In this video, I share how to make your blueberries produce like crazy in 5 easy steps! Blueberry plants are a fantastic addition to any yard and garden. They are very cold hardy, disease resistant, have few pests, and they are small and compact, making them perfect for small yards, HOA’s and edible landscaping. But, you need to know a few things for best results when growing blueberries. These simple blueberry growing tips will have you harvesting boatloads of blueberries off your blueberry bushes in no time!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Intro To Growing Blueberry Bushes
1:20 Blueberry Tip #1: Removing Weeds
2:34 Blueberry Tip #2: Pruning Blueberry Bushes
7:05 Blueberry Tip #3: Soil pH
11:47 Blueberry Tip #4: Fertilizing Blueberry Bushes
13:09 Blueberry Tip #5: Compost And Mulch
16:37 Final Results
18:55 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Intro To Growing Blueberry Bushes
1:20 Blueberry Tip #1: Removing Weeds
2:34 Blueberry Tip #2: Pruning Blueberry Bushes
7:05 Blueberry Tip #3: Soil pH
11:47 Blueberry Tip #4: Fertilizing Blueberry Bushes
13:09 Blueberry Tip #5: Compost And Mulch
16:37 Final Results
18:55 Adventures With Dale
So grateful I came across this. Had no idea I needed to do this now. Thank you for the in-depth video
I grow them very successfully in northern Minnesota. I am just now finishing eating the frozen blueberries from last year’s harvest. This video is a great tutorial on the cleanup, pruning, and mulching I need to do this spring. It’s been a few years since I’ve done anything to them. Thank you!
Gracias por tu completo video, ahora se donde tuve falle, te dire los resultados en julio!! Gracias otra vez!!
Se me olvidó preguntarte!! Es el mismo proceso para las fresas!??
Great information. I inherited a blueberry bush with the house that I purchased 2 years ago. Now I know how to take care of it. I (and the bears and deer), thank you!
You left out the best tip for getting blueberries to thrive/produce. Powdered sulfur works alot easier than the suggestions you made.
I have woven ground cover under my blueberry bushes, do you not recommend this?
I planted my blueberries last year in ground thanks to your video and lo and behold I have so many buds and flowers already (I’m at the very top of zone ten in Florida). I’m really hopeful I get berries. I thought I planted blueberries that would bloom at similar times but they seem to be a little more staggered than I expected. Oh well learning curve.
Thank you! I have had blueberries for years and didn’t know half of this information.
Do you have a blueberry propagation video?
This is the BEST video I have watched in a long while.. I was just talking about our blueberry bushes today with the hubs! Now I know why we barely got any blueberries last year.. We were doing it all wrong.. I will def go out at the end of Feb and apply all of your tips! Thank you very much!!
the scientific method of a hand full, 🤣😂🤣
✌️✨ EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you 🙏
Got my first blueberry bushes last summer. I plan to implement everything you suggested. We eat a lot of blueberries so can’t wait to pick our own! Thank you!
I live in NW Florida Panhandle and the snow did a number on my blueberry shrubs. They had started budding due to the unusual warm weather prior to the snow. . The buds are gone from the 2 ft pink lemonade. I covered them but it was under freezing for 4 days. Do you think they may still produce? 💙🥰
Thank you for your informative videos! Would it be okay to use sulfur powder instead of the sulfur pearls that you used?
I am twrrified to.prune. scared I will cut sometbing and my.plant will die.but
Please make sure you clarify that you are saying to mulch and fertilize fruit trees, and this is not the same for shade trees. Over-mulching shade trees is a huge problem and kills trees. Volcano mulching shade trees is a bad idea; shade trees generally do not need fertilizer.
Great to know, I'm in Houston too and I will have been looking for a popup greenhouse. I hope everything survived this week's cold!
What side of your house are those planted on, south ?
Always great content. The pine needles nearby are also another great source of acidity. In the wild, blueberries often grow in a coniferous understory or after the forest fire of coniferous trees. Can you please comment on whether Dale goes after the acidic fertilizer you put down? Does he roll in it and want to eat it? My dog likes blood meal and tries to dig it all up. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
Where do you buy your bagged compost? I can never find any affordable / decent quality ones near me. The only one I’ve found is coast of Maine compost which is good but $13 a bag.
Thank you for the very informative video. Do you have one for blackberries?
When I can tomatoes I separate out the liquid to thicken the puree. Then I water my blueberries with the tomato juice and they seem to love it. I am always overwhelmed by my blueberries. I also have to put big cages over my bushes as otherwise the birds get more than me.
Great info for blueberry growers. I live in western WA and we have naturally acidic soil so blueberries grow great here as do rhododendrons and azaleas. Huckleberries grow in the mountains and are a delicious treat while on a hike. We do share the blueberries with deer, elk, birds and an occasional black bear.
My chickens ate most of the flowers off my bushes 🤦♀️
I’ve watched a lot of blueberry videos and this is probably the most concise and informative ones I have seen. Thank you!
My goats have pee boxes with pine shavings that they use at night time. I have been using that as mulch around all my fruit trees. We froze over 300 pounds of blueberries last year.
Excellent video! Thanks!
What about just using pine tree needles for a mulch?
And then there's the birds that don't wait for em to get fully ripe before they start harvesting them.
Gonna keep my eye out for a 20×20 piece of netting. Should cover my bushes for the next 2 to 3 years.
If i have wild shoot taller as my busch.. should I cut off or keep it.. thankx..
I saw somewhere that you can bury citrus rinds around blueberry bushes to acidify the soil. Anyone have luck with doing that? I have an orange tree, so after I squeezed some juice today, I buried the spent rinds around a few of the plants.
Is pine straw the same as pine needles? My white pines shed a ton of these….for free
Another great and educational video. Thanks for sharing and I keep watching from Ireland!
I have 25 bushes planted in. They've cost anywhere from 15 to 20 dollars each. Just saw that rhe same bushes are 50 each this year. Yikes!
I'm in MN and have nearly a 3rd of my lot in a pine forest (sort of- planted pine) zone. They are large and old at this point. I am just hoping the soils nearby are naturally suited for blueberries as they are my favorite and I also have dogs [Free treats!!!]. I plan to use the fallen needles as mulch, or even coffee grounds to improve acidity as needed. Are there any tips to tell if the soil is too acidic? I am planning on ordering some northern highbush variety, around 3 total and hopefully all different varieties for a bit of cross pollination. I think an acidic compost might benefit both the pines and blueberries. Just hoping to start some conversation on blueberries!