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"Gardener's Lime" in Top Soil

reignofterror

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Apologies if this has been asked previously...

I use a mixture of Eco Earth and top soil for substrate for my tiger salamander. The bag of topsoil I was using was labelled as organic, and had no additives. Unfortunately I've been unable to locate the same topsoil again. I took a look at my local hardware stores and garden centers and all of the "organic" topsoil I found had some kind of additives in it. (Peat, manure etc).

I bought a bag of topsoil a while ago but noticed it has "gardener's lime" in it. Is this potentially harmful to my tiger salamander?
 

joemomma1016

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I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it does change the pH of the soil, so I'd steer clear. I ran around to about 10 different stores just to find some regular old topsoil at lowes. They cost like $3 for a big bag, but cut it open and see if it smells/looks okay. If not, go to a field or some woods that are untouched with no pine around.
 
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