I wanted to share my calculations for anyone like me who struggles with the calculations and ratios and is doing a small area or container. It took me a long time to calculate this. Hopefully I am not wrong. 🤞🏻 I won't be offended if you check my math. 😅 The California Master Gardener Handbook (2nd ed, page 79) recommends very similar numbers (slightly above and below those shown in the video, so Some Room To Grow hit that sweet spot at 87.5% listed below). PER 1 SQUARE FOOT: Mixed into every 6-8 inches of depth in the soil... - 75% strength: 14 grams of sulfur - 87.5% strength: 16.6 grams of sulfur - 100% strength: 18 grams of sulfur Tip: I took my kitchen scale out to the garden in a clear plastic bag (to keep it clean) and measured the grams out into a mixing cup as I was blending soil.
Thank you so much for doing this, it's incredibly helpful! I went off some recommendations I found in a university study, so I'm glad to hear that they were also in the ballpark. I'll make sure to save this formula for future applications!
It's kind of crazy because I was expecting my bag of sulfur to have some kind of guidelines and ratios... like all the fertilizers I bought... but my sulfur bag was basically like, "ask a friend who knows" 🤣 None of the Google searches I did yielded any results. It's weird how difficult it is to find the formulas. If you hadn't found that university study and I hadn't randomly happened across that Master Gardener Guide... jeesh. The deck was stacked against us. Haha
I have a hard time finding reliable information about so many garden topics, whether I’m trying to learn for myself or researching for a video. Too many myths and anecdotal evidence being claimed as truth.
Great video, cheers. I’ve been growing my 6 blueberry bushes in pots mixing potting mix, coconut coir and perlite than topping with elemental sulphur and mulching with pine tree leaves and they are growing and producing extremely well. Basically, I’ve thrown everything at them and it seems to work but I think the elemental sulphur is definitely the key to success like you have discovered. Thanks to people like you producing good and informative content makes it easy for us home gardeners to learn so much. Cheers from Western Australia 👍😀🌼🐝
Thank you! I’m glad to hear you like the video and your blueberries are doing so well. I do my best to share what I learn so others can benefit, too. Thanks for watching and happy growing!
I put sulfur pellets on top of the soil of my blueberry bush which is in a pot, then watered it in. Worked like a charm! PH (measured with a meter) went from 7.0 to 5.5.
My pellet sulfur did not work fast enough, all leaves turned reddish and fell off. I ordered some fertilome soil acidifier plus iron hoping that would help.
A very clear teaching on acidifying the soil. I appreciate your video especially the soil process . I’ve subscribed from Ireland. This is my first year planting blueberries. I’ve already two established plants in the garden and hopefully have more plants producing fruit over a longer season ( early and late plants) ❤
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I am in exactly the same boat as you were when it came to sifting through all the information and find what is scientifically based. Wish you the best. Thanks again
Thanks for this! Not sure if you are aware, but you can get 50lbs of pelleted sulfur, from your local farm store, for about $18/bag (as of this morning). Going to give my blueberries/peaches another round of sulfur - it's the only thing that keeps them alive with our highly alkaline water here in Florida.
I never measured the ph of the old cottage garden, but I bet it is at least a bit acidic, considering how well the blueberries produce now. They did like pine wood chips and clippings as well.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow it took more than 10 years to get to that size, even though I planted them too close and they are too crowded, which is not ideal. They really take their time to become very productive, but when they do, you have blueberries to spare.
I used to work at a refinery. They had a desulfurization unit that would load up tanker trucks with pure sulfur. There was always some on the ground in chunks in that unit from spillage. I could have sacked up a lifetime supply if only I'd known.
Great video. Helpful information that was to the point and wasn't drawn out on lowering soil PH. Just found out my garden is almost 8. A little late to be applying sulfur for me, but will be adding some this fall and testing again in spring. In the meantime, liquid acidifiers will have to do. Thank you!
For growing in containers without using peat, I've had good success this year using partially composted pine bark (pH ~5.5) mixed with sulphur chips, occasionally feeding with soluble ericaceous fertiliser. The blueberry plant was almost dead but has put on tons of new growth and the leaves are really dark green. We'll see how well it fruits next year!
@@SomeRoomtoGrow I'm looking to grow blueberries next spring so I'm getting the area ready now. I was going to dig a foot down in the area I'm planting, for the soil I was going to use organic compost/peat moss as well as fertilizer that is specifically for blueberries. With the blueberry fertilizer I was going to dissolve it in water and apply twice a week. Is this a good way to get the ground ready for spring 2023?
