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- The lime spreading workout. - GON Forum
The man and I were spreading lime on food plots today preparing to plant clover I checked my rings and decided I needed to record a workout Lime is heavy so I thought why not traditional weightlifting workout Below is the results In the 48 minute workout I had to stop several times to let my heart rate drop 2900 pounds of lime unloaded by
- Lime, Pelletized or powder - GON Forum
I'm no expert or scientist but I can tell you from years of using pelletized lime with zero effect the ag lime is the way to go I have been using ag lime for 3 planting seasons now Fall, spring, fall and just took a soil sample and my pH is 6 5 in one plot and 6 1 in a very sandy plot I never got these results with pelletized lime
- Chicken crap vs lime fertilizer - GON Forum
Ain't worth the effort Best I remember chicken manure has about 1 lb of Nitrogen per 100# Which means you have to put out a 1000# to equal a 100# of 10-10-10
- ATV Lime DROP Spreaders - GON Forum
We just paid a local farmer to spread lime on our plots He delivered and spread 3 tons for $172 00 We use a moultrie spreader mounted on a 4 wheeler to spread seed and fertilizer Unless you just want your own lime spreader, it really doesnt cost much at all to have it delivered and spread We were finished with all plots in about 45 min
- To the people who need bulk lime - GON Forum
"Black Rack": go to Lowe's HD: contractor price for 10+ bags, is usually a little over 3 bucks a bag Generally, in GA, you won't find pelletized available in bulk, but when you are paying the purveyor to spread it, Ag lime is better anyway, far less expensive The reason we buy pelletized lime is we can't get a truck into the spot
- Pelletized lime??? vs Bulk lime - GON Forum
1) The recommended rate of pelletized lime should be based on the neutralizing value of the lime and will probably be about 75 to 80% of that for average-quality bulk ag lime 1560 lbs ac of pelletized would be required to equal one ton of ag lime 2) Pelletized lime is an excellent source of high quality lime
- Pellet Lime vs powder lime - GON Forum
Ag lime bagged pulverized lime has more variability in the particle size Bigger particles have to be broken down before they react with the soil Pelletized lime also has binders to form the pellets that will constitute about 9-10% of its volume mass, so you buy a little bit of inert stuff for the convenience of having pellets
- Question for NO Till Drill guys - How do you lime? | GON Forum
You will notice a huge difference in crop performance if you can do some type of deep tillage like sub soiling or chisel plowing before starting a no till program I always tried to chisel plow or bottom plow after spreading lime to help distribute the lime deeper into the soil profile where the majority of the crops roots grow
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