Apply Calcitic Lime Soil Amendment
At 6:00 in
Fix your UGLY LAWN! Regenerative Farmer shares his cheap secrets
What happens here
The presenter demonstrates loading the Phast Cal granules into both a walk-behind EarthWay EV-N-SPRED spreader and a tractor-mounted Lake River SP-300SS spreader. He reiterates that his soil's pH was 4.0 and he's aiming for 6.0, using the product at a rate to raise the pH (12.5 lbs per 1000 sq ft, covering 4000 sq ft per bag). He explains that the appropriate spreader setting for the EarthWay broadcast spreader to raise pH is '25'. He performs the application by walking and driving the tractor across the lawn. He further stresses that relying on a lawn care service that doesn't conduct soil tests is inefficient.
Goal: Spread the calcitic lime evenly across the lawn to adjust soil pH.
Tools and materials
- Spreader — To apply granular soil amendments over large areas
- TYM T574 Tractor TYM — To pull the tractor-mounted spreader for large area application
- Phast Cal — To raise soil pH and improve soil health