PH change

[kenny thomas]

Lime truck driver spread 4 ton per acre on some of my hayfields today. Waste of money over 2 ton.
If the begining PH was 5.2 what can i expect it to be next year. I tried to calculate using a buffering effect formula but im not smart enough.
By the way our lime is cheap so not going to break me but im sure wasted a fair amount of money.

 

[midTN_Brangusman]

Lime truck driver spread 4 ton per acre on some of my hayfields today. Waste of money over 2 ton.
If the begining PH was 5.2 what can i expect it to be next year. I tried to calculate using a buffering effect formula but im not smart enough.
By the way our lime is cheap so not going to break me but im sure wasted a fair amount of money.

Kenny I always heard anything over 2 ton per acre was a waist of money. What is lime costing you spread? I got a quote the other day for $42 per ton.

 

[kenny thomas]

Kenny I always heard anything over 2 ton per acre was a waist of money. What is lime costing you spread? I got a quote the other day for $42 per ton.

Yes over 2 ton is wasting it mostly. But you potentially could get the PH too high. Especially near the surface. 8.4 is the limit on our grasses i think.
The company i work for which is owned by a cousin has 2 lime trucks. So much cheaper. But lime is cheap here.
Where clinchvalley86 lives it can be bought for $5 a ton. But were not licensed for TN with those trucks plus its 2 mountains away.
I think its $35 a ton here spread.

 

[sstterry]

Here is a picture of just one crushed limestone storage area close to @ClinchValley86. We have several Zinc mines in the area and that is why it is so cheap to buy here. The main cost is trucking.

 

[jltrent]

Here is a picture of just one crushed limestone storage area close to @ClinchValley86. We have several Zinc mines in the area and that is why it is so cheap to buy here. The main cost is trucking.

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That looks like the one on the lower end of the valley down 131. The one on the upper end several years ago was like a mile long pile stacked high. I had a guy a few years ago to spread lime from the lower pile and it is still working. He missed a strip about a foot wide and you could see the difference.