There are very few products, like lime and chalk, that are so readily available as well as cheap and effective in improving crop productivity.

Lime offers a long-term solution and makes a tremendous difference to arable and grassland productivity.

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It is key that a correct neutral soil pH is maintained for many reasons, below are just some of the main reasons to concentrate on pH management:

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• A neutral pH is vital for the uptake of nutrients into the plant.

  • The right pH helps to ensure a stronger cation exchange capacity and healthy environment for microbes. Allowing for a better uptake of nutrients. 

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•  Optimising the efficiency of fertilizer you put on the soil, if acidic this nutrients can quickly be wasted as the plant roots are unable to take this up via osmosis.
   

• Trace element availability from the soil means fewer additives to your fertiliser due to higher chemical efficacy.
   

• Improvement of carbon storage due to healthier soils - leading to a higher worm count. 
   

• Reducing the availability of highly toxic metals, such as Aluminium, which becomes soluble in acidic conditions and soon becomes toxic to the plant.
   

• For every ton of nitrogen fertilizer, you need to look at a ton of lime to correct the imbalance.
   

• CO2, NO2 and SO2 all individually combine with rain (H2O) to create acid. So a patch of ground will need continuous management over an annual cycle.