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Old 05-06-2008, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by braingonebad View Post
The sun is half the problem. But I can almost bet you the soil is alkaline too. Very uncommon for the soil up here to be acid enough for these plants. We're both going to need to ammend it with something and give them special acid type fertilizer. (I have some Rapidgrow for acid lovers - but where? lol)

You can buy a kit or take a sample to a garden center and they'll test it for you, and recommend what to put on the soil to get the acidity up.

I have tried Miracid on it in the past. I should test the soil, too, though.
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