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New Zealand

Am looking at raising my soil ph from 6.2 to closer to 7. Thinking of putting on 7000 lbs to an arce. does anyone see a problem with this only 1 week from planting?

10/25/2012 4:27:54 PM

Polson, Montana

putting on what?

10/25/2012 7:52:56 PM

New Zealand

sorry lime

10/25/2012 9:27:43 PM

ShagHarbour n,s canada

seems like alot

10/25/2012 10:03:46 PM

Niagara Falls,NY

I saw some ware that too much will lock up other nutrients like potassium etc. I'd look into it more before doing it. Maybe get a soil test done. Maybe Tom at Extreme can help.

10/26/2012 7:31:30 AM

Onawa,Iowa

Mitlem
How big is your patch

10/26/2012 9:49:17 AM

west central IN/East central IL

It depends how deep you till, at 6-8 inchs you should be close at 7000lbs.

10/26/2012 10:02:59 AM

New Zealand

My patch is 3000sq foot so about 500 lbs in this area and will be working to a depth of 6-8 inchs.

10/26/2012 11:48:51 AM

west central IN/East central IL

If you apply material high in calcium carbonate it will neutralize soil acidity faster. Also, the finer the liming material the faster it will work. Make sure to till it in and keep moist it should bring your pH up but, might not get you to 6.8 for a while. 500 lbs should be good for that area. Good luck

10/26/2012 1:41:21 PM

Glosta

you might want to revisit your numbers. 500# in 3000 sq ft is way too much. also what type of soil do you have? how did you measure the PH? why not get a recommendation from a lab? they will recommend lime applications based on the Buffer Ph value which will be way more accurate than anyones best guess estimate on here.

10/27/2012 12:32:51 AM

Home of happy lil plants

Like bry said that's alott, it all depends, but I just added today actually 200lbs to exactly 3000sq feet in order to bring my ph from exactly 6.2 to 7.2(aiming just a little over 7) we will see how it looks before to long.

10/27/2012 1:11:41 AM

Bowdon, GA

The amount of lime it takes to move ph depends on soil type. It has taken nearly 600 pounds to move mine .7 before. I would follow the soil test recomendations on the amount needed to acheive 7.0. You also need to know the Ca,Mg,K ratio to know if you need cal, ag, or dol lime. To reach the right ratio. Balance is very important.

10/27/2012 1:35:40 AM

New Zealand

Thanks for the replys
Soil test has been done
Ca 7
Mg 23
K 19
Base Sat
Ca 51.6%
Mg 9.1
K 8.6%
this might make more sence to you, been a new grower of pumpkins the one thing i did want to get right this year was the ph.
Was always told every 1000 lb of lime an arce would bring my ph up .1

10/27/2012 11:43:00 AM

Bowdon, GA

Are those in ppm? If so there is alot of work to be done.

10/27/2012 10:18:38 PM