How to GROW Blueberries in a RAISED Garden Bed

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In this video, I give you some tips on how to grow blueberries in a raised garden bed.
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@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

G'day Everyone, please read down through the comments section as there are already lots of extra tips on growing blueberries by people with personal experience. Gleening information about a subject from several different sources is always a good idea. Thanks to all for your input and support! Cheers, Mark :)

@michaelconquer2851 3 года назад

can these berries grow in the tropics trinidad and Tobago to be precise

@tonymartino7892 3 года назад

G’Day to you Mark! My wife and I have been enjoying your video’s greatly and it seems we share a similar climate. We are in Ventura County Southern California just north of LA. We’ve been watching on the TV and couldn’t leave comments from there but here on my phone we smashed the like button, joined your subscribers and notifications are on and excited for more good stuff! 👍😎 Thank you sharing. All the best, Tony & Terrie

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

@@michaelconquer2851 I'm not sure... you would need to source a low chill variety suitable to your area. We are subtropical here so it is hot in summer but our winter can get reasonably cool. Frost is unusual but possible. Our varieties are suitable for a subtropical climate👍

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

@@tonymartino7892 thanks guys! Yes we certainly do share a similar climate and just quietly it's pretty good for growing food all year round which is great! Cheers 👍🙂

@michaelconquer2851 3 года назад

can u do a vid of berries than can be grown in my climate

@Realdeal916 3 года назад

I require at least 3 dad jokes per video and Mark never disappoints. Keep up the great work!

@justindees16 3 года назад

Really like how you usually put the inches for us Americans 🇺🇸 lots of love from the U.S.A

@Liap 3 года назад

Mark, you could also do a video about pruning blueberries. How and when 🙂 just an idea 💡 Thanks for this one 👍

@tikrslokis 3 года назад

prune in winter end spring start , if there are such in you area. prune weak,old and sick , leave strongest and tallest and newest, leave 6-9 . do this when bluebery is 4+old each year .

@sunflower6434 3 года назад

@@tikrslokis , I was just about going to ask that question!but you have answered that for me, big thanks

@shannynwiggins8407 2 года назад

@@keithrowell653 I had to do a search and I found this one. Perhaps it’s the one you were referring to. Lots of great diagrams. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E_fglEl9mVo.html

@niftytwo 3 года назад

G’day Mate. I’m laughing my head off just now. I’ve been following you for a few months and loving every video. We have been trying to be successful with Blueberries in the largest Bunnings raised bed, but it’s been bloody slow and inconsistent. I save all of your videos and certainly follow your every move. ( well, some of them). I enjoy your sense of humour as only Aussies can do. Thank you very much for all you do. We are with you all the way. Stay safe. Nifty.

@Selfsufficientme 3 года назад

G'day Nifty, thanks mate and good on ya for getting into it! Cheers :)

@weibie 3 года назад

Something else to remember is your climate. Blueberries are a northern climate plant. It you live in areas which get little to no winter, at or below freezing, that is probably another reason your blueberries will fail. The good news is there are 3 types of blueberry bushes; low bush for the far north, or in Australia's case south, high bush for mid latitudes which still get winter freezing, and southern types are called rabbit eye blueberries. Rabbit eyes are much larger than high bush varieties but they can take the warmer climate conditions. So in areas where you live the best bet is to get a rabbit eye variety and make sure you amend the soil to and acidic value between 4.5 and 5.5. You should have much better success with this sort of setup.

@goto8438 3 года назад

Yes, especially large commercial growers will have farms with different varieties in different climates so they have produce for a good part of the year. Blueberries are produced in the full tropics to the cooler south in Australia.

@carlramirez6339 3 года назад

@@christinefrankewich3496 I am surprised that any blueberries can grow at all in Las Vegas' heat and low humidity.

@N3yo100 3 года назад

Thank you!

@deehuckleberry3999 3 года назад

Test your water ph as well, does no good to amend soil to 4 just to water it with 8. Our well water is pretty alkaline, 7.5, so I water my raised acid beds with a neutral ph bottle water with a smidge of sulphur in it.

@mewarnai.sambil.bercerita 3 года назад

Wow..thank you for your information. I am in indonesia and i really want to have blueberries on my garden

@abdalrhmanjarbou3858 3 года назад

This guy changed the way I plant everything Thank you sir you are a real teacher we never thought we needed

@keenfire8151 2 года назад

My great grandfather told me when I was young, that you ALWAYS need to plant 2 blueberry plants together. For some reason they share bonds more so than any other planet of its type. Happy plants produce better fruit.

