Re: [compost_tea] Lime in compost

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:54:21 EDT

Hi Paul -

You are right, I left out a "0". In my original message, the 1600 should
have been 16000. 16,000 pounds is a great deal of weight - money - time. And
the numbers were off. It's 1/60th, not 1/10. Was I writing late at night? I
can mess up sometimes.

Previous post -
Example: Albrecht test says you need 8 tons of lime
per ac. Don't do that, you are wasting money, and
harming surface and ground water. A ton is about 2000
pounds, so the recommendation is to put 1600 pounds of
lime per acre. That's a chunk of change, plus think
about trying to actually spread 1600 pounds. That's a
chunk of change too.

So, instead, of putting the 16,000 pounds of lime ON THE SOIL, you add 1/60th
of that in the compost, and apply a half ton of the compost.

So, if the recommendaiton was 16,000 pounds of lime, then divide by 60 to get
the amount you put, per ton, in the compost.

16,000/60 = 267 pounds in 2000 pounds of compost.

That goes out as a half ton of compost.

Or, if you want to put a ton of compost out, then you would only add 133
pounds of lime in a ton.

OK? Does that make more sense? Check my math and make sure I got it right
this time around!!!!!

Elaine R. Ingham
Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
Soil Foodweb Institue Cambridge, New Zealand
Soil Foodweb Inc., Hilversum, The Netherlands
Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho




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