Transplanting blueberries from pots into raised beds

[hawthorns]

My plan if feasible is to dig out 30 cm of a smallish raised bed.Then put a barrier of plastic weed suppressant around it then fill with ericaceous compost mixed with pine needles and rotted leaf mould. The transplant 4/5 blueberries into this bed and top the bed up yearly.

Has anyone done a similar thing with good results

[Jay-ell]

Is that 30cm deep or 30cm wide? I think they could do with a wider space than 30cm. Have a look at number one regarding pine needles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYX-lTFLGhI

I built two small (3'x3') beds for my blueberries and acidified the soil with iron sulphate. Made a planting hole filled with ericaceous compost and planted out the blueberries, lingon berry and cranberries. I'll treat it with garden sulphur in the autumn and spring to keep the acidity.

[hawthorns]

Bed is 4 ft wide and 7 ft long.

[BUFFS]

Give them a really good soak before you move anything,I would get some good ericaceous compost, and put them in at least three foot apart, a really good soak again with a feed of Ericaceous fertiliser, when I transplanted my blueberries they didn't seem to realise they had been moved, and grew away strongly. Give them good soil/ feed and water and they will be happy, they just want to grow..

[Brack]

Same with mine - they just keep getting bigger. I didn't bother with any membrane though, just dug out the soil and refilled with ericacious compost. I've 3 blueberries, a lingonberry and a wintergreen in a bed made in my border.