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Cob: Paint on cob

Amanda Peck ap615 at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 7 12:24:03 CST 2003


Both can be used for agricultural purposes.
Limestone (if high magnesium--dolomite) can be turned into the other, but 
not by me.
Hydrated lime, just plain, not mortar mix, not lots of other things, is what 
I'm looking for.

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Alison wrote:
Wait a minute...the lime used to raise pH in soils is
dolomite; the lime used in mortar is called hydrated
lime and is available from building supply and
concrete folks.  Don't substitute one for the other!
I'm sure someone else could elaborate on the chemical
differences.



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