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</html>";s:4:"text";s:34237:"- PopPop, circa 2012. Pelletized lime will be expensive. From what I can gather Ag or powdered lime works faster because it does not have a coating to breakdown like the pelletized lime does. However, I soon ran across the Sides Spreader. We can't get anybody to spread bulk lime due to location. I would not think twice of putting it all down at once. Yes sometimes expensive too! I've got a new lawn and 2 food plots to lime, but will either need a freeze or wait til it dries up. Do you have a recommendation for a tractor spreader? You seem like a good dude to sit down and have a beer with! Do you have a recommendation for a tractor spreader? In our area, lime top dressed onto grassland works Okay. Ag liming food plots for deer requires traditional farm equipment and quality field access. Agricultural Lime corrects soil acidity and pH levels by neutralizing the acids in soil, so that microorganisms can break down the organic material that replenishes the soil. My local farm supply has a 2 ton lime spreader that they let you use free for a day if you buy 2 tons of lime. I have a tractor with several implements like a 6ft rake that might help spread it. Here is the one I use (a King Kutter 3-Point tractor mounted model), but they also make a pull-behind model that you can use with an ATV. I知 in search of some kind of implement that I can use to spread ag lime on my food plots. Crouse also says it’s a good idea to disk the lime into the soil so it affects the soil closest to the roots, but top-spreading it will work just fine in established plots. Additionally, ag lime is not well suited for applications outside of agricultural uses. The N portion of fertilizer is a lot more volatile than the P and K components. I can get AG limed delivered and spread for $50/ton and its about $230/ton for the bagged stuff. If you have large enough plots where an applicator can come in and apply ag lime for you (10-20 acres) it is probably cheaper to go that route. The concept is pretty simple. It spread the heck out of the the sawdust and chips. The drop spreader sure make the job easy. There has never been a tractor mounted spreader that would spread moist, sandy, AG lime so I didn’t expect to see one. When comparing pelletized lime vs. ag lime, the characteristic that most divides the two products is application handling. How To Correct PH In Food Plots Spreading 3,000 Pounds Of Lime! That is not quite as effective, but a whole lot easier. However, with traditional lime taking months to activate and liquid lime only lasting a single season, PlotStart ® begins working the moment it touches the ground and provides available calcium for years to come. Very solid construction. Sides Spreader has near silent operation excellent for working with deer. I think the effort is worth it as mature bucks readily use high quality forage in small plots that don’t receive much hunting pressure! Bulk lime is less expensive. I’ve had this idea for a while. Here’s why: Pellet lime at 2 tons/acre will cost you about $400.00. The world is fine. It worked well enough that I wanted to go larger scale. However, on larger plots, you are much better off paying a lime truck to spread pulverized lime! Pelletized lime will be expensive. I go in with a couple other guys or just buy what I have to in order get the spreader. Deer farms & food plots need to be limed regularly to maintain PH levels. Raising your pH is not an overnight process. The effects of a single lime application can last up to three years, but it’s a good idea to conduct a soil test once a year to make sure the soil’s pH and nutrient levels are adequate. Food Plots, Supplemental Feeding & Gardening Putting powdered ag lime on food plots. You cant get easier than that. It is fine to apply the fertilizer and lime when planting the seed as long as you can get the fertilizer either into the ground (tilling it in) or apply right before a rain to reduce the amount of nitrogen that evaporates before it gets into the ground. Pellets will spread easier from an electric ATV or pull behind IMO; however, while this type of lime works somewhat faster it is more expensive and does not last as long typically in changing the ph as does ag lime. All drinking aside, I do have a question…How have you been spreading your Ag lime all these years? (6-10-17). it may take a bit of rainfall to move the calcium down far enough to be effective, but many of our pastures are in for the long term, so time is not that big of a concern. Lime takes a variable amount of time to break down and react in the soil. 1. For instance, 400 to 450 pounds of this new lime is equivalent to 2,000 pounds of bulk ag lime, it comes in a bag, so that it’s easy to spread, and it works much faster than ag lime … This past weekend, we were able to get a heavy