LimeX70 is a friable (readily crumbled) pressed lime that is easily spread and ideal for the correction of soil acidity.
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In addition to calcium, LimeX contains valuable quantities of phosphate, magnesium and sulphur that can be included in nutrient management plans. With at least 85% passing 150micron sieve LimeX scores over 95% reactivity in AQS testing providing both fast acting and lasting pH amendment.
LimeX70 is a friable (readily crumbled) pressed lime that is easily spread and ideal for the correction of soil acidity.
| Neutralising value (NV as %Ca0) | 28% |
| Sieve testing: % passing 5.00 mm | 99% |
| Sieve testing: % passing 3.35 mm | 97% |
| Sieve testing: % passing 150 um | 85% |
| Bury St Edmunds minimum P2Os | 8kg/tonne |
| Newark minimum P2Os | 9kg/tonne |
| Wissington minimum P2Os | 7.5kg/tonne |
| Cantley minimum P2Os | 10kg/tonne |
| Minimum MgO | 7kg/tonne |
| Minimum SO3 | 6kg/tonne* |
* Wissington Minimum 5kg/tonne SO3
“LimeX always spreads evenly across the spreader width which makes for an accurate application. I know for sure that farmers are seeing a very clear benefit over the cost of applying LimeX in their crop yields and grassland output.”
The visual benefits in establishment and growth in oilseed rape following an application of LimeX are incredible. There are a lot of repeat customers and their neighbours are also starting to ask for it.”
LimeX provides a great alternative in what is traditionally a high magnesium soil in this area. Calcium is a very important input here and the crop response to LimeX is dramatic.”
Malcolm Forbes, LimeX distributor, haulier and spreading contractor, Durham
"Many growers in Cornwall need a product which acts fast as they are short term tenants on fields for vegetable production. Alternative liming products don’t act fast enough for them to see the benefits but LimeX does!"
"LimeX is very competitive with other sources of lime supplied into the area, even when considering the transport costs from Newark and Wissington."
"It is very good at controlling clubroot in Brassicas, along with the added benefits of the extra nutrients, it is a great all-round product for vegetable producers."
"Some of the farmers in Cornwall have now started to use it on their grassland to increase productivity having seen the benefits on their other crops."
L.P. Stephens & Sons, approved haulage contractors and approved distributors, Truro
We spread LimeX in blocks across the farm as a repair (to restore the soil pH). We’re going on at 12 t/Ha at the minute. After next year, we will have been around the whole farm at that rate. We will then drop down to 8 t/Ha (to maintain the soil pH). We’ll probably be buying the same tonnage but just covering more area. It’s a hassle-free product.
We have contractors spread LimeX for us. This is one of the benefits of having it. You can have it delivered, tipped up in a field, and spread. It’s one less job for us to do at a busy time of the year. All our straw is chopped, so our K levels are pretty good. Having the phosphate (in LimeX) is handy to top that up. There are a lot of other nutrients in it as well; I don’t think you could buy them all in one fertiliser bag.
Stephen Battell, grows cereals, oilseed rape, sugar beet and spring beans in Diss, Suffolk.
The Agricultural Lime Association launched the Aglime Quality Standard (AQS) in May 2017 in order to provide farmers and advisers with confidence in the quality of AgLime products that are available. This voluntary scheme represents the first quality assurance standard within the UK fertiliser sector for agricultural liming products.
LimeX offers two further products that have been developed for specialist markets.
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