@fransouthall1528 3 года назад

From Worcestershire England , love your videos , finding them helpful even though we are the other side the world , thank you.

@Gunns57 3 года назад

I transplanted my blueberries into Birdie beds last fall. Filled it like you did and tested the PH. Added amendments per the test and they did much better. Got to take a soil sample and get it tested this fall and amend accordingly. PS: Brown pine needles are not acidic. They are neutral PH. Green ones are acidic but once they go brown they are not.

@MashVB 3 года назад

Yes, you do not pack mulch around stems/bark because of rotting issues, HOWEVER, it is NOT the case with blueberries. You DO want to pack mulch and mount it an inch or two a year as the new shoots come from that area. You learned that yourself just by observing. Great job !!!

@etiennelouw9244 Год назад

I thought that they only grew in cold places, now I am going to give it a go.

@scottroberts5033 3 года назад

I read that a 50:50 mix of rose potting mix and coarse pine mulch was the trick. I have two in pots with that mix and they have doubled in size in a little over a year and haven't stopped producing fruit the past couple of months.

@gnarlytreeman 3 года назад

Blueberries grow fine in sandy soil with bit of clay, they don't grow a deep root system, so you only need a top 6 inches of soil. Organic matter is a bonus for them.

@nadineb2726 5 месяцев назад

Starting my blueberries tomorrow... My orchard and veggie garden is coming along one seed at a time. I needed to own my own property to put this type of work in and now that I do I am so very excited and I watch regularly. I trust what you're saying is true and your disposition is enjoyable. Thank you so much

@Mccaid 3 года назад

This has got to be one of the top 10 best channels on youtube

@IronbirdAIT 3 года назад

We have wild blueberries here, I have a small spot of them. They mostly grow by themselves but to get a better crop I hit them with the weedwacker after harvest and they come back every other year. Best tasting blueberries are wild IMO.

@ddtnaturefarm0707 3 года назад

Thank you so much self sufficient, I am amaze even before of your videos, I am also started to have a farm inspired by your videos, thank you so much

@DirtBandit 3 года назад

As always I love your videos. I enjoy your videos because you seem like a genuine guy and not fake like a lot of other youtubers out there. Thanks for the great content!

@srisuminarsih 3 года назад

Amazing,,you are great ,, and inspire many people,, God bless you Mr...👍

@bettytroyer6665 3 года назад

Here in Pennsylvania we have to build complete cages over our plants. A frame that the bird netting can be put on as the berries begin to ripen...

@Hunter-ef2is Месяц назад

I think I’ve learnt pretty much everything about gardening and my plants just because of watching your videos 👍

@georgmettmann5722 3 года назад

Looks very good. i got 7 different strains of blueberries :) if you can get a hand on it, try "pink lemonade". as the name says it, it will give you pink berries, but honestly i never tasted a better blueberry. and i have 6 different "blue" blueberrys. when ever i can get a new strain, i buy it.

@ianh7710 Год назад

G'day from Mackay Queensland Australia 🇦🇺 mate I watched your video 6 months ago now I am raising 8 blueberry plants

@michaelmakridakis9546 3 года назад

Hi Mark I've been watching your excellent content for about 6 months now. You really are an inspiration. I have a house in the northside of Brisbane, so our climate and soil seems to be broadly similar. Recently I have suffered a bout of avocado psychosis - I am about to plant a bunch of them. I have taken all of your advice into account, as well as the advice of others. I think your followers would really like to see an avocado update from you including varieties, cropping, growth, ages, best varieties, taste, etc etc. Anyway, keep up the excellent work mate! Michael

@makdjukic5514 3 года назад

Mark it's perfect timing every bloody time! Here I am trying to decide on which blueberry variety to try and how many I need, whether I keep them in a raised bed or a pot and here we are! Love the content mate! Love from SA.

@terrim.602 Год назад

I knew you would have the info I needed! I bought 3 large plants this year. I have bought so many small ones that died over the years, I decided no more! On the coast of Washington state where I grew up, blue berries thrived. Our back yard was lined with them as shrubs. We never bothered eating them. Can you believe that?! What a waste! Now I live in a much different climate, where it's insane cold in the winter, and summer feels good when it's only 100° 🙄. I am trying to find a good place to plant them, and now I think I'll plant them in my raised beds! I have to bird net everything due to chickens, hawks and my dang cats and dogs! 😍

@PlatoonGoon 3 года назад

This year my garden was really dreadful. Woodchucks ate 75% of the ripe veg. Snails ate the rest. Did everything imaginable, having captured and killed many after no option they still never let up. Just really bad. I'm glad you don't have woodchucks in aus at all, and I'm glad your garden is well. Take care.

