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["Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com>]

Growing blueberries in bales of peat, you mean with the plastic still holding the bales together?  A common medium for potting blueberries is 50-50 sand and peat but with a wetting agent in the mix because peat moss tends to repel water.  Of course, using a 50-50 mix of peat and soil is often recommended for establishing blueberries in most soils.  Its drawback is that the peat usually only takes a short time to decompose once well incorporated in aerated soil so the benefit of its acidity declines in time if not augmented with sulfur.