Q: I started growing four blueberry bushes. Two are growing like wildfire, but two died. I did nothing to the soil and only gave the bushes water. I didn’t realize until recently that the bushes had special needs. My local gardening store told me to use Miracid, but I’m not sure if I should. I have four more bushes to plant, but I am scared to plant them. I have the bushes in pots and have them in the house, but they won’t last that way. Another gentleman digs a hole a foot deep and a couple of feet wide and then fills the hole with a mixture of soil and peat. I dont know what ratio of soil to peat he uses other than it appears to be mostly peat. He top-dresses new bushes with sulfur to counteract the surrounding native soil’s tendency to raise the pH level. Every year after that, he places sulfur around the base of the bushes. Is this the best way to plant the bushes? A: The practice the gentleman uses is the most surefire way to success.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 19:00:01 +0000
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