RE: sawdust
- Subject: RE: sawdust
- From: C* I*
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:48:04 -0400
>Bill, that's a good point. It always puzzled me that sawdust was/is the
>recommended mulch for Blueberries. I have always used it on my 15+ year old
>blueberries bushes and they are not chlorotic - they are quite healthy and
>produce a bumper crop year after year. Maybe it has to do with the
>extremely acid soil pH (4.5) that blueberries prefer?
>
>Marilyn
Bingo! that is precisely why you mulch blue berries with sawdust
(preferablely pine if you can get it) or pine needles. They love the
acid.
I have several wild ones and dump all the pine needles near them!
Cheryl
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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