Massachusetts's land-grant extension doesn't use a one-size-fits-all number — it uses a published method. UMass SPNT Lab uses SMP / Sikora buffer for lime; Modified Morgan for nutrients. Enter your soil-test values in the free calculator and Zone Forge returns tons of CaCO₃-equivalent per acre, ECCE-adjusted, with the citation.
Published source: UMass Soil & Plant Nutrient Testing Lab — Modified Morgan + SMP/Sikora buffer
It depends on your soil's buffer/acidity reading and your target pH — Massachusetts publishes a method, not a single number. UMass SPNT Lab uses SMP / Sikora buffer for lime; Modified Morgan for nutrients. Enter your values in the free Zone Forge lime calculator for tons of CaCO3-equivalent per acre, with the citation.
UMass SPNT Lab uses SMP / Sikora buffer for lime; Modified Morgan for nutrients. Source: UMass Soil & Plant Nutrient Testing Lab — Modified Morgan + SMP/Sikora buffer.
Zone Forge computes every Massachusetts recommendation from that state's own published land-grant method — lime, soil-test fertilizer, and full variable-rate prescriptions. See the science →