Marule Lime

28/03/2026

If you have been told to use Super Fine Lime, consider the following before spending the extra money.

28/03/2026

Plants love to live around the crushing and screening plant. To get that Fine and Coarse Lime, the Limestone rock is blasted and then crushed and screened several times through different crushers and screen sizes, until the desired material is achieved.
The final crushing is through a rod mill which gives a higher percentage of super fine fine lime particles in the final product than any other product on the market. The CalMag / Dolomite products get the same treatment

27/03/2026

Burnt Lime and Agricultural Lime are different substances and serve different purposes in farming and construction.

Burnt Lime, also known as quicklime or calcium oxide, is produced by heating calcium carbonate sources - limestone, chalk, or seashells - to roughly 900–1000°C, a process called calcination. This releases carbon dioxide (Co2), leaving behind reactive lumps of calcium oxide (CaO). It is made in kilns by burning, or at home using a hot fire to reach these temperatures.

Burnt Lime / QuickLime is used for soil stabilization and pH adjustment, offering rapid reactions. Burnt lime was also used in the past as a sterilant to kill unwanted pests/bugs especially on vegetable cropping lands where there was a quick rotation of crops.
- Critical Safety Precautions - Protective Equipment: Quicklime is highly caustic. Wear safety glasses, a dust mask, and heavy-duty protective clothing, as it can cause severe burns on contact with moisture.
- Exothermic Reaction: When handling, keep it away from water. Slaking (adding water) causes an extreme exothermic reaction, temperature exceeds 100ºC

Agricultural Lime, made by crushing and grinding limestone rock, is more gradual and mainly used to boost soil acidity and calcium levels. Understanding their differences can help optimize soil health and crop yields.

Burnt lime was used aggressively in the past and gained the reputation of making the father rich and the son poor. Why ?

Two reasons.

(1) During the making of burnt lime the Co2 ( carbon and oxygen ) is driven off and when it is spread on soils it combines, or tries to combine, back with the carbon and oxygen in the soils basically robbing the soils of any available carbon and oxygen present .

(2) Burnt lime kills not only bad bugs in the soil but also kills good bugs in your soils. When you use burnt lime you will get a green flush in the following crop from the release of nitrogen made available from decaying bugs/bacteria killed by the burnt lime. After that you will have a dead soil till the good bacteria return. The same can be said for Magnesium oxide but because it is only used at much lighter rates the effect is no where near as severe.

Farmers should be aware that when they buy AgLime from an organisation that also makes burnt lime a part of their business that sometimes when they have a failure in the processing of burnt lime it is dumped in the AgLime pile. Sure it will give you a quicker reaction. If you are just leasing some acreage for this crop it does not matter to you the condition of the soil as you leave but if you own the land you will pay the price in the future.

20/03/2026

Fingers crossed 🤞 that Mr. Trump works his magic and oil prices cool down next week! No more sleepless nights over gas prices 🚗💥. Here’s to hoping for some good news 🥂!

20/03/2026

Did you know? Crushed limestone rock is the only truly natural source of ag-lime, helping to improve soil health and crop yields naturally. 🌱🪨 Discover the benefits of sustainable farming with us!

06/03/2026

"Ploughed the paddock, hard to plough, lumps wouldn't break down, wouldn't take water, when it did get wet it turned to slop. Planted some seed, and it still won't grow like it could."

Should have got a soil analysis first instead of shooting in the dark and hoping to get it right.

We recommend an independent soil analysis first and save yourself time and money. Get an independent FULL soil test showing total nutrients and then the availability of those nutrients.

We recommend these labs for soil tests.

https://www.scu.edu.au/environmental-analysis-laboratory---eal/
or
https://www.apal.com.au/SoilTesting.aspx

Not getting your soil tested is false economy.

For more information about soil tests, see our blog at https://marulelime.com.au/blog/soil-testing

06/02/2026

Bees are much more than just pollinators. They're social insects with a sophisticated communication system. Through intricate dances, bees can convey the location of food sources to their hive mates. They're like the choreographers of the insect world!

09/01/2026

Happy 2026. Make this the year to check your soil's condition.

INDEPENDENT SOIL TESTS & WHERE TO GET THEM

Thinking of planting a crop or a paddock of pasture, or maybe you are just not getting the results from what you are applying to your piece of paradise, then perhaps some money spent on a soil test would be money well spent.

Taking the guess work out of your project will save a lot of stress and the potential for major disappointment if your guesses (or your neighbours suggestions) were wrong.

Marule Lime strongly recommends getting your analysis done by a laboratory independent of any commercial influences.

That is, their recommendations are not driven by what they sell and the profit margins on the different products in their store. Or that they are getting a commission from a supplier for every tonne of product they recommend. Once, in the time that I have owned and operated Marule Lime, I have been approached for a commission of $4.00 per tonne from an agronomist and once during the discussion with the owner of a local laboratory I was told he was getting $5.00 from my opposition and if I could not do better I should F_Off. Never paid a commission / bribe to anyone to get their sales. In my other occupation as a farmer, I want my soil analysis and recommendation to be based purely on the science.

WHERE TO FOR INDEPENDENT SOIL TESTS

MARULE LIME suggests that you try either

https://www.scu.edu.au/environmental-analysis-laboratory---eal/

The Environmental Analysis Laboratory located in the Southern Cross University in Lismore NSW. EAL certainly has a lot to pick from

OR
www.apal.com.au

The Eurofins APAL Laboratory located in Melbourne. This lab was known until recently as SWEP Laboratories and were very independent and good. Time will tell if this continues.

A test is going to cost you between $85.00 and $230.00 depending on what you ask for. You get what you pay for and you pay for what you get...A fertiliser agency may offer you a cheaper in house test but you will end up paying for it in what they recommend.

MARULE LIME recommends that you get a test for all the macro and micro nutrients.

31/10/2025

To check you are getting a competitive price for kg of Calcium, fines & coarse etc, try our calculator where you can put in the price and the analysis of the Ag-Lime you are currently buying. https://marulelime.com.au/calculator

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