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| I am going to move three blueberry bushes that are not performing well where they are (Shade, nutrients, distant from each other) What can I be doing now to prep the bed for spring transplanting? I also have a new one in a pot that I purchased this year. I hear that I need to get the pH down to 5 or lower. Although I never roto-till, it looks as if it will be best for this one. I am moving soil to the location and will be adding leaf mulch. I understand that sulfur is very good to add. I figure that the bed will be raised about 4 - 6 inches from the ground level. My neighbor has a tomato bed immediately in back of, and slightly down hill from, my new raised bed. I wonder how much my additives and watering will help his plants instead.
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| Add sulfur now and in the spring. It's hard to keep ph down unless your soil is naturally low. In western Michigan you just plant them, must be nice! I suppose they lime a lot for other fruit and vegetables. I myself would only put peat moss and pine bark in the beds. I would mound it too, as it will all disappear So maybe add some garden soil. If you can find it peat compost is good. Also using cottonseed meal fertilizer to the first few inches would be very good too. They love nitrogen and use a lot. |
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