Posted by Jim Jackson on March 18, 2008, 8:52 am
A good few years ago, I bought a supply of ground limestone
for occasional liming use in the garden. I've attempted to find a source
recently and drawn a blank form local garden centres. Is such stuff still
available? I'm in West Yorks near Wakefield, if anyone else local can
recommend a source.
cheers
jim
Posted by Nick Maclaren on March 18, 2008, 9:07 am
jj@franjam.org.uk (Jim Jackson) writes:
|>
|> A good few years ago, I bought a supply of ground limestone
|> for occasional liming use in the garden. I've attempted to find a source
|> recently and drawn a blank form local garden centres. Is such stuff still
|> available? I'm in West Yorks near Wakefield, if anyone else local can
|> recommend a source.
Try builders' merchants. Lime is used for some mortars - it might be
slaked lime, so that would need to be added when nothing was growing.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Charlie Pridham on March 18, 2008, 9:43 am
says...
>
> jj@franjam.org.uk (Jim Jackson) writes:
> |>
> |> A good few years ago, I bought a supply of ground limestone
> |> for occasional liming use in the garden. I've attempted to find a source
> |> recently and drawn a blank form local garden centres. Is such stuff still
> |> available? I'm in West Yorks near Wakefield, if anyone else local can
> |> recommend a source.
>
> Try builders' merchants. Lime is used for some mortars - it might be
> slaked lime, so that would need to be added when nothing was growing.
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
>
He should be able to get the right stuff from horticultural suppliers in
his area failing that LBS horticulture do it online mail order
www.lbsgardenwarehouse.co.uk
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
Posted by Jim Jackson on March 20, 2008, 6:01 pm
> He should be able to get the right stuff from horticultural suppliers in
> his area
But so far I've failed...
> failing that LBS horticulture do it online mail order
> www.lbsgardenwarehouse.co.uk
wonderful - thanks for the reference.
Jim
Posted by Nick Maclaren on March 21, 2008, 5:02 am
jj@franjam.org.uk (Jim Jackson) writes:
|>
|> > He should be able to get the right stuff from horticultural suppliers in
|> > his area
|>
|> But so far I've failed...
|>
|> > failing that LBS horticulture do it online mail order
|> > www.lbsgardenwarehouse.co.uk
|>
|> wonderful - thanks for the reference.
Another possibility, which might be more convenient for some people,
is to dissolve builders' (slaked) lime in a watering can with the
cheapest possible vinegar (COLD) and water it on. That would
certainly be the fastest acting way of remedying lime deficiency.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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> jj@franjam.org.uk (Jim Jackson) writes:
> |>
> |> A good few years ago, I bought a supply of ground limestone
> |> for occasional liming use in the garden. I've attempted to find a source
> |> recently and drawn a blank form local garden centres. Is such stuff still
> |> available? I'm in West Yorks near Wakefield, if anyone else local can
> |> recommend a source.
>
> Try builders' merchants. Lime is used for some mortars - it might be
> slaked lime, so that would need to be added when nothing was growing.
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
>