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Avoca Lime’s owner Bryce Manderson has spent 40 years in the lime business and has unfortunately witnessed a decline in lime application over the past 20 years.
Coupled with the use of ‘acidifying’ nitrogen products many farms are now lime deficient.
He outlines 10 reasons why you need to apply lime to your soils. 1: Increases pH and decreases soil acidity. 2: Increases nutrient availability maximizing return on your fertiliser spend. 3: Improves soil biological activity further releasing nutrients. 4: Improves soil structure providing increased resilience to drought and floods. 5: Reduces aluminium toxicity and increases root growth and root depth. 6: Reduces P fixation and improves P availability. 7: Reduces need for N-fertiliser by stimulating clover growth. 8: Improved pasture production & palatability. 9: Improved pasture production = Improved animal performance. 10: Provides calcium, an essential element for both animal and plant growth and health.
As we move into the spring, no doubt farmers are thinking about their soil health and fertility. Understanding the benefits of putting lime on their land is becoming critical to farming, Bryce believes.
Lack of liming has major detrimental effects on soil structure, soil biology and the availability of soil nutrients to the plant.
Contrary to what farmers may have been told, the ideal pH is 6.2-6.3. At this pH we are getting the release of those much needed nutrients that have been locked up at lower levels. Spring is the time to Lime and Avoca can provide you with high quality Northland Lime.