@christianerardt3705 3 года назад

The berry eating birds remember me when I had a garden ones. It was full of snails. So I got lend 3 ducks from a farmers wife. That worked greatly ... first. They ate all the snails ... when my strawberries got red ... while the number of snails went down ... the ducks found out how tasty red strawberries are. So I had to be faster than them 😉 ... that worked quitely ... until they found out: the green strawberries are eatable as well ... I had no chance. 😞 Later I changed to high beds. 👍So the ducks were no more the problem - and the snails couldn't climb into the beds so easily.

@bluebowser3121 2 года назад

teabags are good for composting to make acidic soil. You can spread old teabags on your beds as mulch.

@DK-qx3lv 3 года назад

I just bought blueberries and found your video...thank you!!!!!

@melvanini 5 месяцев назад

I did this two years ago and then this summer the chooks got into them and dug them up. Time to buy some more plants!

@respecthumankind333 2 года назад

Mark😂❤️ I love your videos, your charismatic personality always puts a smile on my face. Also I can always rely on you for tons of practical knowledge and experience✨

@debihediger4760 3 года назад

Great idea on how to use the PVC to cover it and hold up the net!

@isabellaabruzzi9611 3 года назад

G'day Mark, your videos always make me smile!

@leonardpoulin3967 3 года назад

Every year I remove the dead, diseased, damage. No pruning for 20 years! BUT, this year, the heavily loaded branches are hanging on the ground and all tangled. Time for serious pruning after the abundant harvest. I have 35 bushes to do.I’ll look for your how to prune video. I like the waterline bird netting frame idea. I’m trying it. Maybe I can keep most of the blueberries for us, and scale back on how many bushes we’ll need. ( :

@thestorygarden4157 3 года назад

We've had a bumper crop this year even enough to bake them into muffins! I did kill my previous blue berry bush but have had success with now 7 plants potted out and going strong for 2 yrs so far. I used the same commercial potting mix but did 50:50 of azalea mix and COURSE PINE BARK. This has ensured the roots don't get water logged

@deltadaun8300 3 года назад

Here in Northern California my blueberries produce very well in a large container. We put a couple fake owls with swivel heads above the plants to keep the darn birds from raiding my fruit!🦉I haven’t had any problems with the birds since! You’re channel is great!👍🏻

@mrron3 Год назад

Hey Mark. Love your content and I wouldn't miss a video. I am wondering how these berries are going. Could you perhaps give us a short update? Greetings from the Netherlands.

@kellysoo 11 месяцев назад

Mark, This is an amazing video. You truly covered all the essential and important steps and tips. Thank you so much.

@robynparkin4324 3 года назад

I transplanted my five plants out of the garden and into grow bags using a similar potting mix and I have only lost one plant. I had 3 different varieties but the labels have faded. They have all produced lots of delicious fruit. The birds don’t eat them but the fruit flys have moved in so now the fruit goes in the bin.

@TheAfroNoah 3 года назад

Please make an update video on your watering system for your raised beds. I've been looking for ways to improve my own watering system and think I could gain great insight from yours.

@richardlove4287 3 года назад

Blueberries need an acidic soil to thrive…..we’re lucky on our farm here in Bundaberg , it has just the perfect soil. I chucked a blueberry bush straight into the ground and it’s producing like crazy. Love your vids, cheers mate.

@goshdarncat1265 3 года назад

Mark - your tips really helped us with our garden with your previous videos. Time to see how our blueberries will grow with this video. Thanks for getting me into gardening!

@Mrbfgray 3 года назад

Among the many things I nearly never purchase, bberries are on top of the list, I can only harvest my own for a few months per yr so far but attempting to expand that. I have had more issues with them then most things too but at least one bush has been prolific.

@tribster7778 3 года назад

New Subscriber Mark, my name is Ray and I love all your vids I've watched so far & plan on binge watch alil more, Thank You for your great Quality Content & all your hard work to present them to us, I'm in Philadelphia but interested in growing my own food now since my grandchildren came to live with me...

@mattalderton3723 Год назад

Mark this is a special video to my hart I grove blue berries and strawberries for my granddaughters they eat them daily so papa can't wait to start having them come visit and enjoy them soon I hope just started them last year

@Chocolatcookieslove 3 года назад

Oh wow I just bought 3 pots blueberry and here’s your video!!!

