answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

it helps the plants grow

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why homeowners often put lime on their lawns in spring?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Why do you put limestone on lawns?

To make the grass grow green and healthy. Lime is calcium or magnesium compounds ground into powder. Usually the calcium and magnesium come from limestone rock. But they can also come from marl, oyster shells, or industrial byproducts. Lime makes soil pH higher. Lime is often used in commercial fertilizers.


Did the Nazis put lime on the Jews?

no, not in the same way that you would put lime on the lawn in spring.


Can you Put lime down in the spring?

Yeah, nothing happens.


How often do I put lime on grass?

lol idk check it up !!!AnswerThis depends on the PH of the soil in your lawn area.In the northwest the soils tend to be acidic. Most of the time, you want lawns soil to be between. 6.5 and 7.5. If it is acidic, you want to add lime. Also adding lime to your grass is a good way to prevent moss.


How will limestone help your lawn?

Limestone (lime) is used in lawns to increase the pH level of the lawn soil. People tend to use it when they notice the health of the lawn going a bit downhill. It is always advise-able to do a soil test before applying lime to determine how much lime (if any) should be applied.


How much lime per acre of lawn?

First you need to determine if your lawn needs lime. Lime will increase the alkalinity of the soil. You want a fairly neutral soil for lawns. That is not too acidic or too alkaline. You need to determine the pH of your soil to learn the amount of lime that will provide the desired result. A soil test with recommendations specific to correcting pH can be obtained from your local county extension service. If your question has more to do conversions there are 43,560 square foot per acre.


What does hydrogening smell like?

Often it is descried as lime or almonds.


What is key lime zest?

"Lime zest" is a shaving of the outer skin of the lime. It contains quite a bit of the lime flavor and is often used in anything that is to be lime flavored. Key lim zest is the shaved outer skin of a key lime. They grow in Florida and are smaller and lighter green than most limes in the supermarket.


Which liquid helps plants grow faster coffee spring water coca cola or lime juice?

water


What is colorless and bubbles with acid and often used in cement and lime?

Calcite


What is colorless and bubbles with acid and is often used in cement and lime?

Calcite


How often do you have to put lime on a fig tree?

Just try to keep the lime ph at 6 to 6.5 fig trees grow the best at that level'