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how much lime for raised beds?

I have a 4' x 4' and a 4' x 8'. The 4' x 4' has 16 square feet of growing space and requires 8 cubic feet of soil; the 4' x 8' has 32 square feet of growing space and requires 22 cubic feet of soil.

How much lime should I add for the 4' x 4' bed and how much lime should I add for the 4' x 8' raised bed?

I'm assuming I should go by square feet?

I looked at the back of the bag of lime I have and it didn't help much; it recommended adding 2-1/2 to 5 lbs. per
`100 square feet; this doesn't help as I'm not anywhere close to that amount of square footage in my raised beds and it's a very broad and general measurement guideline.

Please specify how much to add in cups, gallons, qts. etc...

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