Hey guys.
I live in Cleveland and we have land just outside of town. As with everywhere around here, our soil ph is low, usually 5-5.5 depending on the location on our property.
I've been planning on planting whitetail institutes powerplant, or buying bulk and mixing it myself. It is the same 4 ingredients elgato likes for his spring summer annual fields (cowpeas, soybeans, sunn hemp, sunflowers).
Anyway, we've been trying to get our field dry enough to have a lime truck come out. It keeps getting pushed back, so I was curious about the effect liming now is going to have on our planting in April.
I emailed WI, and their VP replied and said there will be some immediate effect, but it could be 6-9 months before it has its full effect and the soil is in optimum ph range. He suggested liming now but not planting until this fall after we've retested the soil and got it in a more favorable condition.
It bummed me out because I've been planning a ton and was looking forward to getting started. Do you think this is the best way to go? We've already got protein out so we do have something to benefit them.
Thoughts?
I live in Cleveland and we have land just outside of town. As with everywhere around here, our soil ph is low, usually 5-5.5 depending on the location on our property.
I've been planning on planting whitetail institutes powerplant, or buying bulk and mixing it myself. It is the same 4 ingredients elgato likes for his spring summer annual fields (cowpeas, soybeans, sunn hemp, sunflowers).
Anyway, we've been trying to get our field dry enough to have a lime truck come out. It keeps getting pushed back, so I was curious about the effect liming now is going to have on our planting in April.
I emailed WI, and their VP replied and said there will be some immediate effect, but it could be 6-9 months before it has its full effect and the soil is in optimum ph range. He suggested liming now but not planting until this fall after we've retested the soil and got it in a more favorable condition.
It bummed me out because I've been planning a ton and was looking forward to getting started. Do you think this is the best way to go? We've already got protein out so we do have something to benefit them.
Thoughts?
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