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2. Agricultural lime - Wikipedia

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   Agricultural lime, also called aglime, agricultural limestone, garden lime or liming, is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk. The primary active component is calcium carbonate. Additional chemicals vary depending on the mineral source and may include calcium oxide. Unlike the types of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide ...

3. Liming (soil) - Wikipedia

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   Liming (soil) Liming is the application of calcium - (Ca) and magnesium (Mg)-rich materials in various forms, including marl, chalk, limestone, burnt lime or hydrated lime to soil. [1] In acid soils, these materials react as a base and neutralize soil acidity. This often improves plant growth and increases the activity of soil bacteria, [1] but ...

4. Lime (material) - Wikipedia

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   Lime (material) Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides. It is also the name for calcium oxide which occurs as a product of coal-seam fires and in altered limestone xenoliths in volcanic ejecta. [1] The International Mineralogical Association recognizes lime as a mineral with the chemical formula of CaO ...

5. Soil conditioner - Wikipedia

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   Soil conditioner. A soil conditioner is a product which is added to soil to improve the soil’s physical qualities, usually its fertility (ability to provide nutrition for plants) and sometimes its mechanics. In general usage, the term "soil conditioner" is often thought of as a subset of the category soil amendments (or soil improvement, soil ...

6. Limestone - Wikipedia

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   Limestone. Limestone (calcium carbonate CaCO3) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of CaCO3. Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium.

7. Bordeaux mixture - Wikipedia

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   Bordeaux mixture (also called Bordo Mix) is a mixture of copper (II) sulphate (CuSO 4) and quicklime (Ca O) used as a fungicide. It is used in vineyards, fruit-farms, vegetable-farms and gardens to prevent infestations of downy mildew, powdery mildew and other fungi. It is sprayed on plants as a preventive treatment; its mode of action is ...

8. Calcium hydroxide - Wikipedia

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   Calcium hydroxide has many names including hydrated lime, caustic lime, builders' lime, slaked lime, cal, and pickling lime. Calcium hydroxide is used in many applications, including food preparation, where it has been identified as E number E526. Limewater, also called milk of lime, is the common name for a saturated solution of calcium hydroxide.

9. Lime - Wikipedia

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   Australian lime, a species of Citrus native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Key lime, a citrus hybrid with a spherical fruit. Persian lime, a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin. Tilia, a genus of trees known in Britain as lime trees, lime-wood, basswood, or linden. Wild lime or Zanthoxylum fagara, a green fruit native to the Americas.