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Am thinking of putting in a raised bed in the lottie for a few blueberry plants. Hoping to get it sorted in the next 2 months so I can get some plants in this autumn!
Just wondering how deep I should make it - was thinking 2 deckboards/gravel boards high so I could get plenty ericaceous compost in (was going to do a mix of topsoil and ericaceous) but then wondered if actually that was really far too deep and I could get away with one and just make sure I dug in lots of the ericaceous at the bottom and checked the pH each year! Also...whats good to mulch with? I don't have access to any pine needles and don't know anyone who has these types of trees so that's probably not a go-er!
Any advice would be great! Have grown them in pots before and we had several years of fantastic crops until they all died at the same time (had a weird scale insect on them...) but wanted something a bit more permanent and we have the space on the lottie!
Am thinking of putting in a raised bed in the lottie for a few blueberry plants. Hoping to get it sorted in the next 2 months so I can get some plants in this autumn!
Just wondering how deep I should make it - was thinking 2 deckboards/gravel boards high so I could get plenty ericaceous compost in (was going to do a mix of topsoil and ericaceous) but then wondered if actually that was really far too deep and I could get away with one and just make sure I dug in lots of the ericaceous at the bottom and checked the pH each year! Also...whats good to mulch with? I don't have access to any pine needles and don't know anyone who has these types of trees so that's probably not a go-er!
Any advice would be great! Have grown them in pots before and we had several years of fantastic crops until they all died at the same time (had a weird scale insect on them...) but wanted something a bit more permanent and we have the space on the lottie!
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