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[Akka Homestead <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>]

Well, the test is important because it gives you a starting point.  You need 
to know the mineral content of your soils because some things will bind up 
other things and affect the chemistry.  You may have a natural buffer going 
on, too, that will resist change.  Compost is  both a good neutralizer and a 
buffer.
Are you going to lime a pasture or your garden?

Akka

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] Lime
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I'm trying to Google it and just get "follow the soil test".

Rob - Va
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Totally awesome.  I wish I had access to a pasture nutrition class...

Karen L. Black wrote:
> Rob asks:
>
>> What's the rule of thumb for amount of lime needed to raise ph one point?
>
> I don't know of a rule of thumb. It depends on how many hydrogen ions the
> calcium ions need to displace (the "buffering capacity" or cation exchange
> capacity). The more clayey a soil is, the higher the CEC.
>
> I know that my "silty clay loam" pastures, with a pH around 5.5, would see a
> pH increase from 2 tons of lime per acre. One ton would be a maintenance
> level, and more than three tons at once is not recommended. (This from my
> pasture nutrition class several years ago). My instructor was keen on
> hands-on, and suggested that we try several liming levels (i.e. parallel
> strips at different amounts) to see what the pasture did best with. I'm
> getting around to it this year.
>
> If you have done a soil test, here is an explanation of the info:
> http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/agweb/index.php3?numbert158. If you haven't, you
> could try my instructor's method. One ton per acre is roughly 3/4 oz. per
> square foot, or 4.5 lb. per 100 square feet.
>
> Hope this is of some help,
> Karen Black
> Norton Creek Farm
> Blodgett, OR
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