GandB Acid Planting Mix

G&B Organics Acid Planting Mix is an OMRI Listed, certified organic blend formulated for acid-loving plants that thrive at lower pH levels. The ingredients include recycled forest products, bark fines, peat moss, sand, worm castings, kelp meal, bat guano, and kapok seed meal. The maintained pH range of 5.0 to 6.3 provides the acidic conditions that many Pacific Northwest garden favorites require. It is registered with the California Department of Food and Agriculture as an organic input material, and every ingredient is verified compliant for organic use.

Use this mix when planting or repotting rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, blueberries, gardenias, hydrangeas, ferns, conifers, dogwoods, and maples. Apply it straight to containers, or work it into native soil at a ratio suited to the planting size. For in-ground planting, blend the mix into the native soil in the planting hole and as a backfill. For containers, use the mix on its own or combine with a small amount of native garden soil.

On the Oregon coast, rhododendrons, camellias, and blueberries are garden staples, and they all want soil that most of our native ground cannot naturally provide without amendment. This mix takes the guesswork out of getting the pH right.