lime application

Lime application should be delayed to late spring when the ground is firm.

Lime applications lower the acidity, or pH, of the soil and make fertilizer nutrients available.

Lime putty is generally considered to be more suitable for pure lime application.

Since soils in the Northeast tend to be acid from so much leaching by rainfall, lime applications every few years are in order.

"We have learnt a lot about maintaining soil pH through liming application and how the trees should be planted, contradicting a lot of what was in the original literature."