Lawn looks great Travis. Maybe an easier way to spread the lime would have been to leave it in the wheel barrow and have someone push it while you stayed behind it with a leaf blower to get it spread 😂
We have a dolomite lime here that works more slowly as it is in bigger bits....like sand, but it is very easy to spread and doesn't travel in the wind. Another is ground to dust and prilled like fertilizer called Dolopril.
Indeed, I should’ve have put that in the vid! There are multiple pelletised lime options but I couldn’t find any near me. I actually struggled to find even this powdered version. Even products like KAN/LAN contain lime but not is as much quantity per kg of product
Oh that’s interesting. I suppose that’s a good thing, to show something new. I think usually because most guys aren’t sure what to do with it. Also the professional turf grass industry tends to keep this one to themselves. The pros will always instruct a soil test to check not only PH but also the micros to ensure they don’t overdo calcium or magnesium, and to exact calculate how much they’d need. So I would think they’d want people to consult them for that. My view is that your soil is trying to acidify by nature anyway. Rain, borehole water, chemicals, fert, compost etc, all contribute to steering PH towards being acidic. So, in my opinion, a little lime every 4 years is probably okay based on the odds. At the very least, check your PH first though, just in case it’s already high. In the case of PH that’s too high, you can use agricultural sulphur…*
I need to do this too! Your video was a friendly reminder.
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Lawn looks great Travis. Maybe an easier way to spread the lime would have been to leave it in the wheel barrow and have someone push it while you stayed behind it with a leaf blower to get it spread 😂
Definitely 😂
We have a dolomite lime here that works more slowly as it is in bigger bits....like sand, but it is very easy to spread and doesn't travel in the wind.
Another is ground to dust and prilled like fertilizer called Dolopril.
Indeed, I should’ve have put that in the vid! There are multiple pelletised lime options but I couldn’t find any near me. I actually struggled to find even this powdered version. Even products like KAN/LAN contain lime but not is as much quantity per kg of product
Certainly never seen anyone do this lime thing anywhere.. not heard of anyone doing it either.
Completely new.
Oh that’s interesting. I suppose that’s a good thing, to show something new. I think usually because most guys aren’t sure what to do with it. Also the professional turf grass industry tends to keep this one to themselves. The pros will always instruct a soil test to check not only PH but also the micros to ensure they don’t overdo calcium or magnesium, and to exact calculate how much they’d need. So I would think they’d want people to consult them for that. My view is that your soil is trying to acidify by nature anyway. Rain, borehole water, chemicals, fert, compost etc, all contribute to steering PH towards being acidic. So, in my opinion, a little lime every 4 years is probably okay based on the odds. At the very least, check your PH first though, just in case it’s already high. In the case of PH that’s too high, you can use agricultural sulphur…*
How do you test your soil PH? Did you send samples to a lab or use some home test?
A combination of both. NViro labs in Hartebeespoort is great and has a range of different tests they can conduct. Basic PH is relatively inexpensive