@kfox9650 3 года назад

I learned that birds love berries to much when I was a kid. I climbed my great grandmother’s cherry trees and got attacked by ravens. I fell out of the tree into the blueberry bushes and got some massive bruises. I’m still growing my own now.

@starjasmine1260 3 года назад

Thanks a lot! Now I have some confidence in raising blueberries and tomorrow, I shall be the 1st customer of Home Depot. They better have some blueberry seedlings or I'll pout!

@TheDavebala 2 года назад

I really appriciate the reminder that different species/variety can mature at seperate times, utilizing the grow season. Locations with shorter grow seasons, or unpredictable climates can really take advantage of that general tip for many plants.

@AustralianRadioindie 3 года назад

Nice work brother , love your passion for growing and love your channel

@annettehumphrey5343 3 года назад

Thank you Mark😘 that was very informative. Now to help my Blueberries😁👍🏼

@MrEsnyders 3 года назад

Nice one on the Blue Berry tree, I have a little baby one will definitely apply the top-ups & manure thanks again for a well informed video Mark, thumbs up for you all the way Mate. Brian and Merise Victoria AU

@Evie170 3 года назад

Great tips! I just transplanted my five blueberry plants into raised beds with the azalea potting mix. Hopefully they'll grow well and fruit.

@praewaygarden 2 года назад

I'm try to growth blueberry at my home as well, just 1 in the pot, now start to produce flower and fruitful😁.

@dorothypastran2 2 года назад

I love these videos! I’ve started 3 raised garden beds in my back yard and they are doing well because of what I learned from your videos 😊 BIG 👍

@WenzelSays 3 года назад

As someone whose state berry is the blueberry, I was v confused. My backyard is just full of blueberry plants. I've planted some high bush but most are just wild. Marl is a good soil consistency. (If you got a lot of pine and oak you probably have a good soil for blueberries)

@scruffygardenerau2098 3 года назад

Nice video Mark. I’ve got 3 different varieties in 3 different pots. 12 months on they are growing and fruiting well. Only problem I have is with leaf rust.

@marybakalish7683 3 года назад

We love watching your channel. Your so fun and like your garden and technique so much! We love blueberries.

@littleaussieadventures8701 3 года назад

Love your videos!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your tips and advice! From a mum who’s starting on a veggie, herb and fruit growing adventure with my 5 year old son!! We’ve done little gardens here and there but I’ve just built a raised garden bed and also a special raised one just for my son.... can’t wait to get planting... if only I was able to get them filled and seeded before all this rain 🤣

@eyessee 3 года назад

Excellent video, Mark. Thanks for keeping a few good smiles part of the program. Cheers.

@shawnzwaryczuk9141 3 года назад

I've always heard they grow best in a burnt wood environment. They are afterall champions of secondary succession. (One of the crops that thrives after a forest fire)

@Berkeloid0 3 года назад

That's a surprise as they love acidic soil, and adding ash to the soil makes it less acidic. I wonder how it encourages the blueberries?

@Dontreallycare5 3 года назад

Wild blueberries and cultivated blueberries are two very different types of plants from what I understand. If I remember correctly, wild blueberries tend to be a lower sort of scrub brush type plant that only produces berries every other year. I suspect they are much more tolerant of different soil types since they aren't constantly trying to produce berries, and its likely just the fact that the trees being burned away gives them more sunlight to grow.

@carlramirez6339 3 года назад

@@Berkeloid0 Blueberries are native to heath, bog or pine woodland. These all have extremely acidic soils, even after a fire. I was also taught was that Blueberries like Potassium, which wood ash has.

@ELee-zv5ud 3 года назад

@@Berkeloid0 It clears out the underbrush so it gets sunlight.

@matthewjackson9755 3 года назад

Aren't they Nummy! We have them grow wild in Northern ON. Many of the bears come and feast upon them. It's not uncommon to have collectors with baskets full. HUGE THUMBS UP MARK

@ricardodella-ricca9048 3 года назад

Thanks Mark, I'm having better success this year. Yes I agree soil needs to be correct PH. I used the same potting mix. Thanks for the tips. Regards from the Blue Mountains Australia 🇦🇺

@kathypope3010 2 года назад

THANK YOU This is exactly what I have been looking for on Blueberries

@rebeccagabay4164 3 года назад

Mark, your dad jokes make my day! Thank you.

@Rekkarfox 3 года назад

Never thought you could grow blueberries in SE QLD! Might have to give them a go some day!

