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6 unusual facts about Agricultural lime


Acidophobe

Sometimes a complementary classification is used (calcicole/calcifuge, with calcicoles being "lime-loving" plants).

Acid intolerance of plants may be mitigated by lime addition and by calcium and nitrogen fertilizers.

Canada Bay

Imprisoned at Longbottom Stockade (which was located at what is now Concord Oval), the convicts broke stone for the construction of Parramatta Road and collected oyster shells for making lime.

Okeewemee, North Carolina

The Carter Mine is one of the oldest mines in North Carolina.It is described as being on a vein that contained much lime carbonate and a rare telluride of gold.

Orcein

If the conversion is carried out in the presence of potassium carbonate, calcium hydroxide, and calcium sulfate (in the form of potash, lime, and gypsum in traditional dye-making methods), the result is litmus, a more complex molecule.

Washington County, Arkansas

Settlers were attracted to the area by its numerous streams, used to power gristmills, sandstones and clays for use in construction, lime-sweetened soil, and chert for road construction.


Riverhill House

A keen botanist and a contemporary of Charles Darwin, Rogers purchased the property because of its sheltered location and lime-free soil.


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