Lime ?

[SilliamWhale]

Depends if the purpose is NV or providing Ca

Interesting discussion / presentation by Steve Townsend at the recent BASE conference earlier this month that echo'ed reminded of a Rothemsted conference 10 years ago where TFF was born re Kinsey


We are applying our usual spring application of calcifert mag but not for NV

For NV I would probably use Limex 70 now despite being close to probably one of the best quality ground limestone sources in the UK

Most crops don't need calcium like that. Calcium is in the ground.

 

[ollie989898]

Most crops don't need calcium like that. Calcium is in the ground.

Agreed. Calcium is already there in the bulk of soils I have ever walked on. I'd be far more concerned about a potential magnesium shortage but again this is about in fairly serious quantities (except on sands) too.

The amazingly tiny amount of calcium being applied to the soil in a typical application of granulated lime or CAN I can't see will make any realistic difference to a crop. Better to foliar feed and then improve soils through increasing amounts of organic matter/manures etc.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I meant to ask the OP @Timbo

Why are you comparing Limex to (specifically) Cotswold lime rather than lime from any other area?

The same bench of limestone (if that’s the correct term) found in the Cotswolds dips down under most of Warwickshire and Leicestershire but then rears up again through Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Limex is a good product at the right price , but the right price is not with 200 miles of haulage carting water
And it won't last as long either it's quick acting but it won't hold the ph as long
If you want the best of both world's them the only product to do they that's ecomical here is cotswold lime , proven over years of soil testing here

 

[case 5140]

I meant to ask the OP @Timbo

Why are you comparing Limex to (specifically) Cotswold lime rather than lime from any other area?

The same bench of limestone (if that’s the correct term) found in the Cotswolds dips down under most of Warwickshire and Leicestershire but then rears up again through Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

So hows the Derbyshrie limestone compare say from longcliff or buxton ?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It used to be the best in the UK, bar none, but it’s not so good now.

It may be hearsay, but I recently heard Longcliffe have shed any agricultural staff and don’t produce a specific aglime, preferring instead to tweak other products to try and get it through the regs for ag use.

 

[shakerator]

Does limex contain some degree of “burnt lime” or does the sugar processing revert it all to calcium carbonate ?

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Not sure if it's what everyone else is talking about but a neighbour spread what I think was limex (was back loads from beet factory iirc )with a rear discharge muck spreader. Mentioned it to agronomist when doing some soil sampling and was told with high magnesium soil it wouldn't be Avery good idea as limex has a high mag content.
Is this true?