@whipbirdenvironmental 3 года назад

A tip for growing in your warmer climate, make sure you choose varieties with a low chill hour requirement, one of the biggest reasons people fail with blueberries is that they choose varieties that need a high amount of chill hours (time below roughly 7C) to fruit. All blueberries need some time at low temp to trigger flowering and fruiting but some need several hundred or even a thousand chill hours to fruit. I'd look for varieties that have been specifically cultivated for warmer climates.

@omo195205 3 года назад

So glad u posted this. Great tips. Been wondering how to problem solve my flailing blueberry bushes.

@deannastevens1217 3 года назад

I think we have the same issues (besides more birds on your end). I need to try this. Because I have been unsuccessful in Northern Northern California. UGH. so much money lost. Thank you for a great and informative video.

@IngeTalasch Год назад

I just love watching your show. I have got a birdies and am planting like mad. Lots and lots of veggies. Cheers 😂

@petergorian535 2 года назад

One of the great things about hugelkultur raised beds is that not only saves on soil to initially set them up but the soil level drops as the logs etc in the base breakdown. You can then easily just top them up with a fresh load of home grown compost or appropriate soil every year.

@bobbiefreeman3172 3 года назад

I've learned more about gardening from your videos in the few weeks I've been watching then I have all year reading books and watching other videos thank you so much although I'm in Michigan in the US and our weather is way way different than yours I cannot wait to put all your great tips to use next spring!!

@michael7423 3 года назад

Thanks for another great down under SSM video Mark!

@Mordenkainen322 2 года назад

Nothing better than blueberry season, In Newfoundland at my cabin there's over 3 acre's of wild blueberries on the property I pick every year. Get around 20-30 gallons every season. Blueberry's are everywhere here you will see people picking them on the side of the highway during picking season. Without a few good nights of frost just as they are getting ripe you will never get a proper hardy thick skin on the blueberry, they love being low to the ground, cold and in acidic soils (at least the natural wild variety I know).

@michelevrey1127 2 года назад

Thanks for the video. I am slowly investing in a few every month . First thing I did was check your Chanel on how to grow em. Cheers dude

@MRRFARRFAR 8 месяцев назад

Always enjoy your videos.. Greetings from Central New York, USA!

@ianmiles2505 3 года назад

Hey Mark, Howsit. Thanks for your garden channel. I read somewhere they don't like manure. High salt content.

@lazyeyedwolf5284 3 года назад

You should use mykos bro it'll make that blueberry grow bigger and faster. It's makes the soil hold more water and it'll break down those logs on the bottom.

@onebassrod1 3 года назад

Two pairs of Figbirds turned up this year to feast on my 5 Blueberry plants and Mulberry tree. Also had a pair of Eastern Koel show up which I've never seen before. Not sure which of the species ate the most fruit....... Great vid.

@scruffygardenerau2098 3 года назад

Nice video Mark. Ive got 3 different varieties in 3 different pots. 12 months on they are growing and fruiting well.

@TarpeianRock 2 года назад

Really good advice, blueberries are indeed particularly difficult to grow successfully. They have growing needs different from most other plants so planting them separately makes a lot of sense. Thanks for your tips.

@amandasoares1798 3 года назад

That looks like so many in one container, give us an update when you can 😄

@sabin97 3 года назад

you seem to have a lot of mango trees. i recognize those new leaves anywhere.....i grew up with over a hundred of them all over the place. at home. at relative homes. at school. it's one of the most abundant fruit here, along with bananas and plantains. i'd like to grow blueberries, but the lowest temperature we get here is probably too hot for the blueberries.

@craigearl9241 2 года назад

I use the same stuff recently, they absolutely love it

@wizebuck 3 года назад

We Live in northern Alberta and there is an abundance of wild blueberries in the bush here as well as Saskatoons and lingonberries so if we hit the right time of fall we can pick a ton of them. Just have to fight off the Black bears. Lol

@mechanicalz3745 3 года назад

Hi i'm about to start my 2nd spring gardening and my family is thinking of doing blueberries so this is very helpful thank you.

@rebeccazody1278 2 года назад

I am going to plant my new blueberries in my dad’s old galvanized livestock watering trough. I already have it “hugel’ed up” from last summer, so will add the correct soil like you did. Thank you so much.

