Q.How ca I decrease the ph level of an over fertilized soil
I have 300 of blueberry bushes. My problem is that they are growing too slowly.
In 2014 I planted them in pots in peat ( 60% ), sawdust (20% ) and sand ( 20% ) and mulch them with sawdust. In 2014 they showed symptoms of over fertilization, but than I did not recognize them. The man whence I buy fertilizer said that is Phomopsis and I trated them for Phomopsis. Now I think it wasn’t Phomopsis, but over fertilization. In this spring I thought that maybe the ph is not good although on the package of peat that I used it’s written a ph of 4.2-4.5. So I did an analysis of soil and I was terrified. The ph was over 6 and the nutrients were 30-40 times higher. It seems that the gentleman that purchase the fertilizers not advised me well at all. The amount of fertilizer was too high
Thus I lost a hundred of them in 2015 and in 2016 I replaced them with another new ones. The new ones have big and shiny leaf and the old have small tarnished green leaf.
After I received the soil analysis I have not applied anything at my bushes. The good thing was that it rained a lot in this period.
I read a lot about how to decrease the ph, but I don’t know which method to apply and in what dose because my blueberry bushes have two problems : ph and over fertilization. So please help me !
look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Simona Marin
The links were not able to be opened.
These articles will help you with care information and how to correct your soil.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blueberries/growing-blueberry.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blueberries/lower-soil-ph-blueberries.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/blueberries/blueberry-fertilizer.htm
