Ok. Where do you find it locally?

All I can find is pulverized or granulated? Tried lowes, Home Depot , my favorite nursery, TSC,,,,,,

Greg,

I'm a bit confused.
Your subject title says Granulated lime and you comment by saying all you can find is pulverized or granulated lime.

If I were to assume you are looking for lime to mix into the soil for your figs then I think granulated would be just fine.
And I think very few might even say just about any form of lime might just do well.

I personnely like to use granulated for my figs and my lawn.

Hope I was a bit of help to you.

Good luck

Does it say dolomite lime on the bag anywhere?

Where can you buy lime? I have also tired to buy linear the Home Depot gardening section with no success.

I use this one:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Espoma-6-75-lb-Garden-Lime-100508617/203192761#.UZgh8qWrcyE

One sees all sorts of lime products on the market and while they all seem to have the correct contents it had been pretty confusing to me because both the pelletized and granular I bought broke down quickly, just add water and I had a lime slurry. I thought both were fine to use and applied as a topdressing to my trees and when it rained they turned to mush. Thank goodness it compacted and hardened when it dried, I just picked it off with a spoon. They were $5 a bag for 40 lbs and I didn't kill any figs in the process so no lost sleep on my part and I spread them around the yard. Lawn looks great.

I found pellet lime at a garden center recommended by my friend Minooch and that's the stuff I use now. Same ingredients pretty much BUT the pellets are PEA SIZED and DO NOT DISINTEGRATE when water is added. That last part is the key. If you bought something already just put a teaspoon if it in a cup of water. It should not break down and turn to mush. If it does break down quickly then don't use it.

Hope this helps.

Home depot or Lowes carries the pelletized and pulverized. The pelletized is the same as pulverized except that there is a water soluble binder (to help form the pellets for easier spreading). They usually carry the Soil Doctor brand.
It is a stock Item and can be ordered if not in stock.
I buy my Granular and Pulverized Dolemite Limestone at my local plant nursery in 50 lb Bags @ $5.00 per bag (Home depot and Lowes are $4.00 for 40 lb bag)

Which one you use is based on the application. The pulverized or pelletized is mixed into the soil for relative quicker release.
I use 1 cup of pulverized per 5 gallons of 5-1-1 (pine bark mulch - peat - perlite) potting mix and sprinkle about 1/2 cup on top every month.

There has been discussions on using Granular Limestone as a topping at 1/2 to 1 inch as per Belleclaire Nursery instructions, but the effective usable limestone is still only at the surface layer of the potting mix.
Good Luck.

Auugh
I meant to type all I can find is pulverized or pellitized. Not granular
Is peletized ok to use on top of potted figs? Don't want it to dissolve too soon,,

Greg:

I use the pellitized lime from Lowe's for the past two years and it works great.  I try to mix it in with the soil using a rake, my tree's are all planted in the ground and I sprinkle the water to it and it breaks down in about a week.  I have had no problems with it but you do want to make sure that it is not absorbed to fast.  As others have stated.  I have not had a issue but have read on the forum some that suspect they set there tree's back putting fast absorbing powdered lime.  I use to mix it in my miracle grow sprayer and apply it with water, but I don't think I was really making that much difference and applying it this way seems futile.  Good luck 

Thanks all

I'm using a pretty airy soil. Will the lime fill in the soil over time or will it flush out?

Chad,
Yes smaller particles will eventually wash out of the mix. The organic components in the potting mix will breakdown long before the limestone would clog the pores. and affect drainage. The fig tree roots will aerate the soil over time and displace smaller particles. The trees are usually up potted every few years in any case and the mix is replaced.

For the limestone to be effective it has to be mixed into the soil to get broken down by moisture and microbial interaction. If granular limestone (larger sized grains) is used it takes longer to breakdown, but has less minerals available for use by the plants.

I am kicking myself for not doing this earlier, a couple years ago I put a bunch of lime in the soil mix and that is when I had the darkest greenest leaves with lots of production, too bad it was a crappy fig.  I have started to add lime to the top and it seems to be having a positive effect but I would have much rather added to the mix rather than on top alone.  

I used a mix of very very coarse coco chunks mixed 50 50 with composted sheep manure before so I had enough calcium the first year and now they are showing the lack of it.  After a week of the first application and an abundance of rain, they new growth looks much better, darker, and even less fmd, I am wondering if fmd is showing up more when calcium is missing?