Can lime for cement mixes be used as agricultural lime also.?
You can but I wouldn’t. The lime used in concrete has been fired in a kiln to a high temperature and then had water added (slaked lime). It is a bit corrosive- it can burn your skin. Your soil is full of living things- worms, fungus, bacteria, and 99% of them benefit the plants. If you put that corrosive material on the soil, you kill some of the soil life. It won’t do much damage, but small steps like that are how farmland gets worn out. If you look at poor soil and good soil in th same area, the difference is not the mineral or fertilizer content, it is the life of the soil. Just use ground limestone- that is what they cook in the kiln to make the slaked lime. It is also called lime, so read the package carefully. It will take more material, it will work slower, but it will last five years.
