Lawns - Soil test Lime recommendation

I got the results from a soil test I did on my lawn thru my local extension office. pH came in at 5.5 and they recomended that I do a lime application of 90lbs/1,00 sq ft. I have about 11,000 sq ft. Question is what kind of lime would be best? the local stores carry fast acting, pelletized and hydrated lime.
I also need a new spreader cause the Scotts standard I have currently is too small. The directions on the lime products are for a 5-6 lbs/1000 sq ft application. I need advice on what kind of spreader would be best and what settings would work best to put down the recomended application. I don't mind doing a few passes over the same area, but at 6 lbs, i'd have to go over an area 15 times to put down 90 lbs /1000sq ft.

When I can find it I use dolomitic lime. Don't use the fast acting as it will disperse too quickly. And don't do it at this time of year. It's almost too late. It should be done in the fall, allowing it to neutralize the acids over the winter, so the new growth will have the proper pH. Others may not see it that way, but from years of experience, I have always had good results with my lawn (about 4 acres). I never fertilize mine and can't keep up with cutting it. Needs it now. Of course I use a cone spreader on my tractor, so I can't help you with the spreader thingy. It may be best to look into renting one that you pull behind a riding mower if you have that capability with the tow hole in the back.

I'm not sure what lime product you looked at but the pelletized lime carried where I work is rated as a 40lb. bag per 1000 sq ft not 5-6 lbs per 1000 sq ft.With what we carry,which is a common brand and product,to get the levels recommended you'd just do the job twice.In this area the pellet lime is the exact same as what the big box carries as they buy from close regional suppliers so not sure what you saw.

The Scott's spreader you have should be fine assuming you use something like pellet lime.What you don't want is to use a rotary spreader as it will fling it everywhere.This especially holds true if the lime you use is powdered.As for other than pellet lime,it isn't carried by many retailers here because it just doesn't sell well enough to buy in pallet quantity.

There are various opinions on timing and chandler's idea is a good one.That said you do not want to lime within a month before or after fertilizing.You especially do not want to try and do both at once.

spdavid, do you find more difficult to find dolomitic lime? One manufacturer uses the same bag, but the word "dolomitic" has been removed.

Honestly I'm not sure if the word is on our bags or not.I'm not there and really haven't paid attention.We buy a pelletized lime by multiple pallet direct and buy individual bags of a couple kinds of powedered lime from Ace but I never really looked to see what it says.

I suspect the word was removed to free the manufacturer from any specific formulation or version of the product.I read somewhere that word implied a calcium and magnesium formula but that lime wasn't always that mixture,sometimes one or the other not both.I even read that lime sometimes is sourced from shells and such.

Yeah, we specifically need the magnesium and calcium and it is difficult to find it in limestone products. Thanks for the info.

Larry