Re: sawdust
- Subject: Re: sawdust
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:27:57 EDT
In a message dated 5/17/2002 11:51:48 AM Central Daylight Time,
cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:
> 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
>
That's part of the answer the other part is that they do not like a nitrogen
rich soil.
Acid soils are poor in nutrients because the water leaches them away. The
acid frees the nutrients from the soil particles making them more mobile.
Paul;
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