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31 Comments
Thanks Luke! Very timely!
hi migardener 🤗
im growing blueberries in containers for the first time this year. any specific tips in addition to what you've mentioned here?
btw, im growing some the seeds ive purchased from your business this year. too soon to tell, but im hoping for healthy plants and abundant harvests. tfs
How does that work? If the space between plant 1 and plant 2 is 2.5 feet, then plant 1 will take up the 2.5 feet and plant 2 also needs the same 2.5 feet. How does that work?
Bay City, Michigan I’ve been growing blueberries for the last 20 years. I have Sandy soils and I amend with Peat Moss and when planting and some wood chips is nice a little bit some leaves and then I top with sulfur and then mulch with leaves and then use fish fertilizer. The blue crop variety produces best.
You pointed to a video to watch that wasn't there. 🤷♀️
LUKE WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PINE PLANT BEHIND YOU AT THE BLUEBERRY PLANTS
Paul Gautschi: u can grow EVERYTHING in 7.0ph. At neutral – everybody's happy.
Have you seen the university studies which show growing grasses with blueberry bushes helps them thrive and produce better berries? The grasses are natural chelators and can unlock nutrients like iron from the soil without having to acidify it. I've tried it a couple season now in my yard and anecdotally it seems to be working.
I ordered raspberries from you 3-4 years ago and to this day it has never grown any fruit. Some of the canes have leaves, a lot of the canes look dead. I was seriously considering digging it up and tossing it in the burn pile. Why does it not produce fruit?
I sprinkled clover seeds as a cover crop all over my garden before I put the blueberries in and 1 year later, some of the clover is snuggling up next to one of the blueberry plants. That.plant is bigger and healthier looking than it's neighbor plant which doesn't have the clover surrounding it.
You’re struggling to get across radius. Spacing tells you the diameter, half it for the radius and use that as the distance between plants
Any chance Trifecta+ might be going on sale sometime this spring, Luke & the team?
I've used Espoma organic soil acidifier and their berry-tone. I have had awesome results. I save trifecta+ for my raised garden beds.
I need to put mine BACK into pots becz of an invasion on Lesser Celandine. They were planted last year.Not sure about the pot size though. Feedback?
literally just saved my garden 😀 I have planter boxes that are way too close together 😀 spacing them out 2.5ft, thanks!!
You’re trying to tell us the plant grows 2.5 feet on each side so don’t plant 5 foot apart? 😂. My guy. Each plant is growing 2.5 feet from the center meaning you need 5 feet. I think the people selling you the plants know more than you think they do
11:15 your editor/uploader is viciously leaving you pointing at air because they aren't adding the next video recommendation at the end
Can you give info on blueberrys in planters?
Thank you for posting working on improving my blueberry plants now.
Great timing! I was just going to plant a blueberry bush today. Your explanation of spacing made me realize I can plant two instead of just one.
I hate landscape fabric!!!! Ive been digging it out ( 6 inches deep) at my new house. Cardboard chokes out weeds, and also disappears so doesn't cause future problems. Also..weeds eventually root into the fabric making them harder to remove.
Ooooo…. Does on Center spacing apply to trees too, So if my tree says it needs to be spaced 18 ft can I plant them 9 feet apart?
Whoa! I think you need to redo the spacing section 😂. If a blueberry takes up 5’ they will need 5’ between plants. Let’s put our math hats on.😅
I think you got your math wrong there Luke. If that blueberry plant is going to get 5 feet in diameter, then yes, it needs 2.5' on either side of center. But so does the one in the front of it and the one behind it. If it does grow 5' in diameter, you just put them so close, that when the radius has reached 1.25' on each one, they will already be touching.
Pretty sure my blueberries got the blight bad this year (red stems, tips are wilted, all of the leaves coming out are dead in these areas).
I suspect that they are dead and will likely restart them at some point. Would love to see a video on the various diseases and treating them if possible!
On center spacing: if you plant your blueberries every 2.5 feet that does not give 5 feet for each plant. The plant grows 2.5 feet on each side for a total of five. But is adjacent to another plant growing 2.5 feet on each side. Meaning you’re only giving each plant 1.25’ per side for a total of 2.5.
thank you for explaining spacing on center & it’s also great how you describe taking into consideration the water runoff benefitting blueberries in that locale👏🏽
0:11: 🌱 Maximize blueberry growth with proper variety selection and understanding different types.
2:24: 🌱 Enhance blueberry growth with proper soil sulfur and nitrogen fertilization.
4:49: 🌱 Importance of weed control, spacing, and plant health in blueberry cultivation.
7:18: 🌱 Optimal spacing and watering are crucial for blueberry plant growth.
9:54: 🌱 Optimize blueberry growth by managing water runoff, ensuring access to water, and implementing proper tiling.
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Your the best Luke. Thank you
Will you ever carry Rabbiteye varieties?
If each blueberry needs 2.5 feet on center, then the spacing needs to be 5 foot on center between each plant to accommodate it.
They labeled it correctly.