pH scale:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 is highly acidic, 8 & 9 is neutral 14 is highly alkalinic. Lime I believe, will lower the pH, thus it more acidic. Rememeber, the ideal pH for soil is a pH of 7. Everyone on this thread is giving advice on how to make the soil more alkalinic, which is worsening the problem. I have no intentions of offending anyone on this thread, I am merely trying to help out CrystalBaller.