Our Garden Lime is an easy to use product, having the advantages of a pelleted fertiliser, yet dispensing readily soon after application, making it a useful soil supplement. It neutralises acid (sour) soils enabling beneficial soil bacteria to flourish and release the plants foods \"locked in by acid soil\". Our Garden Lime improves drainage, in heavy, sour, clay soils making them more friable and easier to work. Eliminates the condition under which club root disease in cabbages and brassicas thrive. Directions: Acid Soils - Apply annually, preferably in September onwards at a rate of 200 -400 gm/sq. mitre (6 to 12 oz sq. yard). Neutral soils - Apply every two to three years at a rate of 200 gm/sq. mitre (6 oz per sq. yard).