@@josephwilliams6706 that sounds like a good start, but after you prepare the soil, you should send a sample to a lab to test it before adding any fertilizer. You may not need it. That lab test will also reveal the soil pH so you can determine if you need to add sulfur or not. I won’t be using any fertilizer on our blueberries, just wood chip mulch to feed them slowly and sulfur to maintain pH.
@@josephwilliams6706 that’s definitely too high for blueberries! It may change slightly when you mix in compost and peat as well. But a test will also show all of your nutrient levels. You don’t want to add more fertilizer if your NPK and micronutrients are already high enough. The sulfur or soil acidifier is purely for the pH.
If you ever accidentally over do it, you can use dolomite lime mixed with some oyster shell flour/powder. Mix them at a 2:1 ratio. 2parts oyster shell flour and 1part dolomite lime. This will get you close to an ideal calcium to magnesium ratio and it will raise the pH. If you want the amounts of how much to use, I'd say start with about 20grams per cuft of soil. This should raise the pH by about 0.5. it works faster than sulfur cuz it's a chemical reaction rather than relying on the microbes to convert the components
Thank you so much for this! I just ordered a bag of elemental sulfur. Your results are so inspiring! Do you have a video showing how you amend topically to maintain pH after the plants are installed?
You're welcome! I'm glad to hear it. Yes, I did show a quick clip of that in this video at 2:49. The footage is sped up, but basically I added the same amount of sulfur as the first application. I sprinkled it on the soil surface, lightly raked it into the top inch of soil, then re-covered the soil with wood chips. Blueberries have very shallow roots so you don't want to till the sulfur in. Then, keep testing the pH every year and add sulfur as needed.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow thanks so much! Info on the application rate has not been easy to find. This gave me the confidence to tackle planting my camellias today. How many months apart were your first and second applications?
You're welcome! It was about six months from the first application/planting in October to the second in April (2021). I haven't added any more since then, and I can't even access the plants now that they're doing construction behind our house for the next few months.
Hey! Couldn't agree more! :) We used Elemental Sulfur for our blueberries while planting (mixed it with soil and kept out of the roots) and it worked wonders!
Pine needles can work very well as a mulch, but once they decompose, their acidity is neutralized. They don’t alter the pH of the soil. It sounds like the soil in your pots is pretty acidic on its own.
Why this is so hard to find in my area is beyond me but I finally found some at a farm supply outlet. However a 50lb bag is the smallest they have. 🤣 It's going to outlive me. Hopefully my neighbour will split the bag with me. My soil is at a pH of 8-7.5 no bueno. Thanks for putting out this info.
I bought it on Amazon, unfortunately. You can usually find it at a local plant nursery. It’s often called Soil Acidifier for azaleas, rhododendrons and other acid lovers.
If the plants are in small- to medium-size pots now, you could pot them up to something large, but you shouldn't have to pot them up again after that. They can keep growing in a large pot for many years.
Excellent teaching video! I have raspberries and blueberries in the same bed. Should I move my blueberries to a separate bed before I spread sulphur? I’m worried the sulphur will disrupt the ph needed by raspberries.
Iron sulfate can be useful but it can also be much more expensive than using pure sulfur. We already have plenty of iron in our soil and don't want to hurt our plants by adding more. Here's a study with more info (it talks about ferrous sulfate on page 2): www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/Lowering_Soil_pH_with_Sulfur.pdf
@@SomeRoomtoGrow Thats nice info! However I'm yet unsure of how much I'm gonna need so maybe I ought to give it a try in some parts of the garden and see how it goes! There are also many other benefits of using ferrous sulphate so hopefully it's good! :-D
I hope you have better luck this time! I bought that bag on Amazon. I’m sure you can find some at a local nursery as well. Try Espoma brand “soil acidifier”.
You’re welcome! I have another video on planting blueberries and that includes information about how much to use. ua-cam.com/video/wDieChbjlaU/v-deo.html
Sulfur is best for plants that prefer an acidic soil. The amount will differ depending on what you’re growing and the natural pH of your soil. My first video on planting blueberries shows the ratio I used for our 6.1 pH soil.
I’m sure it’s possible with the right lab equipment and knowledge. I only know that sulfur is broken down by bacteria and we seem to have enough in our soil to process it.
