Liming (soil)

[2] Evidence of these practices dates to the 1200's and the earliest examples are taken from the modern British Isles.

Structure liming can reduce losses of clay and nutrients from soil aggregates.

But the low-CEC soils will witness more rapid leaching of the added bases, and so will see a quicker return to original acidity unless additional liming is done.

Over-liming is most likely to occur on soil that has low CEC, such as sand which is deficient in buffering agents such as organic matter and clay.

[8] An agricultural study at the Faculty of Forestry in Freising, Germany, that compared tree stocks two and twenty years after liming found that liming promotes nitrate leaching and decreases the phosphorus content of some leaves.