Zone Forge reads your New Mexico soil test in New Mexico's own calibrated language — the critical levels and rate logic come straight from New Mexico — NMSU Cooperative Extension Service (Olsen-P calibration, calcareous-soil framework), not a national average. Lime is rarely needed per New Mexico's alkaline-soil guidance — no automatic rate is invented.
Per New Mexico — NMSU Cooperative Extension Service (Olsen-P calibration, calcareous-soil framework) — below the critical level, a yield response to the added nutrient is expected.
New Mexico — NMSU Cooperative Extension Service (Olsen-P calibration, calcareous-soil framework) rates these crops in New Mexico:
Published source: New Mexico — NMSU Cooperative Extension Service (Olsen-P calibration, calcareous-soil framework)
New Mexico — NMSU Cooperative Extension Service (Olsen-P calibration, calcareous-soil framework). Zone Forge cites the publication on every recommendation.
Yes — the New Mexico soil-test recommendation calculator is free and needs no signup. Enter your lab values for source-cited P and K. Lime is advisory only here — see the New Mexico lime guide rather than expecting a numeric calculator rate.
Usually not. New Mexico is an alkaline-soil region — Zone Forge does not invent an automatic lime rate. Review the cited guidance on the New Mexico lime guide; if a lab report shows unusually acid soil, confirm with the lab or local Extension before liming.
Zone Forge reads every New Mexico soil test in its own state's language, then builds source-cited fertilizer and alkaline-soil lime guidance (no automatic rate) and full variable-rate prescriptions. See the science →