Re: Soil test
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03/15/22 11:29 PM
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Agree give the lime time to incorporate and raise the ph before dumping in the rest and before planting.
Our state recommends dolomitic lime as it has trace manganese and Georgia soils are generally low on that. I think you mean magnesium don't you Warrior? Dolomite is a good source of it. BTW, it takes about a year for lime to raise up the pH. You want to have a pH of 6.5 -7.0 I am unaware of lime tying up nutrients, but proper pH adjustment will make that fertilizer work better for you rather than leaching away.
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Re: Soil test
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03/15/22 11:31 PM
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In my soils it can take as long as a year for lime to reach full potential, as stated before we usually lime in the fall for spring planting.
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Re: Soil test
[Re: Arkansas87]
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03/15/22 11:39 PM
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We plan on planting browntop millet mid april for dove.if the lime is not gonna do any good or be worse for the fertilizer I will hold off till winter. I raise 240 bushel corn on the P you have. We have higher PH values which bind up P. Here we would add 40-60N and call it good.
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Re: Soil test
[Re: Arkansas87]
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03/15/22 11:47 PM
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You got you some prime ground for broom sedge. I would start with putting the lime down as soon as you can. I have never heard of it tying up nutrients. Lime will increase your CAC (cation exchange capicity). Increased CAC will improve the effectiveness of the nutrients already in your soil as well as what you add to it. Lime does take time to fully incorporate into the soil, and it is not a one and done proposition. You will likely need to do it every year.
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Re: Soil test
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03/16/22 10:24 AM
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Agree give the lime time to incorporate and raise the ph before dumping in the rest and before planting.
Our state recommends dolomitic lime as it has trace manganese and Georgia soils are generally low on that. I think you mean magnesium don't you Warrior? Dolomite is a good source of it. BTW, it takes about a year for lime to raise up the pH. You want to have a pH of 6.5 -7.0 I am unaware of lime tying up nutrients, but proper pH adjustment will make that fertilizer work better for you rather than leaching away. That one, I can't ever keep those two straight. The lime has to have time to get the ph up otherwise all the fertilizer in the world is useless if the roots can't take it up. The ph is all about the roots ability to to take up the nutrients. There is chemistry involved and I can't wrap my mind around it well enough to explain it. But if the ph is right then the fertilizer is freely taken up. If not then it goes unused.
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Re: Soil test
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03/16/22 10:26 AM
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Is this for a food plot? Take your results to the coop, they will give you the cost, then you can decide what you want to do. You may decide just to put on lime and see what happens. Correct, this is what I did. For 12 acres 22 ton of lime for my fields
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