OSU Master Gardener: Growing Blueberries 

good video, but some points to note 1, it's possible to lower the pH on already established plants 2.Use Acid Compost as mulch and elemental sulfur in 3 to 6 months interval few inches on the base works excellent. 3. As a temporary measure/recovery use vinegar from your local store in dilution ( weak acetic acid) to lower the pH. DO NOT use this method as a long-term solution. 4.Start with 1-3 tablespoon to 1 gallon of water, add the vinegar to water NOT water to vinegar. apply once a week for a month and keep monitoring your plant performance. 5.They need sunshine but avoid mid-afternoon sun IF living in a very hot climate. Morning sun is great in the Southern hemisphere. 6.finally make sure you have good-draining soils. You should not see any water standing 10secs after watering try these tips, they worked for me,

That was by far the most informative video about blueberries I've seen on RU-vid! Thanks so much

All that work and just when they get sweet..."the birds will wipe them all out. Thanks for coming". Appreciate the info...thanks.

This is the most informative video I’ve seen yet. Thank you because I was about to use compost and manure!

Thank you very much for this fabulous, fantastic presentation. Best wishes and successful for you and your colleagues.

I have been looking for a video just like this thank you from a blueberry farmer to be😉

Beginning grower here, thank you for the video. It was very informative, I learned a lot!

Thank you very much! Great information about blueberries!

An amazing resource, this answered so many of my blueberry questions and then some. Thank you.

Thank you for the episode!

thanks,that was a big help. I planted my first blueberry this past spring and this will make a good start next spring. Here in Connecticut

I thank you so much/ I just did my raised bed and I wanted to get a blueberry( it’s my first time listening to your show new subscriber here too)) 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌

Wow! Thanks for this content. Amazing and informative!

Beautiful presentation. The best on RU-vid I have seen. To the point and so much information. Thanks for this video. Amazing. I give it an Excellent.

This is my first time enjoying your RU-vid channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.

I started my high bush blueberry orchard in 2005-in Maine. Zone 5 something. Since I wanted a U-Pick orchard,I went with 100 bushes. They are quite mature now,and I dont get less than 200 quarts per season since about 2014, about 9 yrs old. Since there are so many to care for I started selling some off,I think I'm at 75 now,it just got to be too much. I made my own compost when planting them,of a little peat moss,potting soil,kitchen compost or bagged compost,leaves & pine needles.My soil has a good amount of clay,lots of earthworms. A few years of Japanese beetles but the last 3 they have dwindled right down now. When I see a witches broom I cut it out. It doesn't seem to hurt the bush but I have read you should cut it out. I feed them organic blueberry food,I mow between the rows.They are spaced 5 ft apart and now wish I had left even more room between them.I have no problem with birds,and each year I have to trim as many as I can of older branches as they'll just break off anyways or I cant cant thru the rows with my rider. Its a very productive orchard. Then I have 6 more close to my back porch in a semi circle,at first I watered all 106 of them,then I gave up,it was too much to handle.But if we have ever have a dry season,I do have a water line out to the orchard,which isnt far from the house..having 50-60 quarts in my winter freezer is common!!

Well done thank you

very nicely done

great video thank you!

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Amazing thank you!

The best video for blue berry growing. Thank you. One Question, many video mentioned to use pine needles and pine bark as park of the soil mix. is it important ? why pine ? thank you for your answer.

Bravo!

Thank you!

To lower the ph to 4.5...use vinegar and pine needle mulch...Swampwater would work also.

Excellent! Thank you. S

will the fertilizers mentioned in the video work with grapes as well or do u have a video as good as this one about grapes?

This is not first video about blueberry but it is the best thank you. I have 4 bushes. How far apart do I plant.

Great video . Yes I did mistake because I had no idea how to plant blueberry and I add manure and they are struggling. This wide really will help me because blueberry need the opposite of what I knew .

I am from Montreal, Quebec. North of Montréal in the forest of north mountains, there are blueberries with small fruits, delicious and the shrubs are 2-3 feet high, no more. And winter are very cold with snow ++. Do you know the kind of blueberries and can I buy at nurseries??

I live in Massachusetts and there are plenty of high bush blueberries here.

I bought a blueberry plant in june it has blue berries and leaves turning red is this ok? and is it ok to put in a bigger pot

I have a shoot come up from the ground, but within a few months it was about3 ft tall.

What about white and yellow pine sawdust? will that work the same or is there some special quality about Doug fir.

Plant mulberries to distract birds from eating your berries

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I did not use good care. I added some Epsom salt to soil. That really messed up my soil. My ph now is 7 point zero. I really need to lower that ph

high bush is sold back EAST!! just so you know. most high bush plants are good from growing zone 7/7a/7b(depends on whom you talk to.) to growing zone 5 and zone 3. im in the NY metro area. did a lot research before i got my BB's. i have watched this vid many times and this lady saying we cant grow high bush! LOL!! she dont live here! AWESOME INFO!!! BUT POOR INFO ON GEOGRAPHIC'S. AGAIN! yes we can grow high bush back east!

Is only Douglas Fir mulch acidic? Looking at what is available at garden centers, I don't see the Pine type specified.

Hello friend how are you very nolej of blue berry plants growing tecnology Thenks walcom to India ❤

my 1 year blueberry is good developing but when i bring it to the new potting mix soil , it look like die , the leaves go down, pls help me :-(((((((

Why can you fertilize new plants until late July but older plants stop after July 1st? Is cold damage more of a concern on older plants compared to younger plants? Are younger plants less susceptible to cold damage?

For some years I had 2 blueberry bushes that dont do much. This Summer, I now am up to 12. Most are the high bush. What I need to do is figure out how to have a crop at all times.

Thank you.

I live in New Jersey , where can I get fir sawdust or mulch.The only mulch that is sold is black or brown source unknown.I bought a board 8 x6 x 10 and I am cutting slivers ,will this create the same affect.PS this was a great video.

Nets !! Nets !! Keeps birds away. The fake owls work. Make a scare crow with old clothing

My customer owner blueberry farm on Stafford Road in West Linn. My company is: Mole Works.

Just use a chelated iron fertiliser and you won’t have to worry about soil ph much

Where is the best area to plant blueberries, I have two choices ( 1 ) a full sun area and ( 2 ) a morning sun then shaded area? I’m planning to do a raised bed.

SORRY my parents had HIGH BUSH blueberries in Vermont from the late 60's on they did extremely well- dad used PINE NEEDLES seven bushes gave them EIGHTY quarts of berries the size of a nickel or larger

When you say 1" per week and then say it must be wet down to 16" - that's confusing to me. Please help :^)

I got three varieties but ending up they all broom different time :)

sawflies?

for birds on strawberrys paint rocks red and set out before fruit sets birds will go bye bye...

what are the organic methods for ph control. Add Iron, Sulphur, iron sulphate etc? What I mean is how to lower ph and how to add sequestrated Iron?

Great video although...PH is always in flux it's not static.

I am from India, i want to grow blueberries here, please give information about the seed germination so that i can continue my process

Not the first time she’s done public speaking!

Wrong OSU.