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To: TASMANIANRED

Thanks.

How about blue spruce needles?

We have blue spruce. Can get pine needles.

Am building another raised bed. Though I could put them in the one by the maple. It doesn’t have full sun as much.

pondering.

Thx thx. I sure love blueberries. Just didn’t realize what I was doing wrong.

Knew about the acid soil but was using acid fertilizer.

The alkaline water must have been a biggy, too.

Is there any healthy way to get the roots to spread out?

It seems like they don’t grow much from the tiny pot form they were originally in.


24 posted on 02/01/2012 2:59:11 PM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Quix

I would do the raised bed but dig down and loosen the soil deeply and work a lot of peat into it.

Peat is acidic. A deep mulch with spruce needles will help with water retention and with acid.

Some roots can’t penetrate hard pan and you have to help them a bit.

You might enjoy this video too.

I’ve watched it a couple of times. Inspiring.

http://backtoedenfilm.com/


25 posted on 02/01/2012 3:13:37 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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