Soil and Beds
Lime Application Amount Calculator
Planning lime product needed starts with consistent values for treatment area and lime rate. This calculator performs that arithmetic.
Enter values for lime product needed
Lime Application Amount needs treatment area and lime rate from one case.
What Lime Application Amount answers
Convert a soil-test lime rate into product mass. Lime Application Amount limits that task to Treatment area and Lime rate.
Save Lime product needed with the Lime Application Amount units and scenario name.
How Lime Application Amount performs the calculation
Lime Application Amount multiplies factors from Treatment area and Lime rate to produce lime product needed. After this result, Gypsum Application Amount Calculator can calculate gypsum product from area and a prescribed rate.
The example result is 6.40 lb when treatment area at 800 sq ft and lime rate at 0.008 lb/sq ft.
What the lime product needed output means
Focus on lime product needed and preserve the unit basis when testing a second set of inputs.
Input definitions for lime product needed
Lime Application Amount uses Treatment area and Lime rate. The Lime Application Amount entries share one scope.
- Treatment area. Default in Lime Application Amount: 800 sq ft.
- Lime rate. Its Lime Application Amount demonstration rate is 0.008 lb/sq ft.
Collecting data for Lime Application Amount
Take enough readings to see whether treatment area varies across the bed. A single convenient spot may not represent the root zone.
Lime Application Amount beyond the formula
Use the effective neutralizing value specified by the soil test.
Treatment area source record
The Lime Application Amount record should identify the scenario, Treatment area and Lime rate, and Lime product needed.
For treatment area, note whether the entry came from a measurement, count, report, or planning assumption.
Compare the eventual field outcome with lime product needed on the same unit basis, keeping both values.
Lime Application Amount low-and-high comparison
Test Lime Application Amount with Treatment area at 880 sq ft rather than 800 sq ft. The displayed lime product needed becomes 7.04 lb instead of 6.40 lb.
The test holds lime rate constant.
Test a measured range for treatment area when it may alter the decision.
Lime product needed questions
How does “Use the effective neutralizing value specified by the soil test.” affect lime product needed?
The displayed result will not detect that condition. Check treatment area against the actual site before using it.
Does Lime Application Amount replace a laboratory test?
No. Use the test method appropriate to treatment area and preserve its reporting basis.