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Old March 13, 2016   #27
PureHarvest
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Too little is definitely not a problem. But u can absolutely potentially overdo it. To the point where you will have imbalances down the road as the chemical reactions are occurring with the fertilizers.
Do you mix the amount into each bag or into your master mix?
I was curious which kind because dolomitic is high in mag and calcitic is not. I would also think you would want pulverized because it covers more surface area than pelleted or granular.
Anyway, I will see if I can get promix's recipe. I heard they use both calcitic and dolomitic limestone. Getting some wetting agent would be easy and cheap. Yucca extract would do it.
And then there is the mycorrhizae and biofunigicide that my HP has which could be added later in drench.
I did a rough figure earlier, not counting labor to mix it up or wetting agent/lime, and it came out to half the cost of my Promix HP.
I just hate mixing soils because of the labor, dust, and worrying about getting it homogenous.
But if I could do it in the fall/winter when I am not as busy, that would be a nice savings.

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