garden tractor with a trailer and an Allis Chalmers G across the creek using the wooden bridge we built. Altair - a Tripod Mounted Refracting Telescope. That sounds like a great deal of lime to me considering it's on top of a road-less hill that I would not want to have a dump truck try to climb. I知 in search of some kind of implement that I can use to spread ag lime on my food plots. Therefore, properly using lime is one of the single-most important inputs in successful wildlife food plot management. pellet lime, you roughly SAVE $370.00/acre!! Next Last. Sep 20, 2012 #26. elfiii said: Why didn't you shoot me a PM? Sep 8, 2012 #2. Did you make this project? The drop spreader part is very much like the old E-Z Flow spreaders in the way it works. I think I found a solution (for me anyway). LIme … We have done well with our Poor Man’s Plots over the years, so there are ways to keep the budget down and still get results. FREE SHIPPING All Natural Liquid Calcium. DIY Composite Layup and Vacuum Bagging - Making a Carbon Fiber RipSurf for Braille Skateboarding. An arc welder is about the most exotic tool. Killdee Senior Member. Id dint cover as wide an area as a lime spreader but worked a 3 foot path. AG LIME IS CHEAP CROP INSURANCE! 0 Vote Up Vote Down. I appreciate it. Creek, I've spread quite a bit in small plots, but all bagged ag lime is not equal. Keep up the great work Midwest whitetail crew. This may be a stupid question, but do any of you have any ideas on how we can spread ag lime over a 1.5 acre food plot? We mixed the chicken bedding/manure 50/50 by volume with ag lime and loaded the truck with 7 tons of the mix and spread it on a little less than 2 acres. Equipment; Feed Trees; Food Plots; Habitat Improvement; Herd Management Topic: How to Spread Ag Lime on Food Plots: Hi Bill, I first want to say how much I appreciate you fielding all types of questions. 1 Answers. Railroad Rail Lantern / Sign Stand Split With Axe. Believe me, it is a far more important tool in your food plot bag than salt licks! bulk lime in food-plot preparation for the following reasons: 1. You cant get easier than that. Lime is calcium and along with phosphorus is a major component of deer antlers. These food plots are too small to use a lime truck with a belt-driven lime spreader. I have been hiring a guy I know with tri axle truck and commercial spreader. I’ll say it works well enough for me to continue using it in the future. Get The Lime Out For successful food plots, skipping the lime is not an option. 1 of 2 Go to page. Liquid lime is a formulation of approximately 50 percent high quality dry Ag lime (usually greater than 90 percent) and 50 percent H2O. It has the advantage of providing better uniformity of spread over the field in comparison to dry lime. Pelletized lime does have a major benefit for the food plot guy in that it is easily spread from most any type spreader and is readily available at wide variety of co-op’s, home improvement stores, and even Wal-Mart. This is a great time and money saver for many food plotters. Thread starter Bushhog Bob; Start date Sep 8, 2012; 1; 2; Next. Pel lime can be spread with 4 wheeler spreaders or even hand spreaders and walk behind yard spreaders. You need to able to spread lime through tight areas and around trees. A good rule of thumb for ag lime would be a 1500 pounds for 10,000 square foot. The caveats are that we need to cross a creek and then go through a low, wet spot to get to the area. Have a great day. In terms of applying lime to your food plots, the easiest and most efficient method is to purchase lime in bulk and either spread it with a rented lime buggy or hire an agricultural supply dealer to spread it for you with a lime truck. For this reason, small to mid-size operations often hire a professional to come in and spread ag lime. The circus just won't leave town." PappyHoel Senior Member. of Ag Lime » Perfect for liming food plots, yards,pastures, etc » Drop spreads lime in 5 ft. widths: Pull it with your truck » Can be pulled with vehicle to transport, equipped with high speed hubs: PlotStart ® can also be applied over the top on established food plots to enhance growth and nutritional feed value. Lime takes a variable amount of time to break down and react in the soil. If soils are regularly limed so that the pH never gets too low, then the timing … Pelletized lime does have a major benefit for the food plot guy in that it is easily spread from most any type spreader and is readily available at wide variety of co-ops, home improvement stores, and even Walmart. While pelletized lime is easily spread with most spreaders, ag lime requires a specialty spreader. 