Specialty Gardening: Can I re-use the 5-1-1 mix from last year?, 0 by tapla

tapla wrote:
I was given "The Giving Tree" by a dear friend after I shared "The Little Prince" with her. I really enjoyed that book, too. I think I'll read it again tonight - it's been a while.

The two lime products are the same, Linda - except one is 'prilled'. The powdered lime is mixed with a binder and shot from prilling towers in little droplets. The drops form little spheres and harden as they fall. The only purpose for prilling, is so there is less dust and so the lime broadcasts easier (as in a broadcast type spreader). Once the binder dissolves, there is no difference between the two products, so you can use either, though I think you probably get a more even distribution with the prilled lime.