PEI Black Lime & Living Lab Residual Amendment Demonstration Day

(Sponsored by J.D. Irving, and LP Consulting partnering with East Prince Agri-Environment Association)

1. Date: Tuesday, November 10 (rain date of Friday Nov 13)
2. Time: 10:00 a.m.
3. Location: Bunny Burrow Vegetable Company, Gordie and Andrea McKenna, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island

During these hands-on field sessions, you will:

1. Watch a live Black Lime spreading demonstration
2. Learn what Black Lime is and how it is produced
3. Discover how Black Lime can raise soil pH while supplying calcium, magnesium, sulfur and other valuable nutrients
4. Discuss where Black Lime fits within your crop rotations and soil-management program
5. Hear about results from multi-year New Brunswick field trials
6. Get practical information about application rates, timing and trucking costs
7. Have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the project team
8. PEI – find out the results of the 4-year applications of industrial residuals in a potato rotation! (black lime, wallboard gypsum, wood ash, compost, frass)