We just got our soil samples back from UF and have determined we need about 1 ton of lime per acre for most of our spots. We do not have enough acreage to have a bulk delivery made so we are looking at the alternatives. I just came across a liquid alternative that can be put down at planting and then again when growth reaches 4 to 5 inches. Has anyone used liquid lime before? Should we just stick to bagged products...pelletized vs powder?? Need some ideas, none of our plots are over 1 acres in size, we can get a full size truck to all of them.
Triple Creek Reaper,
Some fertilizer dealers have buggies that can be rented to spread fertilizer or lime/dolomite.
They are pulled with a pickup truck and powered by engaging a small roller on the buggy tire that powers the spinners and chain. A buggy will pull easier with a tractor once it's in the field but a good 4X4 truck will do. Also some of the dealers will deliver it to your site, drop it and you hook to the buggy and go to all your food plots. Call 'em when you're done and they come get their buggy. We do this for our home garden and food plots since it's such a small amount of lime.
Our soil test usually come back with a minimum recommendation of 2 tons of lime per acre, y'all must have some pretty good dirt.
Treefarmer
Don't know how big of areas you have to do. When we had to do mass areas (back in my Panama city lease), we got it in bulk from a farm co-op. They dumped it on a big utility trailer, and we wrapped it in a huge tarp and drove to the lease. There was nothing pretty about how we spread it. We took turns driving and shoveling. Driver would drive real slow and guys on the trailer would shovel and toss. It took copious amounts of beer to get it done...
Now, I cannot get a truck to my spots, so my ONLY option is bags of pelletized lime. It cost a bit more than pulverized, but will flow thru a spreader easily. If you get pulverized, you will need a drop spreader with a good auger in it. I got a Lesco commercial spreader with a 100# hopper an pneumatic tires so it makes it easy, being as I do all this stuff by myself.
Curious question?? How long did it take to get your soil results back from the time you sent it in? I am going to collect a sample this weekend and send it in next week. Curious to know where my PH is as I put out about 500# last spring
How acidic are they saying it is? I landscape for a living and find most of the places I work are too alkaline ( typical in many parts of Florida). I add sulfur to increase the acid not reduce it. If their assumption is to make it neutral to grow non native plants, I guess that assumption works.
There's a place in Newberry that's sells it by the ton.
