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Gabo Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 31 Mar 2015 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:43 pm Post subject: Hi |
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Hello all, im new to this forum and my new hobby is my allotment. Ive always grown "stuff" at home over the years with varying sucess. I have my allotment 2 years , and it still needs a lot of work. Soil is heavy clay, so my first season was spent clearing weeds and adding compost to add nutrients to the soil. Had some nice potatoes, tomatoes, radishes and pumpkins. This years plan is to add blueberry bushes. Im mixing moss peat and compost(70%peat 30% comp.) to give them acidic soil. Not sure if the mix is the best one, any and all advice very welcome.
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Sue Deacon Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 31 Dec 2014 Posts: 1930 Location: West Fermanagh
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Gabo, and welcome to IG.
I have a couple of blueberry bushes and have planted some for other people. I found the ones that have done the best are the ones that I planted in ericaceous compost, peat on it's own doesn't seem to do anything and many composts have lime in them.
Look forward to getting to know you.
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 4922 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Gabo, the link below brings you to an article on this website put up by the owner about blueberry bushes. Somebody else mentioned those bushes a week or two ago and I was searching to see who it was and found this whilst searching.
Still cannot remember who it was.
http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1688.html
Anyway welcome along and put up some photos as it will give us a better idea. Which part of the world are you in?
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Good guy Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Feb 2013 Posts: 2577 Location: Donegal
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Gabo, welcome to the forum. I hope you get as much fun and good information out of it as I have. I'm sorry I can't advise on your blueberries. My soil is on the acid side so I just grow them in ordinary garden soil (enriched, of course).
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 2975 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to our litle community, Isee you are here a year already so you must know what goes on and feel safe to dip your toes, Do join in everyone has something to contribute.
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Ado 2 Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 15 May 2015 Posts: 1177 Location: Dublin
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:59 am Post subject: |
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hi Welcome, I can only add the same, ericaceous compost and grow a few together to get a better yield
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Gabo Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 31 Mar 2015 Posts: 4
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the welcome, advice and the links, im based in Dublin and wasnt aware some compost makers add lime so i will stick with the ericaceous compost to be on the safe side. I bought 3 b.berrie plants from a shop in monkstown, so hopefully they'll give fruits over the next few years, i also keep hens at home for the eggs and the kids love them,
thanks again for the welcome
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 2975 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nice hens, I also have Colombian blacktails, Cream legbars (Blue eggs) anf Suffolk White along with approx 90k native Honeybees (Apis milliifera millefera) were you at Gurteen at the fancy fowl show, we are an ecclectic bunch here.
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Gabo Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 31 Mar 2015 Posts: 4
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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No unfortunately with work and kids i dont make it to many shows, would really like to though, we have 5 hens at the moment, all ex battery rir hens, we did have some leghorns a few years back who gave white eggs, do the bees need a lot of space?
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 2975 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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approx 10km Square
Only joking no I have national hives at the bottom of the garden. But you must know what you are doing as you dont want to annoy the neighbours.
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