South Carolina · Lime

How much lime per acre in South Carolina?

South Carolina's land-grant extension doesn't use a one-size-fits-all number — it uses a published method. Clemson uses Moore-Sikora buffer (calibration equivalent to classical Adams-Evans). 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: Coastal Plain Adams-Evans (UDel anchor)

Frequently asked

How much lime per acre does South Carolina recommend?

It depends on your soil's buffer/acidity reading and your target pH — South Carolina publishes a method, not a single number. Clemson uses Moore-Sikora buffer (calibration equivalent to classical Adams-Evans). Enter your values in the free Zone Forge lime calculator for tons of CaCO3-equivalent per acre, with the citation.

What lime method does South Carolina use?

Clemson uses Moore-Sikora buffer (calibration equivalent to classical Adams-Evans). Source: Coastal Plain Adams-Evans (UDel anchor).

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