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Determine Lime Application Rate

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SIMPLE TIPS FOR A GREENER ...WEED FREE LAWN OR PASTURE!!

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For large pastures or heavily acidic soils needing significant correction, up to 3 tons of lime per acre might be applied, often delivered by specialized trucks. However, for routine lawn maintenance on an already established lawn (like his 2-acre yard), a much lighter application of about 250 pounds of pelletized lime is sufficient. This step focuses on maintaining an optimal pH rather than drastically altering it.

Goal: The presenter discusses application rates for lime, noting that large areas like pastures might receive 3 tons per acre, but for typical lawn maintenance, about 250 lbs for 2 acres is sufficient.

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need to know as we spread it very heavily over the whole farm now the way we spread this stuff on past year is way different than the way we spread it on our lawn we don't want those big heavy trucks riding through our yard but we do have big heavy trucks that we can have bring lime out and normally they'll bring lime out and we do it at least once a year sometimes twice a year for really trying to bring that pH up and get that grass growing good on reestablished new pasture will put down three tons to the acre my yard is currently about two acres and basically we're not going to put that much lime down okay we're just doing routine maintenance and the routine maintenance is we're gonna put about 250 pounds of lime down on my two-acre yard right here and just do a little bit of lawn maintenance and we also have a high

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