Good question! I haven’t used anything like that, but from what I hear from more experienced gardeners, they’ll only give you a vague idea of your soil conditions. Lab testing is the best way to get accurate info, and it’s very affordable and sometimes even free.
So what is the best method to add elemental sulfur to containers with already established blueberry plants in them? Distribute some on the topsoil in the container? Or do we need to remove the plant from the container, mix it up and re-pot it?
You can mix it into the topsoil carefully without damaging the roots near the surface, then water it in. Most of the plant roots will be in the top 4-6 inches of soil.
Some gardeners like to do that by using battery acid. That may be more harmful to other life in the soil, though, not to mention potentially burning yourself. I prefer the slower, less risky method.
You can, but it’s less dangerous to let the soil biology do that for you. They’ll convert the sulfur over a longer period as well, which will do a better job maintaining the pH over time.
There's a comment that's pinned at the very top of the list of comments that should help. Another viewer did some calculations for various sulfur strengths. It's not an exact science, so you will have to test your soil again after adding sulfur to find out the pH. It will take a few months to lower the pH and if it's still not down to 4.5, you can add a little more.
I would still recommend planting one bush per pot. They need some space to spread out their roots. You’ll still need at least two plants of different varieties that bloom around the same time to help with pollination. Plant them in separate pots and keep them close to each other.
How have you noticed your blueberry plants thriving with this 4.6 pH soil, or similar? Did you have any results to compare against from before amending the pH? I’m just curious because I do not know my pH for plants that produce, I think, reasonably. Though production does fluctuate somewhat year to year.
That’s a very good question. These plants still haven’t produced any fruit, and they may not until next year. They’re the only blueberry plants we have so far. I have heard from some gardeners who say they get good yields even with soil at 6.5 or so. I guess this video is mostly about how to adjust the pH with sulfur, though I would like to do as you suggest and run a blueberry experiment to compare results. Thanks for the idea!
@@SomeRoomtoGrow Blueberry bushes grow slowly, so I am curious whether I could do better or not. I have established bushes, but w ho knows whether they produce as well as they could? And I have tried growing from seed, for fun, and they grow so slowly that I killed the seedlings before they grew beyond the vulnerable seedling stage. Because homegrown varieties can be so, so tasty compared to store bought, I’ve dabbled with growing from cuttings. But any means of getting these cuttings to root and grow into larger, producing bushes is welcome knowledge and experience. It is hard to know whether they are growing at a slow, normal, or fast rate. Look forward to any knowledge you gain and share!
For sure! It sounds like you've already experimented much more than I have. I hope to someday have more land and the freedom to do this stuff full time. Until then I'll keep sharing what I can!
@@SomeRoomtoGrow I appreciate your sharing of soil pH adjustment measurements. I have about 60 hardwood blueberry cuttings taken in late winter. I would be happy to report back here on how well they rooted, in a year, and hopefully some info on how fast or slow they grow in the years after that. I don’t have the land for them, but I’ve read that hardwood cuttings is one of the best ways to propagate blueberries plants. I can attest that softwood cuttings rooted a small percentage of the time, tho I did not have a great humidity or moisture controlled setting for them. (If I’m notified via a comment here in a year or more, that can prompt me to find my way back here to provide an update).
@@ttb1513 wow, that’s excellent! I’d love to hear an update on those. You can also send me a message on Facebook or Instagram if that’s easier. I have links for those on the main channel page. I hope the cuttings do well for you!
The natural process of generating peat moss takes a very long time to replenish. It is not renewable. Why not use Coconut coir to condition the soil. It serves the same function as peat moss.
When people use peat moss then all that’s happening is they are improving soil and not destroying anything but improving and helping to store up more carbon. It’s a Climate helper by using peat moss ❤
While showing the "Globe earth" in your presentation, I couldn't help but wonder how all those people walk around sideways and upside down... go figure...the earth is not a globe but a plane instead according to the bible. Might be time for people to truly wake up?
Obviously you like to read, so I would recommend checking out some physics or astronomy books and research papers. They should be easy to find since there are literally tens of thousands of them out there written by some very smart people who have spent, collectively over centuries, 917 trillion hours (give or take) trying to find the answers to how our world works. The least we could do is spend a few hours reading what they've worked so hard to research and publish. They can even teach you how to design your own experiments to see it in action for yourself! It's truly fascinating. I really do love science, because without it, I wouldn't have been able to respond to this comment that you left after streaming my high-definition video over the internet to your own computer/mobile device. Yes, it would be great for people to wake up to the power of science.
