Lime - how long to wait.

After liming a soil how long does one have to wait before plant out? Is one week enough? I've read everything from a couple days to two weeks. If it matters, I used the dolomitic garden  lime and it appears to have mostly dissolved in the damp soil I made now that it's been 5 days.

Depends on soil PH.
Acid faster...

The only reason you wait is for your ph to stabilize... If you go out and test it and its close to what you want (6.5 i hope) then start planting!

I put lime in the bottom of the hole when I plant the pepper. Never had a problem.

Cool thanks guys.
 
 

OKGrowin said:

The only reason you wait is for your ph to stabilize... If you go out and test it and its close to what you want (6.5 i hope) then start planting!

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OK - after a lot of reading over on the gardenweb site and finding some good materials I decided to go with the 5-1-1, thanks for putting me onto it via your glog. The mix makes a lot of sense to me.

I tried the 5-1-1 mix and it was the worst mix I've ever used. Horrible N lockup from the pine fines. I know others have had luck with it though.

Ild just go buy a bag of pro mix and some tomato tone and be done with it lol

5-1-1 is like growing in hydro.
It dries out to fast for my hot temps. here , NEEDS a dose of weak ferts when you water.
 
I DO like the refined version of 5-1-1 I use now.
 
Actually I use bark in my soil mixes but vary the amount as to what I'm growing in it.
 
First off,it's hot here from April on.Windy for tall potted plants too.
Dumps over perlite and peat mixes.Even in 20+ gal. pots.
I use more like a 3 or 4 /1/1/1 mix - Bark,Peat,perlite,Pomice.
 
I also find first year mixes are a pain in the ass.
2nd year they seem to stabilize,somewhat.
3rd year they ROCK!
 
I think PH,Nutes Etc. get stable.
 
Manzano/Rocoto LOVE 2nd year soil,BIG TIME.
 
Wilds seem to like the 5-1-1 for me.
Rhomboidium loved the bark mix,BIG TIME.
 
For my temp. , my pots needed to have more water retention than 5-1-1 gave me.
 
You'll also find people calling their mix 5-1-1 that are adding a soil mix to bark.5 bark to whatever potting   mix.
NOT the 5-1-1 on GW.
Actually,I think people miss the point of using 5-1-1.
It is the WHOLE combination of soil mix AND nutes that work.
Not just the soil.
These days people push only parts of several growing processes and give teas or whatever credit for great grows.
Too much $ in crap that makes growers feel cool,on the cutting edge...

5-1-1 is like growing in hydro.
It dries out to fast for my hot temps. here , NEEDS a dose of weak ferts when you water.
 
I DO like the refined version of 5-1-1 I use now.
 
Actually I use bark in my soil mixes but vary the amount as to what I'm growing in it.
 
First off,it's hot here from April on.Windy for tall potted plants too.
Dumps over perlite and peat mixes.Even in 20+ gal. pots.
I use more like a 3 or 4 /1/1/1 mix - Bark,Peat,perlite,Pomice.
 
I also find first year mixes are a pain in the ass.
2nd year they seem to stabilize,somewhat.
3rd year they ROCK!
 
I think PH,Nutes Etc. get stable.
 
Manzano/Rocoto LOVE 2nd year soil,BIG TIME.
 
Wilds seem to like the 5-1-1 for me.
Rhomboidium loved the bark mix,BIG TIME.
 
For my temp. , my pots needed to have more water retention than 5-1-1 gave me.
 
You'll also find people calling their mix 5-1-1 that are adding a soil mix to bark.5 bark to whatever potting   mix.
NOT the 5-1-1 on GW.
Actually,I think people miss the point of using 5-1-1.
It is the WHOLE combination of soil mix AND nutes that work.
Not just the soil.
These days people push only parts of several growing processes and give teas or whatever credit for great grows.
Too much $ in crap that makes growers feel cool,on the cutting edge...


I followed the GW mix exactly including the optional slow-release fert mixed in and the named liquid fert. I'm up in Canada so I think the mix should do me well as far as drainage/retention go.

After reading through all the info about this stuff over on GW I'm pretty excited to try it out. I'll also have a number of peat-based pots and an in-ground plot so it will be cool to see the differences. Can't put all my eggs in one basket when trying something new.

Thanks for the heads up on the soils aging properties, I haven't read anything about the differences as it settles over the years yet. Exciting because I have some manzanos/rocotos this year that I plan to over-winter and hopefully I'll find some galap and other wilds to try out next year.



I tried the 5-1-1 mix and it was the worst mix I've ever used. Horrible N lockup from the pine fines. I know others have had luck with it though.

Ild just go buy a bag of pro mix and some tomato tone and be done with it lol



OZZZ I'm sorry you had terrible luck w/5-1-1... Sounds like they needed food or the ph was off (lockout). Did you remove the sapwood? If not did you up the N?


I have had mediocre results from peat mixes. Soggy feet and hydrophobic peat all in the same week. I'm excited about the 5-1-1. And the gritty mix for my cacti.

All the same, thanks for sharing. Any more details are welcome. My investment has been placed so learning from the missteps of other would be of great value to me.

A little late but still a good read, an article on liming

I tried the 5-1-1 mix and it was the worst mix I've ever used. Horrible N lockup from the pine fines. I know others have had luck with it though.

Ild just go buy a bag of pro mix and some tomato tone and be done with it lol


Thought it'd be worth a mention here that the 60 peppers I have going in the 511 mix are really taking off.

What is 5-1-1 anyhow? Never heard of it.

A potting mix devised by Tapla (Al), the container guru from gardenweb.
 
5-1-1
 
There are pros and cons people argue to the death about, but leaving the mix and fanatics aside, he has some very good posts about drainage, aeration amendments and general container growing information.