Originally Posted By: N2TRKYS
Why does your lime leech out that bad and nothing else? What do you think your ph was prior to application?


It wasn’t added due to heavy leaching. The application of lime I made two springs ago just didn’t raise the Ca and pH levels up enough. I went from 5.1 to 5.8……300 lbs/ac of Ca to roughly 950 lbs/ac….but it never went any higher. When I checked last fall it was still in that same range. I should have already added some more lime last year. Keep in mind too that over the last several years my holding capacity for Ca has grown as my organic matter levels in the soil have grown. I probably need around 1500+ lbs/ac of Ca present in the soil now to balance….maybe more. I’ll pull another sample in a few months and see how we look right before fall planting.


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