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I wanted to share my calculations for anyone like me who struggles with the calculations and ratios and is doing a small area or container. It took me a long time to calculate this. Hopefully I am not wrong. 🤞🏻 I won't be offended if you check my math. 😅 The California Master Gardener Handbook (2nd ed, page 79) recommends very similar numbers (slightly above and below those shown in the video, so Some Room To Grow hit that sweet spot at 87.5% listed below).
PER 1 SQUARE FOOT:
Mixed into every 6-8 inches of depth in the soil...
- 75% strength: 14 grams of sulfur
- 87.5% strength: 16.6 grams of sulfur
- 100% strength: 18 grams of sulfur
Tip: I took my kitchen scale out to the garden in a clear plastic bag (to keep it clean) and measured the grams out into a mixing cup as I was blending soil.
Thank you so much for doing this, it's incredibly helpful! I went off some recommendations I found in a university study, so I'm glad to hear that they were also in the ballpark.
I'll make sure to save this formula for future applications!
It's kind of crazy because I was expecting my bag of sulfur to have some kind of guidelines and ratios... like all the fertilizers I bought... but my sulfur bag was basically like, "ask a friend who knows" 🤣 None of the Google searches I did yielded any results. It's weird how difficult it is to find the formulas. If you hadn't found that university study and I hadn't randomly happened across that Master Gardener Guide... jeesh. The deck was stacked against us. Haha
I have a hard time finding reliable information about so many garden topics, whether I’m trying to learn for myself or researching for a video. Too many myths and anecdotal evidence being claimed as truth.
And I was ab to eyeball it 😭
What does the "strength" mean?
Great video, cheers. I’ve been growing my 6 blueberry bushes in pots mixing potting mix, coconut coir and perlite than topping with elemental sulphur and mulching with pine tree leaves and they are growing and producing extremely well. Basically, I’ve thrown everything at them and it seems to work but I think the elemental sulphur is definitely the key to success like you have discovered. Thanks to people like you producing good and informative content makes it easy for us home gardeners to learn so much. Cheers from Western Australia 👍😀🌼🐝
Thank you! I’m glad to hear you like the video and your blueberries are doing so well. I do my best to share what I learn so others can benefit, too. Thanks for watching and happy growing!
I put sulfur pellets on top of the soil of my blueberry bush which is in a pot, then watered it in. Worked like a charm! PH (measured with a meter) went from 7.0 to 5.5.
Fantastic! Glad it worked and thanks for sharing.
How long did it take?
My pellet sulfur did not work fast enough, all leaves turned reddish and fell off. I ordered some fertilome soil acidifier plus iron hoping that would help.
A very clear teaching on acidifying the soil. I appreciate your video especially the soil process . I’ve subscribed from Ireland. This is my first year planting blueberries. I’ve already two established plants in the garden and hopefully have more plants producing fruit over a longer season ( early and late plants) ❤
Thanks for subscribing! I hope your blueberries continue to grow well for you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I am in exactly the same boat as you were when it came to sifting through all the information and find what is scientifically based. Wish you the best. Thanks again
You’re welcome, that’s exactly why I make them! Happy gardening!
Thanks for this! Not sure if you are aware, but you can get 50lbs of pelleted sulfur, from your local farm store, for about $18/bag (as of this morning).
Going to give my blueberries/peaches another round of sulfur - it's the only thing that keeps them alive with our highly alkaline water here in Florida.
That’s fantastic! Way cheaper than what I purchased online. I’ll pin this comment so others can see it. Thanks!
I never measured the ph of the old cottage garden, but I bet it is at least a bit acidic, considering how well the blueberries produce now. They did like pine wood chips and clippings as well.
Those blueberry bushes are huge! I hope ours can do that well. I’m sure the pine chips helped, they seem to work better than pine needles.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow it took more than 10 years to get to that size, even though I planted them too close and they are too crowded, which is not ideal. They really take their time to become very productive, but when they do, you have blueberries to spare.
I used to work at a refinery. They had a desulfurization unit that would load up tanker trucks with pure sulfur. There was always some on the ground in chunks in that unit from spillage. I could have sacked up a lifetime supply if only I'd known.
You could’ve run a side business! Oh well, hopefully that stuff is finding a good use.
