21 December 2007

Sulfur for blueberries

I put down about half a 50 lb bag of sulfur along the length of the back fence yesterday. I'm trying to get the soil pH more acidic, with the intention of transplanting some blueberry bushes there in the spring. I tried this last year on a shorter section and later in the winter. The result was that I didn't get it down in time and if I had actually transplanted them in the spring, I would have burned up their roots with all the fresh sulfur. I wanted to get it down in the fall this year but with no rain until just a couple of weeks ago, the ground wouldn't have absorbed it anyway. I hope it's not too late and that I spread it thin enough to do some good but thick enough to change the pH to the range that blueberries like.