http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402 sabah festivals Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:21:46 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402&cpage=1#comment-10344 cajundud Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:18 +0000 http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402#comment-10344 To acidify your soil mix peat moss with the soil using about 1/3 peat moss and 2/3 soil. Then add aluminum sulphate using the recommended amount. Cover the area with two inches of pine bark mulch. The blueberries will thrive. To acidify your soil mix peat moss with the soil using about 1/3 peat moss and 2/3 soil. Then add aluminum sulphate using the recommended amount. Cover the area with two inches of pine bark mulch. The blueberries will thrive.

]]> http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402&cpage=1#comment-10345 Miditron Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:18 +0000 http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402#comment-10345 if should be just fine if should be just fine

]]> http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402&cpage=1#comment-10346 brian Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:18 +0000 http://sabahfestival.com/?p=2402#comment-10346 Neutral Ph is 7.0. Anything higher than that is considered alkaline: below that it's acidic. Your Ph of 6.5 is already slightly acidic. If you want to make it more acidic work some spruce or pine needles in. Also the traditional (old-fashioned) way to lower the Ph is to add Epsom Salts (magnesium sulphate). Many gardens and farmland are depleted of magnesium and plants do need it to produce chlorophyll. Humans need it for good health as well. Why put a known neuro-toxin (aluminum) in your garden when you can cheaply add micro-nutrients? Another option is to grow Saskatoon berries (Amelanchier alnifoliar). This a bush that is native to the Canadian prairie. It's very hardy (zone 2) and is adapted to alkaline soil. The berries are very good to eat out-of-hand and in pies. Neutral Ph is 7.0. Anything higher than that is considered alkaline: below that it’s acidic. Your Ph of 6.5 is already slightly acidic.
If you want to make it more acidic work some spruce or pine needles in. Also the traditional (old-fashioned) way to lower the Ph is to add Epsom Salts (magnesium sulphate). Many gardens and farmland are depleted of magnesium and plants do need it to produce chlorophyll. Humans need it for good health as well. Why put a known neuro-toxin (aluminum) in your garden when you can cheaply add micro-nutrients?
Another option is to grow Saskatoon berries (Amelanchier alnifoliar). This a bush that is native to the Canadian prairie. It’s very hardy (zone 2) and is adapted to alkaline soil. The berries are very good to eat out-of-hand and in pies.

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