just word of advise tho if your usin a soil mixin in peat or that has alot of peat, it has a ph of round 4.0-4.2(peatmoss) so make sure u keep testin before an after you add the lime. just whe ya test i'd test runoff as the cheap soil tester i got wit the metal probe deals that says it tests for light ,PH, moisture, and fertility... LOL yea right. none of it is accurate at aall on mine. for some reason my ph on it always ready 7.0 no matter wat i stik the probes into lol. i never tested after i added lime an strait to plantin in it only to later find that i needed liek at least 4 times more tha wat i had added. i went by the chart above as well, but it only brought my ph from a 4.74 to a whoppin whole 5.34 even with addin lime according to the chart.
im just woderin if that chart applies more for a powdered dolomite lime which is faster acting than the pelletized. but not as fast an harsh as hydrated lime.. just wat i waas reaadin soemwhere..
but my horticulture bible says to add dolomite at the rate of 1 cup per gallon of medium/soil mix page 52 i believe if anyone has the book bottom right corner by pix.
so needless to say it was only two days after i put them in theat soil so i took out the peat pellets from soil they was in and put into diff soil mix that was naturally a ph of 6.8 on the nose alone. and no more rotin leaf tips like with a major ph issue lol. and all is welll now. i did throw in a handfull just for good measure tho.