I’m in southern Virginia and 2 years ago I opened a new 3 acre field. After having it stumped and aggressively disked I had 16 tons of lime applied. Then I disked that in aggressively. 6 months later I had 8 tons applied disked aggressively and 6 months after that I tested, because I figured it all had enough time to absorb and adjust the PH...and the test came back that I had to add 8 more tons because I was still at 5.8. I envy anyone who has well adjusted soil because in the south it’s acidic and shockingly so!

I also agree with the comments about knowing which variables are contributing to your success or failure. Had I not tested and had I had a crop failure I would have blamed weather, the seeds...whatever...and assumed incorrectly that my PH had to be good because of all the lime I’d dumped on the field. And I would have been wrong...