Skip to content

Welcome to the new Fargro website: retail and trade, now in one place.

Retail Customers call 01903 258200 • Trade Customers call 01903 726100.

Professional horticultural supplies for home and trade.

Trade and retail welcome. Expert advice and UK-wide delivery

Trusted by gardeners and growers for over 80 years

The gardener's guide to garden lime

The gardener's guide to garden lime

What is garden lime and why is it important?

Garden lime is used to neutralise soil acidity and is ground from limestone rocks and provides calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate to the soil. Calcium helps plants to grow healthy roots and stems. Magnesium aids with photosynthesis in lawns. 

Benefits

  • Neutralised soil acidity
  • Contains calcium and magnesium carbonates
  • Enabled healthy roots and stems
  • Apply in winter before growing crops in spring
  • Increases pH

Shop garden lime