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Old 04-15-2006 | 02:52 PM
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got the results back from my soil sample, not good, ph is down about 4.6, they say I need approx. 7 ton per acre to get it to where it is suppose to be. Cost is about$10 a ton. Problem is, I've all ready planted milo in the plot last weekend, and the winter wheat is already a foot tall. soybeans won't go in for another month or so. Maybe I'll wait for this winter and do it all in one shot, but that means I'll be dumping the stuff on the new winter wheat that I'll be planting in Aug. Will this stuff (lime) hurt the winter wheat when applied on top of it? And what about the bean stubble, I had plans to just bush hog 1/2 it down for the turkeys and leave the other 1/2 for the deer to forage on. Will they still come in and feed off of it with this lime on it? any thoughts would be apprecitated, thanks.
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Old 04-15-2006 | 07:25 PM
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$10 a ton is cheap. I just bought about 60 tons and paid $29.75 per ton for it.
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Old 04-15-2006 | 10:32 PM
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i bought 3 tons of lime back in january. it was $6.25/ton at the quarry. i hauled and spread it.
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Old 04-17-2006 | 05:40 PM
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How many acres are we speaking of, you might need 7 tons over the long haul , dont even try to put it on at one time, put some on now , later this year, and it will probaly take about a year and a half or more to apply 7 tons of lime per acre, I doubt it needs that much, once you start it will bring the ph up and maybe even improve the readings to the point of not needing all that much . 4.6 does not sound like 7 tons to me....
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