Pine Needles

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  1. ArcticFox1977

    ArcticFox1977 Gardener

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    Hello everyone. I am looking to buy pine needles to mulch around my blueberry bushes. Does anyone know where I could buy them?
    If not, what else could you use to feed blueberry bushes?
    I have 4. I did get a good crop last year, but I have never fed them so far.

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. Sheal

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    I don't know of anyone selling pine needles. Could you not collect them yourself from places like plantations, arboretums or even local large gardens open to the public. With permission of course. :)
     
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    As Sheal suggests gathering your own needles is probably the best option and there are plenty of pine woods in Scotland.
    We've a couple of blueberry bushes and I feed them with ericaceous feed early in the year and then use either homebrewed comfrey feed or tomato feed (both are high K fertilisers) when the blossom has dropped.
    We also had a super crop last year and were picking for a couple of months. Blueberries are a great fruit to grow!
     
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    I've used pine needles to mulch Camelias & Rhoddy's in the past with excellent results but I collected them myself as I had access to a pine woodland..:)
     
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