Around here lime is ...

$2.40 for 50 lbs of powdered

$3.10 for 40 lbs of pelleted

$40 per ton spread for you in bulk(4 ton minimum, or usually +/- 4 acres here, depending on soil test)

I dont have a have a spreader that big, not sure about the bulk price dumped here.


I am not familiar with your area and everywhere around the country has different soil, so take this with a BIG grain of salt.

For a total of a half acre that has never been limed, you are looking at (very rough estimate, do a soil test) needing about 1000 lbs of lime. I beleive that is about all you should put down at one time, if it needs more wait 6 months and apply the rest.

You could spread that with a ATV spreader if you get the pelleted lime, the powdered lime needs atleast some agitation to keep it from sticking to the hopper. Those small spreaders dont agitate powdered lime very well.