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Post by Foggy on May 5, 2017 7:10:43 GMT -6
I need to put down a load of lime. My land PH is normally about 5.5 or so.
I have very high phosphorus levels and Low levels of Potassium and sulfur. The last time I bought lime.....I bought crushed limestone (Dolmetic) quarry lime.
Not sure which type I should use.....but I was told the Dolmetic (crushed limestone) would not "wash thru" my sandy soils so quickly. It may be a bit more expensive....but the real cost is in the trucking.
Also....the calcitic limestone comes from beet and water treatment facilities. I'm told that it can be hard to spread as it is "clumpy". I am leaning toward getting the Dolmetic Lime again......but I really don't know. ??
I would like to order a load soon. The last time I ordered they trucked 23 tons in an end dump trailer. Any good lime advice??
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Post by sd51555 on May 5, 2017 7:30:01 GMT -6
Sounds like a perfect case for dolomitic without seeing a soil test. If you're drained well, sandy, have low K and S, you could benefit from some soil tightening you'd get from dolomitic. Being sandy, it likely won't take too much to get you where you need to be depending on where you are now. But if you're talking truck(s), I would soil test to make sure you get it right, could be the best $30 you ever spent. I'd like to see your CEC, pH, buffer pH, Ca/Mg parts per million, and base saturation percentages.
And then gypsum Foggy. Cheap and easy sulfur.
Keep in mind i'm an amatuer soil geek. That's just the path I'd take. You may be able to talk with your quarry and see what other rates people in the area have been using too.
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Post by sd51555 on May 5, 2017 7:32:45 GMT -6
Whoops, didn't see your pH in the first post. I'd bet 1 ton/acre would get you where you need to be.
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Post by Foggy on May 5, 2017 20:56:31 GMT -6
Thanks SD. Yeah......I got some land that could be as low as 4.2 or so.....and some that I limed previously......and may still have some reasonable PH. Therefore I picked a number that may be an average of the different land I have.
I did have some of my plots up to a 7 PH after getting my lime down the last time. Too much time has passed since my last soil samples.
I really should take some soil samples to verify the soils here. I may get that done in the next week or so. I am largely guessing at so much right now.
Thanks for your input.
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Post by Sandbur on May 6, 2017 18:29:47 GMT -6
foggy-I could run a couple of pH's for you at work. I can check on Monday, I think the equipment is still there.
I can't do the fancy stuff Chris was asking for.
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Post by Foggy on May 6, 2017 19:03:33 GMT -6
^ So much to do Art. I gotta get by your place and pick up my beans......and gotta get to Stu's and load fence and dig some holes......then I gotta get some lime down and get something planted on my plots (and do some fretilizer and such) ......and I gotta play some golf with mom and my golf bud's here at the lake......and I gotta keep up with my bladder treatments. .....and gotta get some fishing time in when the crappie bite is on.....then gotta boat a few "eyes' if they are biting on the opener. Spring is over-whelming.  It's all good.....but just a bit busy right now! FORE! |
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Post by Sandbur on May 8, 2017 6:14:35 GMT -6
I finally got the lights and almost everything working on my old boat. No foodplots for me except for what the neighbor usually puts in on my land.
I will have corn and alfalfa on my rented acres, maybe even beans. Corn, beans, alfalfa/clover, and sweet corn on adjacent lands. My neighbor has a new seeding clover patch about 50 yards out in front of one of our two best stands. (Where my daughter shot a 4.5 year old last fall.) If my neighbor gets it in, I will have about 3 acres of foodplot corn.
Not much foodplotting for me other than some rye/oats. Maybe add some beans or rye to an opening in the corn plot if it works.
I hope to eat a walleye this year.
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