Easy Acidic Potting Soil Recipe for Growing Blueberries in Containers 

Thanks for this! I’m determined not to kill blueberry bushes again this year :-)

Thank you - I am going to plant one blueberry plant on my patio - Great video - Jelly Bean is the one in my shopping cart

Christa, I find this a very useful video for me since I am going to try my hand at growing my first blueberries here in Alabama. Thanks

Thank you very much for sharing. I grow mine in pots as well and it's amazing how nicely they're growing in there.

Great looking update and thanks for the info

The pine bark is a great idea! I'm doing a couple raised beds for acid loving berries, I'll be adding a few bags of pine bark

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing

I have to say this is the only garden channel I can actually watch for the entire video. Love that it’s strait to the point and on to the next video . Love it great work . Would be nice to see a face at the intro but hey what ever works for you .

Great information. 🙂

Thank you for the information 😊 I'm from tamil nadu 🙂🙏

Can I use your recipe for all berries or just the blue berries?

Looks great! From all of my research, and by the looks of your plans it's a great recipe. I just planned 2 Legacys and a Toro with your recipe. As long as they do well I'm going to repot my other 6 plants in this mix this winter after they've gone dormant. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!

Do you re-pot every year or just refertilize through watering?

Any photos or content with the bushes full? :)

Where did you buy those ingredients from?

Are blueberries in a drain pot? I am getting ready to plant and don't want to put them In the wrong pot. Thanks, Annie

I did this mix but added a slip acidifier also. But I tested my pH with a meter and I get hardly 7. I tested right after I mixed and a lil after. I have small plants I bought online will this be fine as the pH will decrease or what's up. I already lost 4 plants cause I was dumb and used regular soil.

Hi Christa ...👋🏽 Great information. What size are the planters for the new berries? I purchased my berries from Sam's Club in March but it's recommended to plant in May. I live Florida and I hope they're still in the "hibernation" stage. Is there hope?

Bagged garden soil which is containing what except high ph?

How much soil did you add?

Received a blueberry as a gift. I don't even know the variety. Is it necessary to have at 2 plants for them to get a harvest. Very helpful video.

Are those the $10 dollar general pots. Asking because i am trying to determine a good pot size for my darf berry bushes

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For those beginners who want to grow blueberries in buckets: 01. Bucket 55l (15 gallon) 02. Soil from a pine forest 03. Mix the soil with pieces of sticks and pine bark 04. Pine bark mulch Purchased soil is dead soil. No doubt. Purchased fertilizer is not as good as slowly decaying sticks with pine bark. They gradually give the blueberries nutrients. If you really want to take care of the blueberry, it is a good idea to let pieces of pine bark stand in water for several weeks. As soon as the water "rusts", it also has a low ph, then water them. If you have blueberries in black buckets, they will heat up a lot in the sun and the roots will suffer. Either use white buckets or simply paint the black ones white or wrap them in paper or aluminum foil. One last piece of advice: the more varieties of blueberries, the more fruit you will have. Failure is not possible with this procedure

hi, Christa: I just bought several pots of blueberry but their leaves turned red. I'm in zone 7a. I did about the same mix as yours. What gives? thanks

What do you do with them in the winter

could i buy teh seed from U miss....i wish a could

Sphagnum peat and pumice or perlite 50/50 is all you need. Pine bark doesn’t lower ph much at all. As wood breaks down it rots lowering oxygen to the roots. Rotting wood promotes root rot. Sand with low ph is best never let the roots of blueberries dry out. Where in nature do you find ground up trees in the soil?

What zone are you in? How would I do this in ohio and over winter?

I have a blueberry bush that hasn't woke up from dormancy I live in Pearland any ideas what might be wrong with it?

I just want to add that you need smaller pieces of pine bark. The ones you're using will actually cause compaction to an extend because they're a lot bigger. You can find better quality pine bark mulch at nurseries that are shredded to about an 1". The ones at Home Depot and Lowes are about 2-3", which is too big imo.

Hi, i sell Blureray and Bluecrop plants. This is the identical soil mixture i recommend. Ohio. I'm retired and i sell blueberry plants for extra money. I sold 300 plants in December.

pine bark is ph neutral, not acidic

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