Florida · Lime

How much lime per acre in Florida?

Florida's land-grant extension doesn't use a one-size-fits-all number — it uses a published method. UF/IFAS uses classical Adams-Evans; depth default is 6 inches. Enter your soil-test values in the free calculator and Zone Forge returns tons of CaCO₃-equivalent per acre, ECCE-adjusted, with the citation.

Within Florida

South Florida limerock soils have high inherent CaCO3.

Published source: Coastal Plain Adams-Evans (UDel anchor)

Frequently asked

How much lime per acre does Florida recommend?

It depends on your soil's buffer/acidity reading and your target pH — Florida publishes a method, not a single number. UF/IFAS uses classical Adams-Evans; depth default is 6 inches. Enter your values in the free Zone Forge lime calculator for tons of CaCO3-equivalent per acre, with the citation.

What lime method does Florida use?

UF/IFAS uses classical Adams-Evans; depth default is 6 inches. Source: Coastal Plain Adams-Evans (UDel anchor).

Zone Forge computes every Florida recommendation from that state's own published land-grant method — lime, soil-test fertilizer, and full variable-rate prescriptions. See the science →