New Grower How much lime to add?

[Surfer Joe]

I am using canna terra pro plus soil that is supposed to have a few nutes and a lime charge to stabilize its ph, but I wanted to add a little more dolomite lime because last time the soil was about ph 5.9 and the leaves looked unhealthy.
The bag says to add a 1/2 pound of it for every square yard, so I assume that they mean to sprinkle that on the ground in that amount?
But how does that translate into pots?
How much would you add to the soil for a 20L pot?
Thanks for any advice.

 

[The Elvis]

I am using canna terra pro plus soil that is supposed to have a few nutes and a lime charge to stabilize its ph, but I wanted to add a little more dolomite lime because last time the soil was about ph 5.9 and the leaves looked unhealthy.
The bag says to add a 1/2 pound of it for every square yard, so I assume that they mean to sprinkle that on the ground in that amount?
But how does that translate into pots?
How much would you add to the soil for a 20L pot?
Thanks for any advice.

just sprinkle it on the top soil.. lime cant or wont burn your plants.. so Just work in into the topsoil. it will take 10 days or so to start working.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

20L is about 5 gallons so you'd wanna turn into that 5 gallons of soil then pot it up ideally.1/4 cup should do ok.4TBspoons..thee might do ok too if your water and soil PH is more correct.but Id use 1/4 cup.mix it all up well then pot up the 5 gallons in the pot.happy harvests

 

[Sunny747]

1-2 tbs per gallon of soil is the general recommendation.

 

[Surfer Joe]

Thanks everyone. I used about 1 tbs per gallon since the soil is about ph6 and I wanted it to be closer to 6.5.
Does using lime mean that I don't need to add calmag?

 

[Kakarot]

Thanks everyone. I used about 1 tbs per gallon since the soil is about ph6 and I wanted it to be closer to 6.5.
Does using lime mean that I don't need to add calmag?

I am a new grower so dont take my advice over a staff or a pro lol... but I use Dolo-Mite Lime mixed with my soil as well and I use a TeaSpoon per Gallon of soil. Currently I am using 3 gallon container so I used 3 TeaSpoons of Dolo, and as far as the Cal-Mag goes if you are using LED YES YES YES still use Cal-Mag. It also depends if you are using autoflower or photos.

 

[Surfer Joe]

Thanks. I'm growing autos and using MH and HPS lighting.