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Lime Free Soil / Blueberry plants

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  • 27-09-2007 1:13pm
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    Planet X
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    Hi,

    Bought two blueberry palnts from the garden centre last weekend. They advised me to plant them in Lime Free Soil.
    Can I plant them in the garden, they grow to one and a half metres high and wide, in a trench with lime free compost? Would that be enough?
    Or. Plant them in very big containers with lime free compost?
    How critical is it? Would a big hole loaded up with specific compost do it?

    Thanks.


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    bmaxi
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    Much happier in containers as they require very acidic conditions. The snag is when it comes to watering as they need to be watered often, with rainwater.
    I grow a variety called "Goldtraub" in containers and it is a very heavy cropper.
    So yes, plant in Ericaceaous compost,with some grit mixed in to give good drainage, in containers in full sun but out of strong winds, water little and often with rainwater (in extreme drought conditions tap water mixed 1gal/1tbsp sulphate of iron), feed with Miracid or similar and enjoy. Don't forget, in warm weather (whatever that is), plants in containers may need to be watered even if it has been p*ing down with rain, so a water butt or even a plastic dust bin, to collect rainwater is a good investment.


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    garyh3
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    Had a great crop this year from my two plant.

    I just put then in the ground with rhododendron soil and fed them on rhododendron feed. Once in the winter once in the summer and I will feed them again next month.

    Pots may be better but I will see what I get next year


    Garyh3


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    bmaxi
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    garyh3 wrote:
    Had a great crop this year from my two plant.

    I just put then in the ground with rhododendron soil and fed them on rhododendron feed. Once in the winter once in the summer and I will feed them again next month.

    Pots may be better but I will see what I get next year


    Garyh3

    You could well be lucky, but you won't really know until the roots have grown through the Ericaceaous compost into your garden soil.


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