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Just a question for all you knowledgable folk out there.

Our pheasant pen has been on the same site for a fair few years now, we are thinking rather than re-site it (which is a lot of hard graft and expense) Is there any way to cleanse the soil?

I've heard that lime is good, but not sure about wether that is powder or liquid form.

Obviously something that can be sprayed on will be better than having to clear out all the natural cover we have in the pen.

Hope that someone has experience of this and can advise me.

Many thanks.

Neil

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Have never been convinced with lime to be honest, all its really doing is changing the ph int soil. Not sure if you can get it still, but Patrick pinkers used to sell this pink sand that had disinfectant property's. I use it to treat the areas around drinkers and where feeders have been (moved regular when birds are in) then treat where feeders and drinkers are placed for the next again year, unless your pens are in pretty wet boggy areas which will be a bit more difficult. If your pens are on dryish ground then dry ground won't harbour nasty stuff the same as wet will I have found this method combined with a good hard frost into the soil in winter seems to do the job for me..... Touch wood

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Changing the ph is the whole idea, all species have their limit regarding ph, temp etc. Raising the ph pushes it above the limits that gape and other parasites can survive. You could use acid, but it's a bit more dangerous and destructive! Do you mean stalosan? I used to use it when I worked on a pig farm to dry up scour in the pens, it isn't sold as a disinfectant but seems to help

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