[FlyinHawaiian]

I looked everywhere for powered lime but I could only find prilled dolomite lime so do I have to crush them up or somthing will it still work?

[bostrom155]

Yes it will work roll it up in an old t shirt and tap it with a hammer or small sledge.

The coating is water soluble. The pellets will dissolve quickly once they get wet. No worries.

[Hambone]

Maybe check around the ballfields. They use lime to chalk the lines. Check your local building and supply store.

Take care and stay safe,
HT.

Originally Posted by .canine.

The coating is water soluble. The pellets will dissolve quickly once they get wet. No worries.

Actually, quite the contrary...

"CaCO3 (Limestone) is not very soluble in water so it must be finely ground to effectively neutralize soil acid. Finely ground particles raise the pH faster than course particle sizes. Please note on table 1 the 4 and 8 particle sizes are not considered."
(https://www.calciumproducts.com/liming_materials.htm)

Fast prilled dolomitic lime is finely ground lime.

The way it's manufactured is that small clay pellets are rolled in powdered dolo lime and then covered with a water soluble coating. The clay pellets are just used so that the powdered lime has something to adhere to.

Try putting a couple pellets into a glass of water. Come back an hour later and the lime (and the clay, to a lesser degree) will both be dissolved.

oh ok maybe i am thinking of "pelletized" limestone rather than "prilled"?

Not sure, shibby. I have Lily Miller Garden Lime which is described as "pelletized" and not "prilled."



Previously I thought there was a difference and that "prilled" or "fast prilled" was what you wanted and that I had purchased the wrong type... but then a couple people told me what I wrote above re: pelletized lime, and sure enough, I dropped a few of my lime pellets into water and watched them dissolve, literally in about 5 minutes when agitating the water.