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Blueberry planting

9 years ago

Hello,

I am creating a raised bed for my blueberry plants. It's going to be 8 ft wide by 20 ft long. I will be raising it about 15 inches from the ground due to heavy clay soil. My goal is to put as many of the plants in there I can at the proper spacing of 2.5 ft. My biggest thing is the soil mix. I live in Seattle and there's no store that carries potting mix for acidic plants. Can I get some advice on what mix I should you for my soil? I know thru home depot website I can order the Kellogg brand shade mix which is acidic but it's going to be costly. After doing research I found that most people use pine bark, perlite and peat but I want to be sure. Even with pine bark, the only place that sells it is Lowe's and it's really shreded. Does anybody know if those or any of the bark are enhanced with chemmicals? It doesn't say on the bag. I know that Scott's brand is enhanced for color last. In the meantime while getting ready to get the raised bed, I tilled the ground yesterday and added pine bark, peat moss and soil conditioner. I also added some wood chips that were cut from my trees last year and the arborist left a pile on my lot. Sorry for it to be so long but I want to make sure I do this right the first time.by the way I also heard of success stories of people growing in straight pine bark.

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