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Old May 9, 2012   #21
Rockporter
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Originally Posted by Crandrew View Post
Nice rain barrel

What effect is the lime producing besides raising ph?
I think it is allowing the uptake of calcium, but don't quote me, I just followed instructions and it seems to work just fine.

I like my rain barrels, I have two of them, one I use to start seedlings and the other I have some strawberries planted in it. This thread will give you the ins and outs of my rain barrel setup, start on page 3.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...t=22345&page=3
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