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The key with blueberries, and most berries in general, is to keep them well mulched through summer. They like rich, fertile soil with plenty of moisture.

It looks like you have a bark-based mulch, so be sure to keep up the feed to avoid what is called nitrogen draw down, which is the process of nitrogen being drawn out of the soil to aid the decomposition of organic material such as mulch, in turn taking nutrients away from the plant. Something like blood-and-bone (do you guys have that in the US?) applied every 6 weeks. Blood-and-bone is good because its organic and slow acting, so you won't end up with a lot of leaf material at the expense of fruit/berries. I'd also be top dressing with compost or manure once a year or before reapplying your mulch in the spring.
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The farm we got the berry plants from gave a list of instructions on how to care for them.

Blueberries each got a 4 foot diameter hole 18 inches deep. Filled the hole back in 60/40 mix of shredded pine bark multch and peat moss. Was told no compost or manure for blueberries. Fertilize every april and summer before august 1st with some product suggestions, one of which we went with was organic hollytone.

Never heard of blood and bone, will look into.

The other berry plants were dug 1 foot sq hole, spaced a foot apart, except black raspberries which were spaced 2 feet apart. Removing grass from the area around as well. Used aged manure/compost for these berries. Dressed with the same pine bark multch as used for blue berries.

The folks at the farm we got them from were really great. Had instructions all typed up and sent them to us with pictures and ecen a couple links, as well as verbally going over them. I have their number as well to call anytime with questions.

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opie2 said:
I have seen that bag before in passing. Thanks snoop dey oop

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It's basically dried and pulverized animal blood and bone meal. It's rich in nutrients, but slow acting so you don't end up with a massive flush of growth at the expense of productive material, in you case fruit and berries. It does stink a little, so if you have dogs, they will be inclined to go digging for the scent. I just apply it and water it in to disperse and carry it down into the soil. You can use this fertilizer anywhere in the garden, be that productive or ornamental plants, you can even use it for potted plants where normal fertilizers would be inclined to overload and ultimately harm the plant.

The only thing to watch with Blood and Bone is to find a good quality one that's not laced with other ingredients, or bulked with inert material. Some of the higher volume brands in Australia are the worst culprits here as they tend to, for a lack of better words, "water it down" to make more profit. We used to stock a brand that we got direct from the manufacturer, it was fully organic and actually had a little texture to it rather than the powdered dust crap from the likes of Yates and Hortico.
 
DFB said:
It's basically dried and pulverized animal blood and bone meal. It's rich in nutrients, but slow acting so you don't end up with a massive flush of growth at the expense of productive material, in you case fruit and berries. It does stink a little, so if you have dogs, they will be inclined to go digging for the scent. I just apply it and water it in to disperse and carry it down into the soil. You can use this fertilizer anywhere in the garden, be that productive or ornamental plants, you can even use it for potted plants where normal fertilizers would be inclined to overload and ultimately harm the plant.

The only thing to watch with Blood and Bone is to find a good quality one that's not laced with other ingredients, or bulked with inert material. Some of the higher volume brands in Australia are the worst culprits here as they tend to, for a lack of better words, "water it down" to make more profit. We used to stock a brand that we got direct from the manufacturer, it was fully organic and actually had a little texture to it rather than the powdered dust crap from the likes of Yates and Hortico.
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Thankyou man! I have no doubt that you just gave me a better discription of the product than i would have gotten by reading the bag lol

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DFB said:
It's basically dried and pulverized animal blood and bone meal. It's rich in nutrients, but slow acting so you don't end up with a massive flush of growth at the expense of productive material, in you case fruit and berries. It does stink a little, so if you have dogs, they will be inclined to go digging for the scent.
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Gus was apparently interested in the mushroom compost that I added to my raised bed this weekend so I need to block that off from him.
 
MisterSnoop said:
Gus was apparently interested in the mushroom compost that I added to my raised bed this weekend so I need to block that off from him.
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I know straight away if I'm walking my two past a house with blood and bone in the garden, they pull straight towards it, and if they get close, they drop and roll in it. Fortunately it's pretty stinky, so I smell it before they get close enough to roll in it.
 
Big Dave said:
I know straight away if I'm walking my two past a house with blood and bone in the garden, they pull straight towards it, and if they get close, they drop and roll in it. Fortunately it's pretty stinky, so I smell it before they get close enough to roll in it.
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We make our own with a "Wood Chipper"












On a break from clean up/cutting firewood and tomorrow my dad will split it, but I want him to relax his arms they hurt.

Ps, I do not use the chainsaws I help lift and Clean I'm happy with that because I don't have a chainsaw licence.

Pps, We use a hydraulic wood splitter!
 
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Ordered a new hoodie

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With you going to cars & coffee and a Porsche guy this screams you. It’s German for Caffeine and Gasoline…. What Griots calls their meet ups.


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Post service check. All lug nuts properly torqued, this time. New oil, check, but I was worried for a second, it's damn near invisible on the dipstick, I'm not sure what brand they used, but it says full synthetic, they usually use Gulf Western though. I could be in for some extra costs next time around though, the water pump is showing some wear, and the coolant is due for a flush. Can't complain, it hasn't cost me too much in the near 100k KMs I've owned it.PSX_20250327_171004.jpgPSX_20250327_171127.jpgPSX_20250327_172529.jpg
 
Big Dave said:
Post service check. All lug nuts properly torqued, this time. New oil, check, but I was worried for a second, it's damn near invisible on the dipstick, I'm not sure what brand they used, but it says full synthetic, they usually use Gulf Western though. I could be in for some extra costs next time around though, the water pump is showing some wear, and the coolant is due for a flush. Can't complain, it hasn't cost me too much in the near 100k KMs I've owned it.View attachment 138298View attachment 138299View attachment 138300
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You happy with the brand of oil they use?
 
Tasmania said:
You happy with the brand of oil they use?
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Yeah, as long as they're using the correct grade I don't think it's an issue. The 4.0 V6 in the FJ isn't a highly stressed unit. From what I've read a lot of the mining companies use Gulf Western in their vehicles, so it's cost effective, but it works. Fingers crossed of course.
 
Big Dave said:
Yeah, as long as they're using the correct grade I don't think it's an issue. The 4.0 V6 in the FJ isn't a highly stressed unit. From what I've read a lot of the mining companies use Gulf Western in their vehicles, so it's cost effective, but it works. Fingers crossed of course.
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For the coolant flush i would recommend Penrite OEM, being a Toyota I'm assuming the Pink stuff. 🤞
 
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