My blueberry patch sight is only going to be prepared for a couple months ahead of planting, think the PH will be adjusted by then? I wonder if I should plant my bareroot blueberry plants I ordered in containers until PH is in range.
It is likely that the pH will not be fully adjusted from any sulfur you have applied in the previous 1-2 months, particularly if the soils are still cool. However if the soil is warm the pH will start changing and continue to drop over time. If the pH is very far outside the ideal range you may want to wait to plant, but if it started out between 5.0-5.7 or so you are probably ok to go ahead and plant.
Привет! Я слышал что торф через несколько лет полностью минерализуется. так ли это? И какой объём корней для хорошего урожая? Нужен только объём или достаточно качественное органическое удобрение? Спасибо
As somebody very interested in owning my own farm this information is priceless! Answering all my questions about crop and sire preperations and maintenance.
Great video. I just bought some property and dying to get my bushes in. I sent soil samples into the state site in Raleigh a couple months ago, but they are backed and still won't get my report for another couple weeks. I think I'll go ahead and get 3-4 bushes and hope for the best. I have clayey soil (Western NC), but will amend with sphagnum peat moss, organic rich soil, maybe some Sulphur? Perlite? Vermiculite? I'll mound it up good and high, though my land is pretty sloping.
Hello BIll !!! I have a question concerning about site preparation.. I have a possibilty to get for free pine bark, and buy peat with ph 3,5-4.0 , also i can get a pine tree sawdesk. Can you give me a proportion of this ingredients? Pine tree sawdust i can get for very affordouble price. Thank you in advance. And maybe you can answer to another question - every year we must to mulch blueberry bushes. Can i use the same ingredients and which proportion is good?
If the best land for blueberries is one where the water table is within 12 to 24 inches from the surface, why is drainage so vital? Wouldn't draining the land negate that and force irrigation to compensate?
Good question. It has to do with availability of water to the crop while avoiding a constantly saturated root zone, or "wet feet". Blueberries will not tolerate saturated soils, and need good drainage. But good drainage means they are prone to dry out quickly, so you are correct irrigation is used to supplement.
@@ARfruitveg Thanks so much for the reply. I'm guessing this would be the case regardless of the size I purchase. Meaning even if I buy larger plants you would suggest pruning blooms?
@@ARfruitveg woops....A business park in no Ca just planted 500 4ft+ tall plants in early spring 2021. Then came a heat wave 97 degrees... Now they are all fruiting June 25 and they did not follow your guide. They are Patriot, Oniel, and B.J. whatever those are? About 100 died due to poor planting (too high and they dried out) although the tops are still greenish inside so maybe will recover now that they added more soil and water. These are all in the ground. An amature did the planting and I am their self appointed healer:) they used chicken wire baskets to keep out gophers so maybe we will have galv. metal in our fruit? Great info THANKS!
