Agricultural Aragonite

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Agricultural aragonite is a good source of calcium, although it's low in magnesium. It consists of calcium carbonate mineral (like limestone) that comes from seashells, such as oyster shell. This fertilizer is 94% calcium carbonate in a finely ground form.

It's used to adjust pH and increase calcium levels in the soil.

It lacks the magnesium found in commonly available high-mag (dolomitic) lime and therefore is useful when magnesium levels are satisfactory but calcium is lacking.

Use it in conjunction with oyster shell.

The crushed shells have multiple particle sizes and release calcium more slowly into the soil.

Named after the Aragon region in Spain which has rich concentrations of this product.

How Aragonite Works

Conditions the soil. Lowers acidity of soil without adding unwanted magnesium. Contribute some surf to your sod with this sea calcium. It holds exceptionally high levels of calcium and depressed levels of magnesium, which could tie up your soil’s foods. Whenever utilized with gypsum, it could counterbalance soil’s high magnesium levels. Typical analysis is NPKCa 0-0-0-39.

General usage
Apply rather than lime in situations where soil is already overflowing in magnesium and where dolomite, high magnesium limestone, is the sole liming material accessible. If you have routinely used dolomitic limestone to sweeten your soil, high levels of magnesium may be tying up other nutrients. Using this mineral for several seasons will restore the balance. May likewise be applied to keep moles, mice, chipmunks and squirrels away form recently planted bulbs.

Instructions for use
Use based on outcome of a soil test. It holds exceptionally high levels of calcium and depressed levels of magnesium.

Why should we use aragonite?
It is a naturally occurring calcium carbonate mineral. It's cast off from ocean surface waters primarily by organisms like coral that use it to produce their shells and skeletal system.

It is an orthorhombic (taking note the system of crystallizing which gets 3 uneven axes at right angles to one another) mineral made up of calcium carbonate.

Not yet a real popular additive to the soil mainly because of availability and price. Agricultural aragonite is popular is some parts of the country.

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