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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 1367654" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>not much use putting down more than two tons of lime at a time as the soil does not have the capacity to react with an over abundance of lime for a magical transformation.....put a couple of tons down and retest and apply annually until you get where you want to be.</p><p></p><p>the ph did not get that low overnight and you are not going to balance it in one application....</p><p></p><p>as others have said the fertility will not be utilized until the ph is right. particularly don't apply too much nitrogen as any not taken up by a plant will either volatilize or leach away through the soil profile.....Nitrogen should be applied to a green and growing plant which can uptake and use it. a little starter nitrogen is fine but then apply to growing crops in smaller amounts.</p><p></p><p>you can build new ground soil by planting cover crops and returning the organic matter to the soil to feed the soil microscopic life.....I have had folks work wonders on poor soil by planting successive cover crops and just bushogiing them and then planting another cover crop....</p><p></p><p>cover crop should include grasses or small grains, legumes (at least one or more), brassicas, and perhaps some other broadleafs. attention should be paid to using some deep rooted crops to break compaction and enhance soil structure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 1367654, member: 6543"] not much use putting down more than two tons of lime at a time as the soil does not have the capacity to react with an over abundance of lime for a magical transformation.....put a couple of tons down and retest and apply annually until you get where you want to be. the ph did not get that low overnight and you are not going to balance it in one application.... as others have said the fertility will not be utilized until the ph is right. particularly don't apply too much nitrogen as any not taken up by a plant will either volatilize or leach away through the soil profile.....Nitrogen should be applied to a green and growing plant which can uptake and use it. a little starter nitrogen is fine but then apply to growing crops in smaller amounts. you can build new ground soil by planting cover crops and returning the organic matter to the soil to feed the soil microscopic life.....I have had folks work wonders on poor soil by planting successive cover crops and just bushogiing them and then planting another cover crop.... cover crop should include grasses or small grains, legumes (at least one or more), brassicas, and perhaps some other broadleafs. attention should be paid to using some deep rooted crops to break compaction and enhance soil structure. [/QUOTE]
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