No
Decisional diagram
for liming products
in percent base saturation
Is your buffer pH
under 6.9?
Yes
Mg < 10
Mg > 10
Liming required
CEC
Cationic Exchange Capacity
CEC < 16
CEC > 16
K > 3.5
K < 3.5
K < 4
K > 4
result
recommendation
Dolomitic lime
KaLime
Calculator
Calcitic lime
Is your K / Mg ratio smaller than 0.30?
CEC = Cationic Exchange Capacity
Al = Aluminium
Mg = Magnesium
K = Potassium
P = Phosphorus
Decisional Diagram Legend
Buffer pH
6.5
more information
Buffer pH
6.8
Buffer pH
6.7
Buffer pH
6.6
Dolomitic lime
CEC
13 -17
CEC
9 - 12
Dolomitic lime
CEC
< 9
CEC
>17
1.6 mt/acre
4.0 mt/ha
For information purposes only. Maximum rate
per application may differ. Always consult
your agronomist.
Buffer pH
6.5
Buffer pH
6.8
Buffer pH
6.7
Buffer pH
6.6
For information purposes only.
Maximum rate per application may differ. Always consult your agronomist.
data sheet
Dolomitic lime
Due to the wide variability between available sources, we suggest validating the recommendation according to your lime’s actual agricultural index. For information purposes only. Maximum rate per application may differ.
Always consult your agronomist.
pH tampon
6,7
pH tampon
6,6
Calculations based
on the recommendation
chart for a liming agent at 75% agricultural index
from A&L Canada Laboratories inc.
(incorporated at 17 cm)
For information purposes only.
Always consult your agronomist.
pH tampon
6,5
Always consider nutrient input when recommending dolmitic lime.
Always consider nutrient input when recommending KaLime.
Calculations based
on the recommendation
chart for a liming agent at 72.5% agricultural index
from A&L Canada Laboratories inc.
(incorporated at 17 cm)
Calcitic lime
Calcitic lime
Always consider nutrient input when recommending calcitic lime.
1.0 mt/acre
2.5 mt/ha
6.4 mt/ha
2.6 mt/acre
2.1 mt/acre
5.1 tm/ha
3.9 mt/ha
2.0 mt/ha
0.8 mt/acre
3.6 mt/acre
8.9 mt/ha
3.1 mt/acre
7.6 mt/ha
1.3 mt/acre
3.1 mt/ha
4.1 mt/ha
1.7 mt/acre
4.1 mt/acre
10.1 mt/ha
11.5 mt/ha
4.7 mt/acre
Due to the wide variability between available sources, we suggest validating the recommendation according to your lime’s actual agricultural index. For information purposes only.
Always consult your agronomist.
data sheet
5.1 mt/ha
2.7 mt/acre
6.6 mt/ha
5.2 mt/ha
0.9 mt/acre
2.1 mt/ha
9.2 mt/ha
3.7 mt/acre
7.9 mt/ha
3.2 mt/acre
3.2 mt/ha
11.9 mt/ha
4.8 mt/acre
10.5 mt/ha
4.3 mt/acre
4.3 mt/ha
Dolomitic lime
No liming required
KaLime applications at lower rate on soils with high pH and high Mg saturation have shown profitable crop response.
For information purposes only. Maximum rate
per application may differ. Always consult
your agronomist.
2.2 mt/ha
KaLime
Calculator
Value of content
of sulphur in KaLime
$ S / kg 21-0-0:
$ S / tm 21-0-0:
Calculator for sulphur value contained in KaLime
sulphur % in KaLime:
$ N / kg 46-0-0:
$ N / kg 21-0-0:
% 21-0-0 24 S:
$ / mt 46-0-0:
$ / mt 21-0-0:
24 %
3.0 %
Nutriliming Data Sheets
Calculators for Nutriliming Agents
Recommendations for Liming
The values and recommendations suggested here concern Ontario
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Magnesium (Mg) value
you are saving on average
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Micronutrient value
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Liming value
/acre
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(nutrient values are delivered/spread)
/acre
(Mg)
21-0-0 24S
$/%
Potassium (K) value
0-0-22 11 Mg 22 S
Values ($/acre)
The values proposed by default are those of KaLime
VALUE OF FERTILIZING
AND LIMING AGENT AT SRP
Sulphur (S) value
if micronutrients are present
Potassium (K) value
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/acre
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/acre
The values proposed by default are those of proKa
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Values ($/acre)
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