i am growing blueberries and want to make the soil more acidic with out chemicals any ideas?

Answer 1

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Laying about three inches of organic wood mulch at least to the dripline around the blueberry bush which will allow for greater nutriet absorption in some trees.

Good luck with your blueberries!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

First check the Ph - it should be 4.5; you already know that because you want to add acidic materials. Try pine needles - I also grow blueberries and have other acid loving plants - rhododendrons & azaleas and I mulch them all with pine needles about 3-4 inches deep. Don't use sawdust - it adds nitrogen, which you don't want, and it compacts so much that water may not get thru. Blueberries need alot of water because their roots are close to the surface. We use a soaker hose & run it every 2-3 days for a few hours.

My family loves blueberries! It is wonderfulm to walk otu to your yard to pick & eat. Good luck.

Answer 4

You need to add peat to the soil or enrich with an ericaceous compost designed for acid loving plants.

Answer 5

chicken manure. Although I would use lots and lots of mushroom compost and some conifer or eucalypt mulch first. Blueberries tend to grow prolifically in pine forrests with heavy mushroom undergrowth.

Answer 6

Peat, pine straw, or shredded magnolia leaves will do the trick.

Answer 7

Pine needles.

Answer 8

Coffee grounds.

Answer 9

brew tea and use it add the grounds also it works great