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Adding lime to soil will increase plant yields; more efficiently use plant nutrients; and conserve energy, advised Gerald D. McCart, Virginia Tech Extension specialist in soil fertility.
“Because Virginia is an area of relatively high rainfall, the soil is basically acid in nature because rainfall leaches out the basic
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