Great video. Helpful information that was to the point and wasn't drawn out on lowering soil PH. Just found out my garden is almost 8. A little late to be applying sulfur for me, but will be adding some this fall and testing again in spring. In the meantime, liquid acidifiers will have to do. Thank you!
You’re welcome and thank you! Do you have blueberries planted already, and are they in-ground or in containers?
For growing in containers without using peat, I've had good success this year using partially composted pine bark (pH ~5.5) mixed with sulphur chips, occasionally feeding with soluble ericaceous fertiliser. The blueberry plant was almost dead but has put on tons of new growth and the leaves are really dark green. We'll see how well it fruits next year!
That’s great! I’ve read good things about using pine bark when growing in containers. It’s good to hear another success story 😀
@@SomeRoomtoGrow I'm looking to grow blueberries next spring so I'm getting the area ready now. I was going to dig a foot down in the area I'm planting, for the soil I was going to use organic compost/peat moss as well as fertilizer that is specifically for blueberries. With the blueberry fertilizer I was going to dissolve it in water and apply twice a week. Is this a good way to get the ground ready for spring 2023?
@@josephwilliams6706 that sounds like a good start, but after you prepare the soil, you should send a sample to a lab to test it before adding any fertilizer. You may not need it. That lab test will also reveal the soil pH so you can determine if you need to add sulfur or not. I won’t be using any fertilizer on our blueberries, just wood chip mulch to feed them slowly and sulfur to maintain pH.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow I actually did a soil test January 2021 and the lab sad I have a ph of 7.8.😬😬😬😬
@@josephwilliams6706 that’s definitely too high for blueberries! It may change slightly when you mix in compost and peat as well. But a test will also show all of your nutrient levels. You don’t want to add more fertilizer if your NPK and micronutrients are already high enough. The sulfur or soil acidifier is purely for the pH.
Well done! Thank you so much for your advice.
You’re welcome!
If you ever accidentally over do it, you can use dolomite lime mixed with some oyster shell flour/powder. Mix them at a 2:1 ratio. 2parts oyster shell flour and 1part dolomite lime. This will get you close to an ideal calcium to magnesium ratio and it will raise the pH. If you want the amounts of how much to use, I'd say start with about 20grams per cuft of soil. This should raise the pH by about 0.5. it works faster than sulfur cuz it's a chemical reaction rather than relying on the microbes to convert the components
Thank you. Very straightforward exactly what I was looking for. Subscribed!
You’re welcome, thank you for subscribing!
Great video!
Thanks!
Thanks so much for these videos!
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this! I just ordered a bag of elemental sulfur. Your results are so inspiring! Do you have a video showing how you amend topically to maintain pH after the plants are installed?
You're welcome! I'm glad to hear it. Yes, I did show a quick clip of that in this video at 2:49. The footage is sped up, but basically I added the same amount of sulfur as the first application. I sprinkled it on the soil surface, lightly raked it into the top inch of soil, then re-covered the soil with wood chips. Blueberries have very shallow roots so you don't want to till the sulfur in. Then, keep testing the pH every year and add sulfur as needed.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow thanks so much! Info on the application rate has not been easy to find. This gave me the confidence to tackle planting my camellias today. How many months apart were your first and second applications?
You're welcome! It was about six months from the first application/planting in October to the second in April (2021). I haven't added any more since then, and I can't even access the plants now that they're doing construction behind our house for the next few months.
Hey! Couldn't agree more! :) We used Elemental Sulfur for our blueberries while planting (mixed it with soil and kept out of the roots) and it worked wonders!
That's awesome, I'm glad it worked for you!
Pine needles 🌲worked quite well for my blueberries. The harvest was great but I grow them in pots.
Pine needles can work very well as a mulch, but once they decompose, their acidity is neutralized. They don’t alter the pH of the soil. It sounds like the soil in your pots is pretty acidic on its own.
Why this is so hard to find in my area is beyond me but I finally found some at a farm supply outlet. However a 50lb bag is the smallest they have. 🤣 It's going to outlive me. Hopefully my neighbour will split the bag with me. My soil is at a pH of 8-7.5 no bueno. Thanks for putting out this info.
I’m glad you found some! You’ll just have to grow LOTS of blueberries now. 😂
@@SomeRoomtoGrow Oh I do love blueberry pancakes 🤤😂
I'll eat blueberry anything.
Where did you get your elemental sulfur?
