North Central Ohio, across the Corn belt ! | Sidehill - 7/23/2009 22:10
I would to 6. ( If you only do the top 3 inches you will probaly get a higer pH than at 6 inches. Lime slowly works through the soil. ) My feeling is we do move the top 3 to 5 inches in no time some and it does get the lime moved down some. Lime is something you want to stay on top of. Once you get behind it is hard to catch back up. Guy that have kept their liming up have an easier time moveing pH, than guys that lime now and then. Changing the way you sample can have an effect on your lime application. The best way to make soil sampling work with a fertilzer program is do it at the sametime every 4 years, at the same depth, at the same spot, and after the same crop.
( If you only do the top 3 inches you will probaly get a higer pH than at 6 inches. Lime slowly works through the soil. )
Do You mean a Lower PH sidehill ? As calcium leaches Down through the soil profile, and with the decaying Carbon on the surface ! Plus the surface applied Nitrogen ? The PH is most likely to drop some ??? Might be !
Edited by soil-life 7/24/2009 07:15
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Soil pH in no-till
