Planting BLUEBERRY Bushes | How To Lower Soil pH
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Published 2020-10-18
How to Lower Your Soil pH with Elemental Sulfur: • How to Lower Your Soil pH with Elemen...
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0:00 Introduction
1:26 Soil preparation
1:49 In-ground or containers?
3:36 Most common "acidic" amendments
5:52 Peat moss or sulfur?
7:31 Mixing soil/planting blueberry bushes
9:38 Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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Extremely helpful. Thanks for taking the time to provide the information outlining why common assumptions are not as effective as some contend and what does actually work.
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I appreciate your humility.
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Great information!
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Thanks for making this video this helps me a lot as I also have had trouble finding the best way to lower the soils ph
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Great show thank you for very informative information
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Enjoyed your explanation and research you did. Good louck.
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HELL yes!!! THIS is the video I was looking for!!! Thanks for the heads up on coffee grounds, pine needles, etc! Hope your blueberries do/did well! ;-)
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Good vid mate.
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If the local soil is alkaline, there’s a good chance that the local water is, too. I recommend getting a pH meter to measure both. My water varies a bit through the year since some of is treated water, some is from a local aquifer, and some originates out of state. Consider collecting rainwater off your roof as a source for your plants that need a low pH if the city water supply is alkaline.
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Canada is a major producer of peat moss and exports globally. Peatlands represent 90% of the wetlands in Canada and cover 113 million hectares. Of that, 0.02% is currently being harvested, and 0.03% is or has been harvested (ref 5).
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Very well thought out information, it was evident to me that you did your research instead of just creating a video to upload based on the top Google search results, like the coffee grounds thing.
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I just found your videos and have found them very helpful, especially this one on blueberry bushes. I had been wondering the best way to acidify the soil for a blueberry bush. Some of the other comments may be helpful too, but one thing my mother used to say is "if you can't say something nice don't say anything."
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You nailed everything I have just now discovered...it all makes sense now. Hey, excellent video and delivery!!! You know your topic and it comes across very well. High School Teacher in another life?
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There is an apple orchard 2 miles away and we volunteer to clean up apples under the trees. We apply 2-3 pails per bush and then cover with woodchips. Plants that never grew for 4 or 5 years are now 4-5 foot tall. Our garden beds test 7.5 ph.
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Thank you for sharing what you did and why, it was really helpful. I'm researching methods of changing the pH of a raised bed for blueberries and like you, am reluctant to use the peat moss. I'll try the sulphur method and see how I get on.
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Excellent video. Wish I'd seen this before I started doing the same research. Funny thing is, I did almost the very same thing you have. Except I typically use Pine Straw or Leaves for the mulch. It's what is available on the property. Not for trying to adjust the pH, mind you.
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I think this is the way. I’ve seen people say 5 different things but it seems like elemental sulphur is the way to go. I’m also going to water once a month with a quarter teaspoon ascorbic acid powder per gallon since it’s so cheap.
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Thank you for the tips. We should get our order of Blueberry bushes in a day or two. We are not going to plant right away - waiting for closer to Autumn so we can prepare the beds & lower the pH BEFORE planting. We are in SW Arizona (zone 9b) with heavy clay soil (so digging deeper & wider than most other plants we have) & was excited to learn we CAN grow Blueberries here (certain varieties though). They will be protected from all the critters we have here (bunnies, ground squirrels, birds). Judi
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Very informative video. Thank you for this content!
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I was taught that sphagnum peat moss will remain dry in dry soils if applied dry and mixed with those soils. It has a positive effect in clay soils if mixed fry,and if used to add goodness to dry soils, it should be mixed with an equal amount of water. My Sandy loam soil benefits me when I mix water into the moss in my wheel barrow. It really adds water retention, and still permits drainage.