I bought it on Amazon, unfortunately. You can usually find it at a local plant nursery. It’s often called Soil Acidifier for azaleas, rhododendrons and other acid lovers.
I have four year old blueberry plants and pots how often do I need to change out there to larger pots
If the plants are in small- to medium-size pots now, you could pot them up to something large, but you shouldn't have to pot them up again after that. They can keep growing in a large pot for many years.
Excellent teaching video! I have raspberries and blueberries in the same bed. Should I move my blueberries to a separate bed before I spread sulphur? I’m worried the sulphur will disrupt the ph needed by raspberries.
Thank you! Yes, they should be grown in separate areas since they do have different pH requirements.
Hey what about ferrous sulphate have u tried that? I read online that its safe
Iron sulfate can be useful but it can also be much more expensive than using pure sulfur. We already have plenty of iron in our soil and don't want to hurt our plants by adding more. Here's a study with more info (it talks about ferrous sulfate on page 2): www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/Lowering_Soil_pH_with_Sulfur.pdf
@@SomeRoomtoGrow Thats nice info! However I'm yet unsure of how much I'm gonna need so maybe I ought to give it a try in some parts of the garden and see how it goes! There are also many other benefits of using ferrous sulphate so hopefully it's good! :-D
Absolutely, good luck with it!
Maybe I’ll give it another try. Where does one buy this surfer? Thanks.
I hope you have better luck this time! I bought that bag on Amazon. I’m sure you can find some at a local nursery as well. Try Espoma brand “soil acidifier”.
Thank you for the information. May I please know how much of sulphur will be needed for a container of any particular dimension.
You’re welcome! I have another video on planting blueberries and that includes information about how much to use. ua-cam.com/video/wDieChbjlaU/v-deo.html
Would adding eggshells as a top dressing help
That’s a good question. I don’t have an answer as far as the acidity, but pulverized eggshells can be good for earthworms.
What if I just randomly mixed in sulphur as I was installing all my landscape plants. Like I have no idea how much?
Sulfur is best for plants that prefer an acidic soil. The amount will differ depending on what you’re growing and the natural pH of your soil. My first video on planting blueberries shows the ratio I used for our 6.1 pH soil.
Can you breed the things the convert the Sulfur?
I’m sure it’s possible with the right lab equipment and knowledge. I only know that sulfur is broken down by bacteria and we seem to have enough in our soil to process it.
What about 90% sulfur and 10% bentonite pellets
Do you water it in after raking?
Yup! It helps to get the soil bacteria working on it right away.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow thanks!
What is your opinion regarding the 2 pronged PH testers? (I have one that is sold on Amazon, 3 in 1 for moisture, light and PH) for testing your soil?
Good question! I haven’t used anything like that, but from what I hear from more experienced gardeners, they’ll only give you a vague idea of your soil conditions. Lab testing is the best way to get accurate info, and it’s very affordable and sometimes even free.
So what is the best method to add elemental sulfur to containers with already established blueberry plants in them? Distribute some on the topsoil in the container? Or do we need to remove the plant from the container, mix it up and re-pot it?
You can mix it into the topsoil carefully without damaging the roots near the surface, then water it in. Most of the plant roots will be in the top 4-6 inches of soil.
Why not put dilute sulfuric acid in the soil, instead of waiting for bacteria to convert sulfur into sulfuric acid?
Some gardeners like to do that by using battery acid. That may be more harmful to other life in the soil, though, not to mention potentially burning yourself. I prefer the slower, less risky method.
Can I use sulfur to lower the pH of peatmoss or coco coir?
I’m not sure, but you could always test it out first.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow ok.. thanks
did u use 150 g in fall and 350 g in spring ? ..
I used the same amount both times
@@SomeRoomtoGrow 300 grams in 3 yrs right?
@RH-zc5dq correct
Thanks for the good information. Please consider not using music background as it makes it harder to hear you clearly.
You’re welcome! I apologize for mixing the music in too loud.
If you mix with water you get sulphuric acid.. can't you do that to feed it to your plants
You can, but it’s less dangerous to let the soil biology do that for you. They’ll convert the sulfur over a longer period as well, which will do a better job maintaining the pH over time.
Sir if ph of soil is 7 then what percentage of sulfur is added to the soil of 38 liter pot the ph of soil will be 4.5.
There's a comment that's pinned at the very top of the list of comments that should help. Another viewer did some calculations for various sulfur strengths. It's not an exact science, so you will have to test your soil again after adding sulfur to find out the pH. It will take a few months to lower the pH and if it's still not down to 4.5, you can add a little more.
