Without this deer food plot ingredient in most locations, your food plot plantings can't possibly reach their potential for volume, nutrition or attraction. In fact in some cases your food plot will fail to grow without the #1 food plot ingredient: Lime. Without adding lime to your food plots and correcting the soil pH, your fertilization efforts are often a waste of both time and money. The first step in creating a great food plot is completing a soil test so that you can 1st correct the pH level of the soil, and then 2nd so that you can address fertility levels. While applying lime may seem like an incredibly boring subject, it is the first step in making sure that your deer food plots are on their way to success, and not failure. There are several ways to spread and apply lime into your soil, and you may be surprised how easy the process raising the pH on your soil can actually be.