JayG
That's exactly what I was going to do was make large holes and plant into almost pure ericaceous and the clay based bed I want to put them in is at least 18 inches deep before it hits the base clay and is also raised from the surrounding area, so drainage is really good.
My main problem as I see it are the actual PH of the soil itself, I know its Acidic, but is it the correct PH, but as I say, I'm looking to plant directly into ericaceous initially so hopefully it'll be a couple of years before any problems arise.
I've never heard of using Sulphur chips, that's a new one to me, and I'd love to find somewhere to get Pine needles as a mulch.
But thanks to you both for the input, it does help greatly to get a second opinion sometimes.
