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lime and CAN

  • 27-06-2011 2:12pm
    #1
    eorna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 408 ✭✭


    can lime and CAN or 18-6-12 be spread at the same time? or should one be spread before each other and and how long apart.thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Grecco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Grecco


    I couldn't see any problem, besides Lime is used as a filler each bag of 18-6-12


  • #3
    Milton09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭Milton09


    eorna wrote: »
    can lime and CAN or 18-6-12 be spread at the same time? or should one be spread before each other and and how long apart.thanks


    I'm open to correction but I think you cannot use 18-6-12 (or other standard manures) because the lime will counteract the N. You can however apply CAN at the same time as lime.
    Seem to remember Teagasc advisor telling me "You can with CAN"


  • #4
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Milton09 wrote: »
    I'm open to correction but I think you cannot use 18-6-12 (or other standard manures) because the lime will counteract the N. You can however apply CAN at the same time as lime.
    Seem to remember Teagasc advisor telling me "You can with CAN"

    good way or remembering it!! Yep its urea that you shouldnt apply with lime as you lose it to the atmosphere:mad:


  • #5
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    I thought that you could apply any fertilizer other than CAN and Urea (because of their high N content) at the same tiome as lime???

    This is getting confusing :confused:


  • #6
    funny man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭funny man


    The response to urea can be very poor if it is applied within eight weeks of an application of lime. A reaction occurs between the urea and the freshly applied lime particles, which results in much of the urea being lost to the atmosphere as a gas (volatilization). As a general rule don't use urea if lime has been applied that Spring. If lime was applied in the previous back end it should be safe to use urea in the following Spring provided there was sufficient rainfall to wash the lime into the soil. Lime can be applied a week after an application of urea with no increased risk of losses as the urea will have been fixed in the soil and no reaction occurs between the urea and lime particles.
    There is no problem spreading any other product other than a urea based product with lime.


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