200 lbs of pelletized lime = >½-1 T of Ag lime (not so), https://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=185476&DisplayType=flat. Sep 20, 2012 #26. The best time to spread lime is always yesterday. Hi Bill, I first want to say how much I appreciate you fielding all types of questions. There are absolutely NO places that rent lime buggies within an hour drive of me. Over the years, I’ve spread a lot of ag lime off of a large trailer onto a small trailer so I could haul it to small hidey hole deer food plot and shovel broadcast it off by hand. Yes, for sure, food plotting can be expensive, but as you say, it can also be fun. Ag lime is also cheaper. This six-footer holds about 600 lbs of lime. Thus, regular liming provides maximum flexibility to lime when you have time and the conditions are right. Food Plots, Supplemental Feeding & Gardening Putting powdered ag lime on food plots. What would you suggest I do in order to fix my ph problems with either bulk ag lime or bulk bagged pulverized lime. I made it from scrap . My local farm supply has a 2 ton lime spreader that they let you use free for a day if you buy 2 tons of lime. Pellet lime would work but cost more, and Ive read doesnt last as long. If your soil needs it, lime is one of the first, most important things you need to do to get the most out of your foodplots. I only spread lime on small plots (1/8th of an acre or so) by hand. This is not only beneficial to your fall food plot, but it is also very beneficial to your spring food plot as well. Go. It’s often the only solution in hard to access locations where liming food plots for deer would be impossible with traditional farming gear. I can pull it with my truck back to the lease, put out the lime and haul the spreader back in half a day. The bagged lime that I buy at my feed store is just like the pile he loads his trucks with. Most experts will agree that a “perfect” PH will be between 6.0 and 7.5. I need to spread about 6-7 tons of ag lime. We have 28 food plots ranging from .25 to 1.25 acres in some rough country. correcting soil Ph is a major step in having a successful food plot. Raising your pH is not an overnight process. It won't spread ag lime but it will do pelletized nicely. Pelletized, bagged lime most often comes in 40-lb. I think the effort is worth it as mature bucks readily use high quality forage in small plots that don’t receive much hunting pressure! Some new innovations have been made in calcium products specifically designed for small food plots. Pellet lime cost to much for 4 ton and dose not last as long as ag lime.. Share it with us! Many areas where food plots get planted are not very accessible to a large spreader used for applying bulk ag lime. For home use, it is typically bought in pellets or powder. It works really well with wet ag lime. After I get my soil sample back this spring and let’s say for example it says add 2 tons of lime per acre…that would be 5 gallons per acre of PlotBoost…do I still need to add ag lime after applying plotboost? flINTLOCK. Very informative. At some point I will upgrade components. Pelletized lime is going to be ridiculously expensive for the amount I need. An additional 20 acres of bottomland will need limed too. Quick Tips Guide To Establishing Food Plots; Monthly Tips for Successful Food Plots; Calculating Food Plot Size — By Kent Kammermeyer / Certified Wildlife Biologist/Consultant NEW Micro Food Plots 300 lb Lime/Fertilizer Spreader quantity. You may want to contact groundbuster equipment and see if a drop spreader is available for rent in your area. Search for: Home; Categories . I use pelletized lime on some of my smaller food plots where I need to spread it with a tractor. I need to add lime this spring on my roughly 2 acres of plots. Thanks for the info. 01-06-2006, 08:42 AM. The system uses ALA recommendations and was developed in partnership with The University of Hertfordshire; Agriculture and the Environment Research Unit (AERU). But large, bulk-lime spreader trucks (right) may not be able to reach remote food plots and will waste a lot of lime by overspreading when applying lime to small or narrow plots. This is the only spreader that will pay for itself! Thread starter #1. A student of this process knows you wait for August at the end of … Food plots where pelletized or liquid limes have been used may require more frequent soil sampling because reduced amounts are applied and soil pH is not maintained. Personally, I’m not willing to go through the work of trying to haul and spread a “full dose” of lime for my 10-12 acres of plots because that would mean hauling, handling, and spreading tons and tons of lime, which is a lot of time and work. A student of this process knows you wait for August at the end of a two month drought so you can get the lime dry as possible. To apply lime powder to your food plot, spread the lime over the surface of the food plot using a drop spreader. I hope that helps. This lime formation is water soluble and has only a small weight as compared to agricultural lime. We mixed the chicken bedding/manure 