speading lime

Anonymous-0

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Posted this on another forum, but I though I would ask here also. Have a small field (14A), soil test from county agent said I need lime. But nobody wants to lime this field because of small size and out of the way. Was wondering if the fertilizer side of an old JD FB B drill could be used to spread lime, or any other suggestions? Thanks.
 
I have seen guys that were going to plow down fertilizer use the bulk spreader to put their lime on before taking spreader back.
 
Local agronomy fellow told me to go with powdered to build it up since the PH was so low.
Field has not been limed for some time.
 
I've spread both powder and pellet with my old New Idea spin spreader, not the ideal way but it got the job done.
 
i bought a small jd lime spreader but i think it was geared more toward fertilizer it would not spread lime from a quarry it just bridged over and sat there had to keep poking at it untill it was empty had to end up selling it.
RICK
 
I'm surprised that 14 acres isnt worthwhile for a truck. Even at a modest 2 ton rate that would be 3 good loads. Other options include renting a lime spreader (our county farm bureau rents one, might want to check around with local conservation districts/etc)
 
It should work, the same as a V box fertilizer seeder spreader. I have used my IHV box spreader, for bagged, granulated, dolomite lime, from Lowes. Kind of pricy that way, but it flows better,
 
What is the PH test result value on your ground? I'm surprised by the advice form "the local agronomy fellow" as hydrated (powdered) lime is very expensive and, although acts quicker, has very low residual for future years.

My native PH runs around 5.7 so based on test results we spread a couple of tons per acre every 15-20 years. Last fall it ran $16.00 per ton spread.

My wife and I owned a small monthly state inspected soil testing lab to supplement our cow/calf operation back when I was in school fresh out of the service. We provided results for PH, P1, P2 and K (no organic or nitrogen) for a whopping quarter. Was time consuming as all test were done using reagents back then as flame spectroscopy equipment was very expensive and mostly used by large commercial labs or colleges. The local Farm bureau charged 50 cents and gave us half. I forwarded test results to the local Extension Adviser for specific recommendations for the individual farms we tested.
 
We bought fertilizer from the local Fert guy....rent us the 10 ton spreader to pull behind tractor for $30....worked great.

Kris A IN
 

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