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Our soil is 7.0 pH based on two different
soil tests (A&L Labs). Last fall I decided I wanted to plant
blueberries. I rented a skid loader and dug out room for two blueberry
beds. After removing a significant amount of topsoil and piling it up. I
put a generous amount of leaf litter down. Then added some sulfur on the
leaf litter. Then added the topsoil back to make a couple of terraces for
the blueberry plants. Then added more sulfur and a little urea. In
the spring I planted the blueberries. So far they show no signs of iron
chlorosis. The funny thing is though, I checked the pH of the soil at the
blueberry root zone (about 4 inches down) about a month ago. It measured
still measured 7.0. It appears to take awhile for the bacteria to lower
the pH and for the sulfur to leach down.
Mark
KS
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