50/50 by volume with ag lime and loaded the truck with 7 tons of the mix and spread it on a little less than 2 acres. If you are planting a fall food plot, you will want to spread the necessary amount of lime prior to tilling. A total of 30+ acres done in pelletized lime would be crazy expensive. I only spread lime on small plots (1/8th of an acre or so) by hand. I have a guy in central PA that is reasonable and will take his truck anywhere. We can't get anybody to spread bulk lime due to location. Equipment; Feed Trees; Food Plots; Habitat Improvement; Herd Management I am having trouble finding someone to come out and apply ag lime to my 5 acres of food plots. We have 28 food plots ranging from .25 to 1.25 acres in some rough country. STEP 2: Apply PlotStart ® at a rate of 2.5 to 5.0 gallons per acre depending on pH and soil test levels. I did a small proof of concept model with a gallon bleach jug. It spreads very well with my three-point spreader. Sep 8, 2012 #1. Over the years, I’ve spread a lot of ag lime off of a large trailer onto a small trailer so I could haul it to small hidey hole deer food plot and shovel broadcast it off by hand. Sep 8, 2012. Does anyone have any experience spreading AG lime? Lime on a regular basis. When applying lime powder, wear a face mask to avoid breathing it … Ag lime is also cheaper. Killdee Senior Member. Pelletized lime does have a major benefit for the food plot guy in that it is easily spread from most any type spreader and is readily available at wide variety of co-ops, home improvement stores, and even Walmart. If you are planting a fall food plot, you will want to spread the necessary amount of lime prior to tilling. I have a guy in central PA that is reasonable and will take his truck anywhere. In the mean time I’ll wear this one out before that happens. You seem like a good dude to sit down and have a beer with! Later when they would get dirty he would bax blade them out into piles and and get them with the loader tractor and reload them into his cart and go out to the pasture in a higher gear and turn on the motor. With all the freezing and thawing we've had, it could take a team of horses to get one unstuck. I have been hiring a guy I know with tri axle truck and commercial spreader. We accomplish this by spreading lime. Historically, lime has been the source of calcium. Sep 20, 2012 #26. elfiii said: Why didn't you shoot me a PM? Spreading lime is best done after you test the soil to find out the pH level, which measures acidity. From what I can gather Ag or powdered lime works faster because it does not have a coating to breakdown like the pelletized lime does. It’s cool to see you be honest and give all us hunting enthusiasts your tips and humble opinion. This food plot farming is fun and addicting. Bulk AG Lime Spreader for Food Plots or Garden: Over the years, I’ve spread a lot of ag lime off of a large trailer onto a small trailer so I could haul it to small hidey hole deer food plot and shovel broadcast it off by hand. Lime is spread on lawns that are not growing well to help the soil become more hospitable for grass. This lime formation is water soluble and has only a small weight as compared to agricultural lime. For you guys that need to lime your plots yet and are not sure how to spread Ag lime. » Designed to spread Bulk Lime, Ag Lime and Pell Lime » Can hold nearly 2000 lbs. A student of this process knows you wait for August at the end of a two month drought so you can get the lime dry as possible. DeerGro Expert Staff answered 2 years ago. Ground-driven, cast iron, oil bath gearbox that can be disengaged when transporting makes this the ideal for spreading seed, fertilizer, sand and salt and yes Pelletized Lime. There are pro lime spreaders who only spread lime for a living. All drinking aside, I do have a question…How have you been spreading your Ag lime all these years? This is not only beneficial to your fall food plot, but it is also very beneficial to your spring food plot as well. It spreads lime, fertilizer, and grass seed (or any small seed I guess) It would be excellent for seeding food plots as well as spreading lime. Lime powder is finely ground, making it easy to apply evenly and cover more surface area. Re: LIME SPREADER FOR FOOD PLOTS. I used a angle grinder to cut the metal angle iron. Food Plots, Supplemental Feeding & Gardening ; Putting powdered ag lime on food plots. If soils are regularly limed so that the pH never gets too low, then the timing of maintenance liming is not very critical. I don’t use a cultipacker. All drinking aside, I do have a question…How have you been spreading your Ag lime all these years? Thanks for the support. Liquid Lime from Plot Dr. is not only an alternative to hauling in bags and bags of ag or pelletized lime, it can also adjust your soil pH FAR more rapidly than other forms of lime. In … Doing this