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    Quote Originally Posted by Huntinjunkie View Post
    Yes. The advantages of the fast acting lime are that it raises ph faster than pelletized lime and you need fewer bags. The only downside of the fast acting lime is cleaning the spreader when it gets wet it turns into slime.
    I'd say the real downside is that its 4x as costly. The less bags thing, in the long run, doesn't hold water.
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    I can see that I won’t convince you that fast lime is way, way less effective. I mean why wouldn’t farmers use it worldwide? Don’t they value their time too?
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    As I said to keep it simple. 10 bags lime , 4 bags of fertilizer, 100lbs of wheat and oats and durana clover. You will have a nice plot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SaltMuck View Post
    I can see that I won’t convince you that fast lime is way, way less effective. I mean why wouldn’t farmers use it worldwide? Don’t they value their time too?
    From year to year my ph levels on my soil test stay in the 6.5 range and I use very little lime. I was merely letting the op know of an alternative.
    As for farmers they use ag lime because it's cheaper. Without having my invoice in front of me I believe I paid around $80 a ton spread on a pasture in the spring.

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    Well, I did get about 800# lime(pellet and pulverized) disced in pretty good. I know it's not exactly enough, but I'm thinking I can add more in the spring. We'll see how it goes.

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    Your on the right track. I never add what is recommended from soil test and plots do great. When I plant clover I drag in my wheat and fertilizer then spread clover and drag again. If clover is planted to deep it won’t come up!

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    So, I'm pretty happy with the progress so far.
    I did soil sample, added 1.5 metric cubics tons of lime, and planted Durana in the fall.
    I sprayed it about 6 weeks ago and cut it a few weeks later.
    It's not perfect, but looks good to me and the deer stay in it.

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    Good work!


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    Sweet!

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