How often do i apply sulfur to my potted blueberry
One of my viewers was kind enough to do some calculations for that and left the info in a comment. It’s pinned as the top comment on this video ☝️
@@SomeRoomtoGrow I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. HOW MANY BLUEBERRY PLANT CAN I PLANT IN A 25 GALLON POT? SOME PEOPLE ARE PLANTING 2 BUSHES IN A POT.
I would still recommend planting one bush per pot. They need some space to spread out their roots. You’ll still need at least two plants of different varieties that bloom around the same time to help with pollination. Plant them in separate pots and keep them close to each other.
@@SomeRoomtoGrow ok
@@SomeRoomtoGrow i have oneal, star, emerald, biloxi, and H5
All are early crops
In India half dollar for 1 kg sulfer
How have you noticed your blueberry plants thriving with this 4.6 pH soil, or similar?
Did you have any results to compare against from before amending the pH?
I’m just curious because I do not know my pH for plants that produce, I think, reasonably. Though production does fluctuate somewhat year to year.
That’s a very good question. These plants still haven’t produced any fruit, and they may not until next year. They’re the only blueberry plants we have so far. I have heard from some gardeners who say they get good yields even with soil at 6.5 or so. I guess this video is mostly about how to adjust the pH with sulfur, though I would like to do as you suggest and run a blueberry experiment to compare results. Thanks for the idea!
@@SomeRoomtoGrow Blueberry bushes grow slowly, so I am curious whether I could do better or not. I have established bushes, but w ho knows whether they produce as well as they could? And I have tried growing from seed, for fun, and they grow so slowly that I killed the seedlings before they grew beyond the vulnerable seedling stage. Because homegrown varieties can be so, so tasty compared to store bought, I’ve dabbled with growing from cuttings. But any means of getting these cuttings to root and grow into larger, producing bushes is welcome knowledge and experience.
It is hard to know whether they are growing at a slow, normal, or fast rate. Look forward to any knowledge you gain and share!
For sure! It sounds like you've already experimented much more than I have. I hope to someday have more land and the freedom to do this stuff full time. Until then I'll keep sharing what I can!
@@SomeRoomtoGrow I appreciate your sharing of soil pH adjustment measurements. I have about 60 hardwood blueberry cuttings taken in late winter. I would be happy to report back here on how well they rooted, in a year, and hopefully some info on how fast or slow they grow in the years after that. I don’t have the land for them, but I’ve read that hardwood cuttings is one of the best ways to propagate blueberries plants. I can attest that softwood cuttings rooted a small percentage of the time, tho I did not have a great humidity or moisture controlled setting for them.
(If I’m notified via a comment here in a year or more, that can prompt me to find my way back here to provide an update).
@@ttb1513 wow, that’s excellent! I’d love to hear an update on those. You can also send me a message on Facebook or Instagram if that’s easier. I have links for those on the main channel page. I hope the cuttings do well for you!
Just water with low ph water and wood chips/leaves
Test more frequently you didn't use pellets where volume of pellets help slow release
Good advice, thanks!
The natural process of generating peat moss takes a very long time to replenish. It is not renewable. Why not use Coconut coir to condition the soil. It serves the same function as peat moss.
This is a myth. As he explained in the video. Have you ever looked up the small .003% of the peat moss that has actually been harvested.
When people use peat moss then all that’s happening is they are improving soil and not destroying anything but improving and helping to store up more carbon. It’s a Climate helper by using peat moss ❤
While showing the "Globe earth" in your presentation, I couldn't help but wonder how all those people walk around sideways and upside down... go figure...the earth is not a globe but a plane instead according to the bible.
Might be time for people to truly wake up?
Obviously you like to read, so I would recommend checking out some physics or astronomy books and research papers. They should be easy to find since there are literally tens of thousands of them out there written by some very smart people who have spent, collectively over centuries, 917 trillion hours (give or take) trying to find the answers to how our world works. The least we could do is spend a few hours reading what they've worked so hard to research and publish. They can even teach you how to design your own experiments to see it in action for yourself! It's truly fascinating. I really do love science, because without it, I wouldn't have been able to respond to this comment that you left after streaming my high-definition video over the internet to your own computer/mobile device. Yes, it would be great for people to wake up to the power of science.
You had me until the climate change.
So all the science before that was okay, but climate science is wrong?