skyhightree1
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:shock: :shock: waving white flag I surrender.
Something does not sound right on the 6T/Ac or the price/T.flyboy_40461 said:I'm new here but thought I'd butt into the conversation. I own 31 very rolling acres in Central Kentucky that needs 6 ton ag lime per acre according to University of Kentucky soil testing.
The big question if I need 6 ton of lime dust per acre, how much pellet per acre is a good question that concerns me. I can't find a straight forward conversion.
My land is too rolling for a lime truck to spread ag lime dust. Pellet is my only option, so I plan to use my truck to haul 5 ton pellet from S/S at a time. I'm lucky I have a F3500 dump and 10 ft gravity fertilize/lime spreader and tractor I was concerned about putting pellet lime on hay fields. So now after reading some replies I'm feeling better.. THANKS!
BTW: Southern States Coop here in Central KY, sells pellet bulk by the ton for 1.48 a ton.. that sounds cheap. Local guy who spreads dust gets 180.00 a load for spreading 7 to 8 ton so pellet sounds like a better way to go on rolling land if you can beg, borrow, or buy a old yesterday tech 10 foot fert/lime spreader. They aren't in use much any longer and are kinda cheap.
If surface applying lime, apply no more than two and one-half tons per acre per year. Up to four tons per acre may be applied if the lime is worked into the soil.
kenny thomas said:How are pellets at $148 a ton better than lime at at $22.50 a ton. Either can be spread with the spreader you mention. And everything I have read says not to spread over 2 ton per acre unless you work it in by plowing or something like that to get it into the soil. 6 ton per acre will crust over otherwise. What is the soil PH?
kenny thomas said:Pellets are over $150 a ton here. No way could it be $1.48 even though thats what was stated.
Hopefully he'll look at the bill after the first load before he spreads 180 tonskenny thomas said:I see that. Afraid he is gonna get a big surprise.
kenny thomas said:Isn't 50% ENV very low? Here it's 85 to almost 100.