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That looks like garden lime. It's not the same as dolomite. Garden lime can easily throw your soil pH out of range. FFOF soil pH should already be pH adjusted. While I am one who will use dolomite lime as needed, I check my soil pH prior to using any. Dolomite is very slow release and because of that, you're not likely to raise your soil pH above 6.5. Garden lime is fast release and a very small amount can be too much in some cases.Hello fellows,
I just went to home depot in search of "dolomite lime." FYI I am very new to gardening if you couldn't tell.
The only one they had that wasn't in pellets was "Pennington fast acting lime, plus AST." On the back it does say "derived from dolomitic lime." So, is this the right stuff?
I am adding this to Fox Farm Ocean Forest. It says it's more powerful than regular lime -- can someone tell me the right ratio to add?
Thank you!!
When I started I had same ph issues - I currently use Dolomite when neede to help with ph- I have also given up on the ph pens and now use aquarium drops ! It may take a minute to find what works for you but don’t be afraid to try things everybody’s grow is different and what works for me may or may not work for youAny recommendations for that equipment? I had a pH pen from Amazon... some yellow rebranded piece of Chinese garbage... after recalibrating several times and never getting a consistent reading I decided it was trash.
(A testament to Amazon being flooded with... No other way to put it... Chinese garbage. Seriously!)
Over amending/feeding/loving #1 cause of failure keep it simple to startI think if amendments were necessary for soil right out of the bag the soil producers would have already added them. Reuse of soil is another matter but new fresh soil right out of the bag I just don’t see the purpose other than over loving on our plants. Most times it leads to problems. There is countless threads here asking to diagnose plant problems that are many times caused by over amending.
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