Gardening in England - Re: Alkaline soil

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Re: Alkaline soil

Bob Hobden

2006-08-09, 1:25 pm

"Alistair Macdonald" wrote
>I have taken in all the advice concerning my sour soil and tender my thanks
>to those who responded. Another associated question. I want to plant half
>a dozen blueberry bushes. What I know of my soil, it is alkaline. How do I
>create an acid soil which is apparently required for blueberries?

A raised bed, dig out the soil from an area, put scaffold boards or similar
around it and fill with ericaceous soil so it is above the surrounding soil,
plant your Blueberries in that (underplanted with cranberries perhaps?).
Your problem will be watering, if we continue to get this sort of summer,
they cannot take hard tap water and will need rainwater, can you collect and
hold enough?

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

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