@briananger5190 3 года назад

See here in Ontario Canada there’s a marsh between Welland and Port Colborne the blue berrys grow wild only thing is that the marsh is full of rattle snakes 🐍. Me my mom and uncle went picking we had boots on and chain that butchers use so you don’t get cut but there’s lots of rattle snakes back there

@Leitner2168 2 года назад

Hello Mark, Again you bring me a complete growing plan for my blue berries. I started out with 12 different types of blueberry plants and I got only three left and they are only just surviving after three years in a raised garden bed. Yes I did add sulphur to bring down the ph level but it did not help because apparently sulphur goes through a long "fermentation" process before it brings down the ph level. There were lots of blueberry flowers and the birds were happily picking the berries; I never go any. Now it will be Osmocote, manganese sulfate, trace elements and most importantly effective bird netting. Thank you Mark

@ilovejulie89 3 года назад

Don't forget your hat in this summer heat Mark!

@matthewfarrell317 3 года назад

Interesting video, bit late but still good. After we turned the front yard into an orchard, the side fence strip between the driveway and fence I turned into a blueberry/strawberries/midyim bed. The midyims are under the gum, hoping them being a native will help. I got lucky, our soil here in Melbourne was close to a 6 and some parts where a 6.5 pH. So decided against the pots or raised beds, just added a ton of peat, chicken manure, that same bag mix you used lol and sulphur into the clay loam soil. So far it has been amazing. We are going the multi-variety for the same reason as you, extend the season, we will have 9 in total, we currently have 6 due to low stock, Northland, Brigitta, Sunshine Blue, Powder Blue, Pink Icing, Burst, Kiss, Blue Rose and Denise. We are lucky in Melbourne we have the chill hours to grow any blueberry we want lol. My favourite is the Pink Icing, Bunnings had them for like a week. Something you didn't say (maybe I missed it) but strawberries will grow in the same conditions as the blueberries, and make an amazing ground cover for around the bushes. I have 5 varieties planted around the blueberries now. Great mix lol

@lelleithmurray235 3 года назад

Hi I'm from Florida. What's a midyim?

@matthewfarrell317 3 года назад

@@lelleithmurray235 A Midyim is an Australian native berry bush, they produce this white freckled berries. It's starting to be more common here in Australia. Not sure if you can get them in the States tho. www.bunnings.com.au/175mm-midyim-berry-austromyrtus-dulcis_p3867671

@Marra7777 3 года назад

Thank you The birds always eat mine so I'll have to try the net next year. From the UK.

@bethd8916 Год назад

I'm just about to plant 8 blueberry plants as an edible privacy screen into my raised retaining wall garden bed. Glad this video popped up, thanks Mark!

@ReginaldPennysworth 3 года назад

Donl't think I didn't notice that superb zoom in at 3:56

@1new-man 3 года назад

Great post/Blueberries are Boss! Indeed they also flourish when contained. Here in the states have grown them for years nestled in the northern sector of the upper south. Originally planted them young in our pasture (minus goats and cows) They ended up filling in much closer together than I believed would be productive. (was I ever wrong) Today what a beautiful bushy clustered complex of the most luscious berries a gardener could hope for. And If there's such a thing as self fertilizing plants we've got em! The berries bag and freeze so easily. The crop is always hardily abundant that wildlife around here enjoy them without depleting our inventory. note: the blue berry patch is (deer proof) but the racoon' could care less. (they like chicken too) back to blueberry' In the fall of the year I find it best to prune keeping them a squint above head high. Around here the canes should not be allowed to thicken more than about a good inch or so in circumference. One need not be nervous about pruning either. They readily sprout new shoots! btw did I mention blueberries are abundant out here on the farm nestled in the northern sector of the upper south.

@insidethegardenwall22 3 года назад

Self fertilizing plants? How so? You don’t fertilize or irrigate?

@1new-man 3 года назад

@@insidethegardenwall22 Honestly they haven't been manually fertilized by any source other than "what goes around comes around" Now for over 15 years. It's actually quiet amazing! We initially covered the area with weed cloth barrier /planted/and then in place of mulch added a nice blanket of cedar shavings. Purchased at any pet supply dept or feed store. (blueberries seem to thrive near cedar trees) I believe this is due to the higher pH value cedar trees naturally add to the surrounding area. As these shavings break down they pay off in spades (no pun intended) I've always noticed the soil beneath our grove of cedar trees is rich and dark as fine coffee. It's hard to imagine but after the shrubs were established they have only been watered by rain and fresh morning dew. btw I cannot say that for any other of our gardening endeavors around here! Lol But indeed the blueberry grow "wild" of their own accord! Have a beautiful day! GBY & those you love! 1 Cor 15:1-4