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Liming mountain land

  • 17-09-2012 11:25pm
    #1
    periodictable
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    Looking to improve some upland-mopstly peat cover with peaty-gley mix. I've thought about liming then ripping to improve texture and perhaps help drain. Any thoughts/advice? Thanks


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  • #2
    HillFarmer
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    Hi there,

    How much of an area are you planning on reclaiming.?

    How much clay is there on the surface, ie is there rock within a few inches underneath?

    If you have a good layer of peat you can mix with clay underneath to give you a more solid base. This will need to be fretilized maybe with slurry or manure for a few years as the clay would be lacking in a lot of nutrients.

    As regards Liming, you can buy granlime pretty cheap around 10 euors for a 50fg bag. If its a soft area I presume you cant go there in a tractor so you get somone with a quad to
    lime it for you with a quad spreader.

    Have you any pics.? i've done this before many times but hard to advise without seeing the ground

    best of luck


  • #3
    periodictable
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    There's about 30 acres but much is cutover blanket bog, piss poor, some good headlands with clay underneath. Might just lime the better parts and fertilise a bit and leave the cutover area. Just want batter grazing for ponies year round, and before someone decided to slap a preservation order on it.
    Thanks for the advice.


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