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To answer your question about blueberries, we usually keep them away from a Square Foot Garden where other crops are planted. Remember that things like berries spread underground through their root system and keep coming up where you don't want them. However, you could go ahead and plant blueberries in a box set aside just for that purpose and we would recommend that you build a long, narrow box (2' wide by however long). Plant them at 1 per square foot. That would help keep them under control and they wouldn't be coming up in other parts of a box where you had other crops planted. You would want to add more compost to the soil each year to replenish the nutrients. Blueberries like acidic soil and the pH of Mel's Mix is near neutral. Peat moss is acidic and so you could add a higher proportion of peat moss to the Mel's Mix. The ideal pH for blueberries is 4 to 4.5 and it needs to stay at this level throughout the life of the plant. You would need to have the soil tested periodically to check the pH and make any adjustments as necessary. |
