Horticultural Lime to lower Ph?

My soil is too alkaline, I was wondering if Lime would LOWER the Ph to neutral and stabilize it?

Or does it only change it up if the soil is acid?

So far I've half of everyone says that lime raises it, and keeps raising it? (waay past 7.0)
And then the other half says that lime will neutralize the soil ph at 7.0, and will stay there, regardless of how alkaline/acid your soil was before you added the lime..?...can someone please straighten this out for me??

I have a big bag of it so it would save me money if I could just use that instead of buying something else...

lime raises PH.

You can add dolomitic limestone to your media, not enough to drastically change the PH, but it will act as a buffer so the PH doesnt change that much.

but, for your purpose, do not add lime. it is a base. if you want to lower PH get some lemon juice, HCL, or about a zillion other things that are acidic and pretty much inert in soil.

also, how do you know your soil is alkaline? what are you testing, and how are you testing it? do you PH the water before watering? do you test the PH of the runoff, or are you using one of those soil + water + shaking + test, methods?

I bought a Ph/moisture/light meter a few days ago that I tested my tap water with, its around 8.0.

Same with the soil, (which was at 7.0 when I planted, according to the bag label) but my plants have been growing in it for about a month now, and are showing slight Mg deficiencies. I'm guessing the tap water is screwing with the soil Ph?

So I tried mixing lemon with the tap water, and it lowers the water's Ph to about 6.5, will that work to lower the soil Ph too?

Btw, I have a "Ph minus" (sodium phosphate) but it isnt working with the tap water...

oh yea, I meant to ask if the lemons will keep the Ph at a good level if I keep watering with lemon water? I heard that lemon juices will decompose and become alkaline after a while?

dude, are you talking about that cheap plastic ph/moisture/light meter from home depot that costs about ten bucks and doesnt work at ALL?

if so, get a new PH meter and try all this again, because if you're using the thing I think you are then that is likely your problem right there.

as for your question about soil and water PH...the way to control your soil PH is through either planning ahead and making a soil mixture with enough buffering capacity to not have a fluctuating PH over time, or by getting an inert soil and watering with the correct PH water. If you need to make a drastic change in the soil's PH you'll have to flush with a lot of water that is the PH you want your soil to be.