helps keeps diseases from spreading. Chemical sprays and fertilizers used to supply nutrients and for pest control contribute to soil acidity. The total cost of most pulverized lime applications is between $40-60/ton delivered, depending on your location and the field size. The world is fine. There are three main disadvantages of liquid lime. Jared Day 21: Ground Encounter With A Giant, Drake’s Blog | Two Does One Blind, Winke’s Old Farm, Mike’s Blog | That’s A Wrap, Final Sit Of The Year, Josh’s Blog | Early Shed Bucks, Targeting Tight 9. I need to spread about 6-7 tons of ag lime. The soil sample report says I need to add 3,000 pounds of ag lime per acre to my food plot. The Lime Calculator allows users to calculate a recommended liming rate (t/ha) based on the cropping (enterprise type), measured soil pH, soil type and liming material to be applied. Search for: Home; Categories . More money, but the same product. By spreading AG lime v.s. You seem like a good dude to sit down and have a beer with! The circus just won't leave town." Never use AG Lime in this unit! If your plots are less than an acre, powdered bagged lime is often easier to spread by hand than through a spreader. I only spread lime on small plots (1/8th of an acre or so) by hand. WE just shovel in out of the back of a small dump truck with a spreading motion with the shovels.. Four ton with a driver and 2 guys in the back of a truck 1 to 2 hours tops and it all gone.. Thanks for the info. I think I found a solution (for me anyway). This still takes some time, but my spreader holds 50 pounds so I open the flow gauge up wide and spread each load quickly. I think the effort is worth it as mature bucks readily use high quality forage in small plots that don’t receive much hunting pressure! ! This may be a stupid question, but do any of you have any ideas on how we can spread ag lime over a 1.5 acre food plot? … An additional 20 acres of bottomland will need limed too. It’s cool to see you be honest and give all us hunting enthusiasts your tips and humble opinion. The pel shape is the same as fertilizer pellets and is easily spread with common fertilizer gear. Typical ag lime requires a 12 ton purchase, and can be kept for years, but at a 2 or 3 ton per acre spread rate, does not make sense for most of us when liming food plots for deer. Check out this link. Its terribly convenient however it’s a bit pricey and he can’t get into hard to reach spots. While pelletized lime is easily spread with most spreaders, ag lime requires a specialty spreader. Applied at a rate of one ton per acre, bulk lime may cost anywhere from $11 to $40 per acre VOLUME 12 • ISSUE 1 lime comes in two forms: a finely ground powder and pellets. The first step to any food plot is to make sure your PH balance is ideal. That's how I prefer to spread lime, and if it gets cold enough I will. The important thing is to spread lime, and spread what you have the ability to spread. Lime on a regular basis. A total of 30+ acres done in pelletized lime would be crazy expensive. This still takes some time, but my spreader holds 50 pounds so I open the flow gauge up wide and spread each load quickly. If a hunting lease is a year-to-year agreement, you may choose to apply pelletized or liquid lime to forgo the bulk aglime application. Any suggestions on how to spread using the loader and a rake or drag? I’d guess I’m getting a bit more than half full barrel. B. Bushhog Bob Senior Member. Wet ag lime has the consistency of stiff mixed brick mortar ,not impossible to shovel but lumpy and hard to broadcast. Crouse also says it’s a good idea to disk the lime into the soil so it affects the soil closest to the roots, but top-spreading it will work just fine in established plots. Ag liming food plots for deer . The caveats are that we need to cross a creek and then go through a low, wet spot to get to the area. Many areas where food plots get planted are not very accessible to a large spreader used for applying bulk ag lime. It’s cool to see you be honest and give all us hunting enthusiasts your tips and humble opinion. For you guys that need to lime your plots yet and are not sure how to spread Ag lime. I need quite a bit of lime for the plots and after checking prices on AG vs pelletized. Its terribly convenient however it’s a bit pricey and he can’t get into hard to reach spots. Many areas where food plots get planted are not very accessible to a large spreader used for applying bulk ag lime. bags. Spreader can be pulled by tractor or ATV. With an eye to holding cost to a minimum , I constructed the project entirely with scrap . Tear the bag open and fling it around .... yes it is dusty. Pelletized lime is primarily just ag lime, processed and pelletized. I go in with a couple other guys or just buy what I have to in order get the spreader. 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