markrich
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My new 2.5 acre horse pasture has been cleared, grubbed, leveled and disced(?). I had the soild analyzied and am ready to add lime.
New stumbling block. Southern States won't send their spreader truck for such a small job. So I'm looking at doing it myself. I have another 8 acres that isn't ready.
My report shows a ph of 5.0 and 5.4 (two sample areas). It recommends 1.8 tons of dolomitic lime per acre in area 1 and .8 tons in area 2.
Is there a way to measure or be certain of the strenth of the lime?
Is powdered preferable to pelleted?
If a bag of pelleted 2x strength lime is labeled as enough for 10,000 sq. ft. enough to change the pH of 10,000 square feet by the recommended amount?
I don't understand how you could trust the label without knowing the current pH and the optimum pH.
Anyway, I hope someone understands this and could provide some good sound advice. I hate wasting money.
Thanks, Mark
New stumbling block. Southern States won't send their spreader truck for such a small job. So I'm looking at doing it myself. I have another 8 acres that isn't ready.
My report shows a ph of 5.0 and 5.4 (two sample areas). It recommends 1.8 tons of dolomitic lime per acre in area 1 and .8 tons in area 2.
Is there a way to measure or be certain of the strenth of the lime?
Is powdered preferable to pelleted?
If a bag of pelleted 2x strength lime is labeled as enough for 10,000 sq. ft. enough to change the pH of 10,000 square feet by the recommended amount?
I don't understand how you could trust the label without knowing the current pH and the optimum pH.
Anyway, I hope someone understands this and could provide some good sound advice. I hate wasting money.
Thanks, Mark