I mixed cotton burr compost and peat moss. Then tossed in sulfur and some holly tone. I planted my 1 year blueberries in a laundry basket air pruning pot too. Plenty of air to the roots, big enough for a 2-3 year bush, moisture evaporates from the side thus cools the soil, etc etc etc. I can set that basket in a new oil change pan and sub irrigate the basket too if I need to. Once they get big, I have to plant them in the ground or 1/2 whiskey barrels. If we happen to get a sudden hard freeze, those baskets aren't too heavy to move into an unheated detached garage (not much help there but better than nothing). Look up air pruning pots and benefits.
Just put 6 bushes (they say they get 6 feet wide...🤯) Of blueberries in the ground. This region I live in is known for blueberry production and the soil was alive with worms! I needed to know how to make sure the soil was acidic enough. Thank you for doing the research you do! I have 4 inches of fresh for bark mulch to tuck them in for the winter. Didn't know I can cover the crown though, so thank you very much!
I think they are a great investment! I can’t wait until the days of surplus blueberries. Health and wallet! King of antioxidants! Did you know some varieties have more antioxidantes then others? Check out the high bush variety called “rubel.”
Oh my I have been looking for this. Great knowledge being shared to explore ways of making the beatiful plants have a habitat that is what they would get out in the woods. Because that is where they are from!
I am obsessed with blueberries because I am originally from Maine and they bring me warm memories of home. If you have problems growing blueberries the PH might not be fixed with mulch alone and you should look into elemental sulfur as a soil amendment. I just saw this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_B8-1sVcfzE.html the other day that is very interesting talking about pine needles alone as a mulch not helping lower your PH. I think I am still safe in my advice as to take the duff layer from pine trees as having a chance at a lower ph. Blueberries are tricky outside their natural area!
Nice presentation. I like your enthusiasm. Trying BBs for the fifth time. . . [ sigh ] Maybe with all the expert advice on yt I'll have live plants for more than two months.
@@2Birds1Stone_ One out of five is struggling. The other four appear lifeless. My garden neighbor also had all of hers die. That was her third try. BBS just aren't meant to grow in the ground in Neb. Meanwhile I learned about haskaps and ordered three. These are growing vigorously in regular soil. I will take your suggestion and grow in pots next time. Thanks for following up with me. Cheers.
I would add more mulch…..if you have peat moss laying around that would work-with a mulch on top. but The mulch alone will break down to the correct soil type in a year or two. Keep those babies watered if you aren’t getting rain! Good luck! Yea mulch!!
Good info and I need to add more mulch to my blueberries. Unfortunately, I could only listen to you because the camera was bouncing around so much it set off my motion sickness.
Thank you! You know, I just made this video to practice voice-over on my RU-vid learning journey. It was just, “B” role. I hate it because it is my most popular video! It is actually getting time to mulch again. That gives me a chance for a redo! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Paul-I’m new to RU-vid, still trying to find my style. This video has been my most successful by far. Purely the information, seems to work. Thanks for watching!
I am pretty lucky that the birds are not too interested with my blueberries here in Port Angeles but maybe I have just gotten lucky. My grandfather built an elaborate netting system that worked for him. I think you have a few options....build protection (netting with simple structure) or...what I would do personally, not knowing your space, plant more blueberries, with different ripening times. Just to double your amount, unfortunately, taking a loss. With netting you might not even need a structure, and from what I understand the birds go for the ripe berries. So, only as they start to ripen, a cheap plastic netting over them weighed down with rocks. Or maybe, no evidence here with this one, feed the birds away from the berries, during ripping time.
Hey Robert! Thanks for stopping by. I am in a more favorable climate for blueberries zone 8b Olympic Peninsula. But I have tried blueberries on the high dessert in Central Oregon, more similar to you. I was fighting constantly for that PH! I actually bought sulfuric acid and was having some success. The variety of blueberry is important and they have some very new varieties that do well even in Southern California. Containers might be a good idea as well but the watering will have to be more often and it would be helpful to no the Ph of your water source . It is very possible to grow them where you are but it will be more work getting the soil conditions. It is wort it to me but I know some that give up. Don’t give up and experiment! Rainwater usually has neutral or acidic vs tap water in your area. Good luck friend!
@@2Birds1Stone_ Wow! thank you for your prompt and detailed response! Container planting sounds like a good fit for me! Thanks again! Keep me/us posted on your blueberries' progress!
@@RBTrujillo1 I really think containers are the way to go for your area. Mulch the hell out of them...maybe a tiny bit of afternoon shade? Good luck out there!
A bit wrong info, yes cedar saw dust will suppress all the fungi growth and so the mycorrhizae fungi that grows on the blueberries roots and feeds it in symbiotic way.
Hey Stuart! I disagree. I really think they respond well to sawdust! Commercial farms use the hell out of sawdust mulch blowing it into the fields with tractors…..please look into it a bit…
I disagree. I have found best results with mulch right up through the canes. Please verify by googling and going to a trusted source if you don’t believe me. This is advice for highbush blueberry and they like the mulch.
