Lime for a food plot question
I had some soil samples tested for some food plots I want to put in on a couple of leases and of course they have a pH in the mid-5's. There is only one place around here that I have found that I can get bulk lime and a spreader, but I can't seem to catch up with him right now. I know it will take about six months for it start making a difference in the soil but now is better than not doing it even if I want to plant in about a month. I tried putting out powdered lime by hand some years ago on another lease and that was messy and time consuming. Since I now have a tractor, disc, and spreader I was looking at using pelletized lime and doing it myself. I expect that it will take longer for the pelletized lime to incorporate into the soil versus the powdered lime, but other than that is there any other drawback to using the pelletized vs. powdered lime.
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Don't quote me, but I think the pelletized lime acts quicker but doesn't last as long. I've never used it but I think I read that. You might try the QDMA website for more and better opinions.Originally posted by Russ79 View Post -
Drycreek is exactly right. Pelleted lime does act more quickly than ag lime. That's all I can use on my plot because its too remote. I buy the pelleted lime at TSC and it works great.....its just alot of dang work!Comment
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On Saturday tractor supply has 3 40# bags for 9.00 pelletized lime. I'm buying 800# worth....easy to spread.Comment
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Lime for a food plot question
I'm pretty sure the major difference between the two is that pelletized lime is much easier to handle. Plus you can apply it with a regular ole spreader vs one specifically for lime. You can also incorporate other ag products in with the pellet lime like fertilizer, seed, etc which would reduce time and money spent applying the different products.
Edit: and it seems like the pellet lime would be able to be applied at more consistent rates vs. ag lime.Comment
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3 40lb bags for $9 at tractor supply. Even if you don't get the tons of lime applied as required by some soil tests, it is still beneficial for helping fertilizer uptake in soil. Going to take a lot of lime to adjust pH. Your better off hitting your plots with triple 13 at planting time and again a month or 2 later. If your plots are huge then you might as well go through with the application of tons of lime otherwise you will go broke applying granular fertilizerComment
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WT Jim beat me to TSC dealComment
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I tried the powdered lime once, holy moly what a bunch of work that was.. Only had a generic home spreader, just switched to tossing it from a bucketComment
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How much of the Pelletized lime do you spread per acre and when is the best time to do it?Comment
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The soil samples I had tested show that I will need (depending on the food plot) anywhere from 3/4 of a ton per acre to 1-1/4 tons per acre. I will have to measure my food plot areas to see how much I will need, but my 2 acre pasture is going to require, based on the soil sample test, 1-1/2 tons. So I will keep filling the spreader and cris-crossing my pasture until I have spread that much.Comment
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We bought it from the Coop about $40/ton. Put it on a flat bed trailer tarped it and drove it to the farm and spread with rakes, leaf blower etc. The when used a tractor with disc and pto tiller to mix it in. The bags were not worth the trouble and would have cost us a fortune. Our plots required about the same 1-1.5 tons per acre.Comment
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Originally posted by Tbone3636 View Post
You take soil samples first, go to your local feed store and they can give you the bags, and tell you how to do it. Then you send them off, they get tested, and they'll show you how many lbs per acre you'll need.Comment
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I am doing a good plot too Russ and I know Mikey wants to. What weekend are you talking about doing itComment
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