Lime Products
Different Lime Products.
Are they all the same ?
What have we available?
Which would be the best value for me?
Phastlime
60% N.V. 42% + through a 150 micron sieve.
40% Magnesium with 20% available.
Contains burnt lime for quicker uptake in the soil
Brief Summary
A top quality product available in artic lorries throughout the South West. Very fine, quick acting because of the burnt lime added to it. Should be used particularly where the PH is very low. Due to the higher neutralising value is usually the best value material, providing Artic lorry access is not a problem.
2mm to Dust - Aglime
54% N.V.
27% + through a 150 micron sieve.
Supplied from Callow Rock, Whatley and Batscombe Quarry near Cheddar.
Brief Summary
Quite course a product. Our poorest product because of the particle size. Still cost effective near the quarries compared to other material due to the haulage costs. Good where soil PH is not too low and you are doing a maintenance Job, as it is slower to act than many of the other products. It will continue to release lime over several years due to the particle size and the fact that it does not contain burnt lime. Can be left in a heap for long periods and is not affected by rain on the pile if spreading is delayed.
Ashburton Ground Limestone
53% N.V.
46% through a 150 micron sieve
Comes from Glendinnings at Ashburton
Brief Summary
An excellent product, very fine therefore quick acting. It raises the PH of the soil extremely well. Need to be careful spreading near built up areas or at windy times, due to the dust factor. Available in rigid lorries.
Lime Sand ( Ex.Padstow)
Lime sand is supplied in Rigid or artic lorries from Padstow. The N.V. is lower than other products, and so it is often more efficient to use ground limestone because of hauling and spreading a lot more bulk to do the same liming job. However the further west you get, the cheaper the sand is compared to ground lime, and so as a product it becomes more viable. We sell many tonnes of the material for cubicle bedding during the winter period. It then becomes a fantastic product, in that it has two uses.
1) bedding the cattle,
2) when the dung is spread on the fields, the sand contained within has a liming effect on the land.
Customers who use the sand for bedding really notice the increase in ph of there fields over the next few years where the dung is spread.
Pitt Sand
We supply pit sand for the use in bedding where the farmers have a problem of the ph being too high. This doesn't happen very often unless they have been using Lime sand for several years in there livestock enterprise. This is delivered in artic or rigid lorries as required.
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