I have 1 main tip for growing blueberries successfully and that is using a water-soluble fertilizer that increase soil acidity. I show you how to plant new blueberry plants and take care of establish plants in the spring.
*Error at 2:54. Should say decrease soil pH if leaves are not green. That increases acidity.
0:00 Planting Blueberries & Spring Care Intro
1:14 What You Need to Plant Blueberries – Soil Acidifier
1:48 My 6 Year Old Blueberry Patch – Mix Varieties
2:58 What Does Increased Acidity Do for Blueberry Plants – A Must!
3:28 What are Early, Mid, & Late Season Blueberries?
4:07 General Spacing for Blueberry Plants – I Plant More Closely
4:40 How Much Sun? Where I am Placing My New Plants
5:21 How Much Peat Moss Per Planting Hole?
5:50 How Often to Water New Plants – Peat Moss Also Holds Water
6:40 Willow Cameo – Planting Depth of Plants
7:35 Surface Use of Peat Moss & The Varieties I Am Planting
8:30 MY ONE TIP – How to Use ‘Acidic’ Water Soluble Fertilizer
9:35 Should I Measure the pH of My Soil?
10:10 Do I Need to Keep Using Soil Acidifiers Each Year – Why?
11:35 Fertilizing & Waking Up of Established Blueberry Plants
Mature Plants & Everything You Need to Know for Blueberry Care
15:18 All My Plants With Blueberries On Them – This Works
16:14 Soil pH Preferences – Nice Growth of Plants
16:35 Basic Planting Hole for Blueberries
17:53 Water Soluble Acidic Fertilizer – THE KEY TO SUCCESS
19:00 The Vinegar Trick for Acidifying the Soil
19:50 How Many CHILL HOURS Do Blueberries Need to Produce
21:01 Grow Several Varieties the Flower Together
22:40 How to Know When Blueberries are Ready to Pick
23:08 Should I Remove Blossoms of 1st Year Plants
24:20 How to Use Sulfur to Increase Soil Acidity or Lower pH
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12 Comments
Thanks for the tips… we inherited about 5 blueberries a couple years ago from my brother… Who had no information on them, couldn’t remember what types they were 🤣🤣 He always hired others to care for his garden. So now we’ve been trying to revitalize them for the past two years. We are really going to focus on them this spring, to try invigorating them once again. Appreciate the video.
Awesome! I need to get blueberry bushes! Just planted Blackberry bushes
My blueberries bloomed and then we got a freeze and it killed all the blooms 😭
Greetings Gary! Thanks for the extra tips. I learned in your class the multiple use of peete moss and we keep it always! I once learned from a South African farmer to use sparkling water and lemon juice here and there for the acidity in the soil too. It made a huge difference in the amount of production of fruit with our O'neal Highbush Southern Blueberry bush the last few years in our half of whiskey barrel.
2:54 Caption over the video:
If the Plants Leaves Aren't Full Green
Try DECREASING The Soil's pH
No?
I think you read my mind about planting blueberries. Thank you!
How do you keep birds off
My soil has a pH of 7. Irrigation water can go up to a pH of 9. Planted in a mix of spagnum peat and pine fines mixed with a bit of perlite in a 4x8x17 inch tall raised bed
Interesting, I didn't know there early and late. I'll see if I can add some to stretch my season. Thank you.
Can I take the cutting from the blueberry plant and start another tree if so tell me how.
My spring/summer fruiting ones get eaten by birds, my autumn fruiting one doesn’t. Fewer chicks to feed? ❤🙇🏻♀️💐
I just bought some of that Miracid stuff for my Blueberries, just wasnt sure when the first application of the year should be.