Do u use elemental sulfur and iron at all? I've got some of both and just read to mix them in equal parts but all the instructions are for in ground planting. I'm wondering how much I should start out using. Oh I see you are talking about the Iron now. Mine is pelleted. I originally got it for the lawn but now I want to use it for the garden lol.
hello, thank you for your blueberry videos. how often should i spray this iron solution on leaves? should i do it everyday until it is fixed? or like once a week?
@@natbackyardgarden thank you for responding. my blueberries are in their third year and i planted them in pots but unfortunately the commercial peat moss i used had starting NPK and limestone in it, so despite of using elemental sulfur and ammonium sulfate and also watering with a mixture of water and sulfuric acid (that has pH of 4.5 -5 as you mentioned in your watering video) still it did not decrease my soil pH, and still it remains at pH of 6.5 . but since i use all of them together (sulfur, ammonium sulfate and water with pH of 4.5-5) my plants still keep growing but now that they are getting bigger i started noticing some yellowing. (we do not have much rain in my area so i have to water with this mixture of water and sulfuric acid). So i think i should start foliar spraying and also maybe i should wash the soil with more amount of mixture of (water + sulfuric acid) that has pH of 4.5-5 . Or just add more sulfur and wait until next year, since we are entering fall? what do you think i should do? do you think watering with too much mixture of water + sulfuric acid with pH of 4.5-5 is bad and can damage soil bacteria?
@@masoudgg7154 What is your method of measuring ph? Are you sure it is accurate with multiple tests from different methods? From what you are describing, your soil should be pretty low in ph so perhaps the problems you are experiencing is too low of a ph. It would take a pretty high ph in the 7+ for your blueberry plants to have any symptoms of iron chlorosis. Yes too much can be bad over a long period of time because your soil ph is perhaps much more lower than you think.
@@natbackyardgarden i have a pH meter for soil, which i stick it directly into the soil and it shows between 6.2-6.5 on my 4 pots. also i measured the pH of water that drained from bottom of pots like you did in this video with paper pH meter, i used a bucket of water with initial pH of 4.5 and the pH of water that dripped down from the bottom of pot was at 6-6.2! so i am pretty sure pH is high. i think i was always cautious about using sulfur and ammonium sulfate so the amount i used for these two matter was low, and i used like 1 ounce of sulfur per 20 gallon pot at the start of spring and 0.3 ounce of ammonium sulfate per week for each pot during summer (in total 3 ounce of ammonium sulfate for each pot during this summer).
Informative video, thanks for the tips!
your blueberries are so lush!
Do u use elemental sulfur and iron at all? I've got some of both and just read to mix them in equal parts but all the instructions are for in ground planting. I'm wondering how much I should start out using.
Oh I see you are talking about the Iron now. Mine is pelleted. I originally got it for the lawn but now I want to use it for the garden lol.
Thank you for posting!
hello, thank you for your blueberry videos. how often should i spray this iron solution on leaves? should i do it everyday until it is fixed? or like once a week?
I would spray once a week! If no improvement then your soil ph is still either too high or too low so the soil must be dealt with for better results.
@@natbackyardgarden thank you for responding.
my blueberries are in their third year and i planted them in pots but unfortunately the commercial peat moss i used had starting NPK and limestone in it, so despite of using elemental sulfur and ammonium sulfate and also watering with a mixture of water and sulfuric acid (that has pH of 4.5 -5 as you mentioned in your watering video) still it did not decrease my soil pH, and still it remains at pH of 6.5 .
but since i use all of them together (sulfur, ammonium sulfate and water with pH of 4.5-5) my plants still keep growing but now that they are getting bigger i started noticing some yellowing. (we do not have much rain in my area so i have to water with this mixture of water and sulfuric acid).
So i think i should start foliar spraying and also maybe i should wash the soil with more amount of mixture of (water + sulfuric acid) that has pH of 4.5-5 .
Or just add more sulfur and wait until next year, since we are entering fall?
what do you think i should do? do you think watering with too much mixture of water + sulfuric acid with pH of 4.5-5 is bad and can damage soil bacteria?
@@masoudgg7154 What is your method of measuring ph? Are you sure it is accurate with multiple tests from different methods? From what you are describing, your soil should be pretty low in ph so perhaps the problems you are experiencing is too low of a ph. It would take a pretty high ph in the 7+ for your blueberry plants to have any symptoms of iron chlorosis. Yes too much can be bad over a long period of time because your soil ph is perhaps much more lower than you think.
@@natbackyardgarden i have a pH meter for soil, which i stick it directly into the soil and it shows between 6.2-6.5 on my 4 pots.
also i measured the pH of water that drained from bottom of pots like you did in this video with paper pH meter, i used a bucket of water with initial pH of 4.5 and the pH of water that dripped down from the bottom of pot was at 6-6.2! so i am pretty sure pH is high.
i think i was always cautious about using sulfur and ammonium sulfate so the amount i used for these two matter was low, and i used like 1 ounce of sulfur per 20 gallon pot at the start of spring and 0.3 ounce of ammonium sulfate per week for each pot during summer (in total 3 ounce of ammonium sulfate for each pot during this summer).
Sir, can you spray chelated iron to blueberry flowers and fruits also?
Thanks.
I would try to avoid directly spraying it on the flowers. The chelated iron can also be drench onto the soil.
Thank you for this. It happened to me before, I killed two blueberries by assuming it needed to be acidified. Lessons learned.