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    Just bought some of this and was told by the old guy at the allotment shop, that it could be used on the whole plot and didn't cause scab on tatties like garden lime!
    It's brown, looks like crushed dolomite powder to me.

    I have heard before, flying in the face of public thought, that spuds actually LIKE lime..........it's just NOT applied because of the scab problem!

    I can feel another experiment coming on!
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper



  • #2
    Or you could give it to the chooks for egg shell strength?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Flummery View Post
      Or you could give it to the chooks for egg shell strength?
      It's very fine and dusty Flum...........do you reckon a bit tipped in there sand pit might do them some good?
      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

      Diversify & prosper


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      • #4
        Put a pinch in some porridge? That's how I give mine their poultry spice!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Eyren View Post
          Put a pinch in some porridge? That's how I give mine their poultry spice!
          Like that idea... I usually put a pinch in their mash.... bought a 20kg bag of both pellets and mash, so that I could start them on mash and move slowly to pellets...
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Snadger View Post
            It's brown, looks like crushed dolomite powder to me.
            Hi,
            Am I allowed to be geeky?
            It sort of is dolomite but not quite. CaCO3.MgCO3 is dolomite which is a combination of 54:46 of calcium:magnesium carbonates & I use it in my pottery studio for glazes. Lots of ceramic industry usage in fact, for very good yet nerdy chemical reasons not worth jotting down here.
            But technically, magnesium limestone is dolomite where it's got less magnesium than pure dolomite. So it is dolomite you are right, just...erm...not exactly. if you see what I mean....
            Geeky scientific potter now leaves the building....
            P17B
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            • #7
              So where do you get this alternative pseudo-dolomite stuffie from ? And how much does it cost ? And are the Dolomites all still there, despite all the mad potters and Frankenstein gardeners ?
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              • #8
                Originally posted by snohare View Post
                So where do you get this alternative pseudo-dolomite stuffie from ? And how much does it cost ? And are the Dolomites all still there, despite all the mad potters and Frankenstein gardeners ?
                I got mine from the local allotment shop! Reasonable I thought at £2.20 for a 20Kg bag. I got 75 litres of good potting compost and the bag of lime for a fiver! Can't be bad!

                And Plot17B.........be as geeky as you like.........geeky is good! Was thinking of using a sprinkling around the base of my tom plants once potted as they usually suffer from Chlorosis/Magnesium defficiency at some stage in there growth!
                Last edited by Snadger; 15-02-2009, 10:03 AM.
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                  Reasonable I thought at £2.20 for a 20Kg bag.
                  Blimey O'Reilly. That's cheap. Potter's quality is approx £9 for 25kg, but that's gonna be much higher purity than gardening stuff I'd guess. I'd be sticking with your source if I were you!

                  Originally posted by snohare View Post
                  And are the Dolomites all still there, despite all the mad potters and Frankenstein gardeners ?
                  Haven't you noticed their rapid rate of shrinkage? I reckon us potters/lotmentiers are easing it down gradually at a rate of about 2ft per year. S'ok though, they'll never notice until it dawns on them it's only a 5 minute stroll to the summit and they've got a house full of great ceramics. Then there'll be a lightbulb monent for sure.
                  "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" - Dorothy Parker

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                  • #10
                    I'd heard the climbing was getting a bit easier !
                    Any time now some clever bod will be marketing cheap iron sulphate supplements in Snadger's allotment shop, and those guardrails they have on the dodgy "paths" will no longer be around to conduct lightning strikes to the unwary tourists....
                    Brings a whole new dimension to the phrase, "pottering about on the allotment", doesn't it !
                    There's no point reading history if you don't use the lessons it teaches.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                      It's very fine and dusty Flum...........do you reckon a bit tipped in there sand pit might do them some good?
                      Limestone flour is dusty too. You add a bit of cod liver oil to the pellets - just a teaspoon or two - and then the flour sticks. Both do them good!
                      Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                      www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Flummery View Post
                        Limestone flour is dusty too. You add a bit of cod liver oil to the pellets - just a teaspoon or two - and then the flour sticks. Both do them good!
                        Just had a peep at your blog, flum! I was wondering why you were wanting to protect pigeons but now I realise you are protecting your PSB FROM pigeons!

                        What you have there Flum is a ready made chook run!
                        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                        Diversify & prosper


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                        • #13
                          NOW do you get it?
                          ME, protect pigeons? There are so many that it's no use even giving them a nice protective pie-crust with accompanying gravy - there'd be dozens more in their place. All you can do is put a barrier between the veg and the outside world. No more free range broccoli.
                          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                            What you have there Flum is a ready made chook run!
                            Bit flimsy - but it might do for when the big walk-in one (still sadly on the drawing board!) is being cleaned out.
                            Last edited by Flummery; 16-02-2009, 10:05 AM.
                            Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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