It has ingredients of lime jello,cottage cheese, marshmallows,marachino cherries and cool whip, I don't know if you just add the jello to cottage cheese and mix or if you make the jello according to directions, then mix other ingredients in?
Liming I did two years ago still appeared to be effecting hydrangea shrubs last fall. If you can, test Ph throughout, then you can be in control and do what''s best for grass or what shrubs you may also want. Depending on the lime that might not break down as you would want in winter, just a suspicion, and if you use powdered lime that might sit on the ground till spring rains anyway. Your Ph must be abominable low to want to lime in winter. I took a Ph of 3.0 out by some pitch pines once, using an alternative ground cover there.
Applying lime is a long-term endeavor. Go ahead and apply it now. It will immediately begin sweetening the soil, but it will not have taken full effect by March.
In the week before seeding spread fast acting lime ask for it
2 weeks after the application of lime before adding your seed and starter fertilizer. You should apply the lime no more then 4 weeks ahead as spring rains will wash it further into the soil with no roots to hold it in the dirt. Let's back up here a bit though. Do you have any grass whatsoever? What is the soil type..what zone. Have you done a soil test? What is your current PH reading? Lime is used if you have had flooding and sewage. Lime is used for HIGHLY acidic lawns. It is not a standard lawn treatment. Get a soil test kit from Home Depot by Vigaro and you can figure out fertilizer and seed from it with online results.
Lime moves through the soil very slowly. Smaller applications are better than larger. No more than 50 pounds per 1000 sq feet at a time. pH scale is logarithmic meaning the difference between 5 and 7 is huge. The higher the organic matter the quicker the results. Soil texture is important also. Lime will move through sandy soil quicker than clay soils. IMPORTANT Get a soil test done. You may need to use dolomite instead of lime. A ratio of 7 - 1 calcium to magnesium is important in successful lawns. Dolomite contains 28% magnesium If you live in a cooler climate, you should seed in late August - September Less competition with weeds
