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Liming Your Lawn

Liming is one of the most important things you can do in caring for your lawn.  If the pH is not correct, the soil, in a sense, is "locked up" and will not allow the fertilizer to be released for its maximum performance and the grass to be healthy, green and disease and drought tolerant.

This table shows the pounds of lime needed per 1000 square feet to raise the soil pH to 6.5.

If your soil pH is presently...

Type of Soil	Present pH 6.0	Present pH 5.5	Present pH 5.0	Present pH 4.5	Present pH 4.0
Sandy	20	45	65	80	100
Loam	35	75	110	150	175
Clay	50	100	150	200	230

We have handy little pH soil test kits that sells for $1.39 that is sufficient for the average homeowner to determine the current pH level of the lawn.