QTompkins2005

I just got my soil test back from the white tail institute. I am somewhat confused. There are to boxes at the top, one says what is in the soil, one says lime requirements - see table 3 for recommended lime requirements.

Ok all is good.

Then I read the paragraph "If your wildlife plot is over one acre you may want to purhase fertilizer from your local farm center. Refer to table 1 for recommendations for each nutrient of pure products. IF jusing bagged fertilizer refer to table 2 for application ammounts.

I'm not sure which I will use so I first look at table 1: Fertilizer to aplpy for bulk application
lb/acre lime 3000, nitrogen 30, phosphate 60, potash 120, magnesium 0

I then look at table 2: NPK Fertilizer to apply when using bagged fertilizer
3-9-9 lbs/acre 1000
8-24-24 lbs/acre 380

Now table 3: Lime to apply
Apply 3750 lbs of lime per acre

So now seeing the quantities I suspect I will have the coop come spread this stuff, so I'll use the bulk application, very good. But my quesiton is, how much lime do I need? table 1 says 3000 lbs/acre for bulk application, but the thing at the top says to see table 3 for recommended lime requirements and table 3 states 3750 lbs/acre. So do I need 3000, 3750, or 3000+3750=6750?

Also, any idea on how much all this is going to cost me?

Thanks for the help.