diamond hunter
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Im looking to raise the ph on my place and i have the question,what implement can I buy solely for spreading lime and what is the best way to buy the lime?
Don't use pelletized lime! That would be expensive and a back-breaker. Trust me, I just spread over 4,000 pounds with a seed spreader and it wasn't fun.I need about 25 tons
I need about 25 tons
Correct, although I can't remember how much less of pelletized lime you use poundage-wise (ex. 1/2 or 1/3 as much, etc....). I did the math a couple years ago and the cost was just slightly more with pelletized lime than ag lime from the figures I was given. We've typically done ag lime - it's always been around $34 a ton where we've gotten itand I know it cost much less per ton...but then I'm also told with the pelletized being concentrated you don't have to use as much per acre? So go figure (just don't ask me how to figure...I asked the guys at co-op and I still don't fully understand the calculation between Ag lime and pelletized?)
I've done that much aglime with my tractor and a PTO driven buggy; it goes pretty fast really. Just make sure you got enough tractor especially if you got hills.
No sir. The lime is actually delivered in the buggy which has a moving floor and spinner/spreader so all I do is hook up and go. Just go from spot to spot liming, when empty, took it back up to the blacktop where the 2nd was waiting. Repeat. Done.So you had the Ag lime delivered and dumped?
No sir. The lime is actually delivered in the buggy which has a moving floor and spinner/spreader so all I do is hook up and go. Just go from spot to spot liming, when empty, took it back up to the blacktop where the 2nd was waiting. Repeat. Done.
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What service/company does this? What did it come down to per acre in total costs?No sir. The lime is actually delivered in the buggy which has a moving floor and spinner/spreader so all I do is hook up and go. Just go from spot to spot liming, when empty, took it back up to the blacktop where the 2nd was waiting. Repeat. Done.
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powder lime will be the quickest and a drop spreader is the best way for an even spread in my opinionIm looking to raise the ph on my place and i have the question,what implement can I buy solely for spreading lime and what is the best way to buy the lime?
In my opinion, this works best.Normally, I have Ag lime brought in from Dickson by dump truck and dumped at the farm, then I will just rent the buggy from the CO-OP. I load the buggy myself with the front-end loader, then haul the buggy to the plots with the tractor.
I agree if its pellets as long as it has the gator in the bottom of the spreader but most bulk ag lime is powder which also do not spread on a windy day and as ask said most co-ops will rent and some will loan a spreader on a first come first serve it depends on how much land you are doing for me if you are doing a small area get your own drop spreader and do it on your free time be it pellet or dust or powder.If it is pelletized lime, any seed or broadcast spreader will work. Ground limestone requires a special lime buggy/truck with agitator.