Types of Liming Materials
Monday, 11 November 2019
Limestone rock is formed from the compressed skeletons of dead marine creatures. Limestone rock is a rich source of calcium and soils formed from such rocks contain plenty of lime. In Ireland, our main source of lime is from limestone quarries. Here, the rock is ground to a fine material suitable for spreading on the
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Soil Testing
Monday, 11 November 2019
What is soil testing? Soil analysis is a set of various chemical processes that determine the amount of available plant nutrients in the soil, but also the chemical, physical and biological soil properties important for plant nutrition, or “soil health”. So basically, soil sampling and testing provides an estimate of the capacity of the soil
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