Is Lime Important? My Lawn is fairly acidic

[HamptonsGarden]

I think my lawn is pretty acidy. Have moss some places. Now that it's hot grass isn't so green. Fertilized about a month ago and getting good groth. Would lime help?

[Bobberman]

Lime is very important because it makes the other minerals in the ground more availiable to the plants by balancing the ph especially when the ph is to high!

[rainbowgardener]

Bob meant of course especially when the pH is too low, as in acid. Lime raises pH.

Otherwise, I can't help much. I'm not a big lawn person and don't do anything to my lawn. It is a mixture of grass and weeds which to my uncritical eye looks just fine when mowed and all one length. It is growing in alkaline clay and does well there and I don't give it any thing, except a little bit of corn gluten meal once or twice a year.

[HamptonsGarden]

That sounds like my lawn. I use it as a frame for olanting beds. I post about it today on my blog. I mention, like yours, my lawn is a mixture of grasses, clover and moss. Will try Lime to see if I get a little greener results.

[tomf]

Yes and lime also helps reduce moss in your lawn.

I do not use herbicides on my lawn. There are animals eating it all the time. So I have a mix of grass and weeds but it is green.