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<blockquote data-quote="hevmando" data-source="post: 1247963" data-attributes="member: 19737"><p>I used to work for a fertilizer plant that sold liquid lime. We would apply 200 gallons per acre that was 50-50 water and basically lime dust. This lime had an ENP (effective neutralizing power) of 2000 in a ton. Our typical aglime had an ENP of 1000 in 1 ton of lime. Our high quality washed lime (granular, dry) had an enp of 1500 per ton. The best lime out of Iowa, where the white barn lime comes from is 1500-1700 enp/ton. So with 200 gpa of liquid lime we got the equivalent of 1 ton of regular lime but was very fine so very fast acting, short lasting. 1-2 yrs max. The regular lime would last 3-5 years but at lower percentages each year. Liquid lime is a great product but expensive. The more of the real stuff you can apply (frequency and tonnage) the better and cheaper. Like the other poster said, to harvest tons you need to feed in tons. The other benefit with what we used was the liquid lime was calcium based, not magnesium based, and growing alfalfa and soybeans our soils needed the calcium. Both will raise pH, but which element does your soil also need. Some used gypsum to get the benefit of the sulfur also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hevmando, post: 1247963, member: 19737"] I used to work for a fertilizer plant that sold liquid lime. We would apply 200 gallons per acre that was 50-50 water and basically lime dust. This lime had an ENP (effective neutralizing power) of 2000 in a ton. Our typical aglime had an ENP of 1000 in 1 ton of lime. Our high quality washed lime (granular, dry) had an enp of 1500 per ton. The best lime out of Iowa, where the white barn lime comes from is 1500-1700 enp/ton. So with 200 gpa of liquid lime we got the equivalent of 1 ton of regular lime but was very fine so very fast acting, short lasting. 1-2 yrs max. The regular lime would last 3-5 years but at lower percentages each year. Liquid lime is a great product but expensive. The more of the real stuff you can apply (frequency and tonnage) the better and cheaper. Like the other poster said, to harvest tons you need to feed in tons. The other benefit with what we used was the liquid lime was calcium based, not magnesium based, and growing alfalfa and soybeans our soils needed the calcium. Both will raise pH, but which element does your soil also need. Some used gypsum to get the benefit of the sulfur also. [/QUOTE]
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