Growing Blueberries In Your Backyard

[Alina674]

Hi, being that I'm in ca. can I still grow some of the northern highbush type or is it not cold enough in my area? I'd like to get some jersey & bluejay varieties this spring.

[PinkShirtz]

Ha, you try and grow them in pots in Australia, and the soil will be concrete like by the end of the summer unless you keep it in the shade most of the day. The other seasons would probably be like your summer though. Nice vid, think I will acquire another variety to add to my collection of 1

[glamkitten24]

I would really appreciate advise on when to plant them (I live by Atlanta, Georgia), and How to plant them (I live in a shaded/semi-sun only yard). I need a species that is fairly low maintenance too.

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@glamkitten24 @glamkitten24 You can plant bareroot blueberries in the winter, and containerized ones whenever you can find them.

[glamkitten24]

I had a blueberry bush in My backyard when I was growing up (also fig, spearmint, plum tree's, crab-apple and other goodies) I would LOVE to have one again. I'm just terrible at gardening, I'll admit.

[swimbait1]

How does watering effect pH over time? If you are constantly applying water with a pH of 7 or higher does that eventually raise the pH out of the desirable range? Thank you!

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@swimbait1 Yes, water can affect your pH. If your water is 7 or higher, take a cup of vinegar and dilute it in a gallon of water and water your plant with it. Do this about every two weeks.

[swimbait1]

Good idea! Thank you!

[kroner1010]

Do I have to bring my containers indoors for the winter in central Missouri?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@kroner1010 In severe winter conditions, overwintering indoors would be advisable.



[freqazoidiak]

Superb video. Thanks for dispelling the myth of these majestic plants that alot of people assume are hard to grow. 10" pots??? wow..amazing :D

[MrLizbudu]

I have a bluberry plant here in Malaysia (it's from hundreds of seeds that I sowed). It's 1 1/2 years old plant. I don't know the variety. As I understood that most your blueberry is southern variety of blueberry. Do they need snow to start flowering?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@MrLizbudu Seedling blueberries in a marginal climate could take many years to begin flowering and setting fruit. Also, you never know what your fruit type or quality will be until they fruit. Good luck.

[MrLizbudu]

@DaveWilsonTrees Do you sell seeds instead of plants from your nursery?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@MrLizbudu Sorry, no. We are a wholesale bare-root nursery.

[paulgem123]

Awesome video on blue beries. I just bought my first one today and I am encouraged to see that you put them in containers as I will too. What fertilizer do you suggest.

[MrSilentb22]

How do you fertilize your potted blueberries?

[LadyKaliska]

What a lovely backyard. I would have never thought to keep blueberries in a container. Just as another viewer inquired, how do you keep the birds from getting into your crop? Or do you just share? It looks like you have tons of fruit, so perhaps it's a moot point.

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@LadyKaliska Bird netting really works good with blueberries. I cover mine by just draping it to the ground and lifting it as needed to get under it. They make different shapes of the bird net and you can get the long narrow sheets for a row of plants or the smaller sheets for single plantings. Google Bird-x and see if you can get any more info.

[KungFuTheater75]

@DaveWilsonTrees At $ 300 + it's especially cost prohibitive for the average, non-commercial home gardener when elsewhere they only spend $20 - 50 max for the moderate amount of netting they need.

[Annahealthseeker]

Great info. I am also a fellow blueberry lover and just started growing them in containers. Question- can you put more than 1 plant in a large (19" diameter) pot? Please let me know. Thanks!

[stephen19590]

wow he really likes blueberries

[StowAlex]

SPARTANS look great !

[matthewalanmacdonald]

mmmm blueberries I just bought 2 pink blueberries (pink lemonade) i guess i will grow them in pots yours are doing fine in pots!!!

[sayunaraamiga]

wow thats supernice...

[blueyes816]

Hello, informative video. I live in the northeast(NJ) and want to have some container bluberries this spring. My question is what do I do with them in the winter? Should I store the plants in my garage? Or wrap them in clear plastic? Any info would help. Thanks

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@blueyes816 I don't think that Northern Highbush Blueberries need to be protected from harsh winters. Maybe just because they're grown in containers. Just try to keep the root-ball from freezing solid.

[socalcraigster]

@DaveWilsonTrees - How do you keep the birds away from the berries? Or do you have some many producers that you are not worried about them? Thanks

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@socalcraigster Bird netting really works good with blueberries. I cover mine by just draping it to the ground and lifting it as needed to get under it. They make different shapes of the bird net and you can get the long narrow sheets for a row of plants or the smaller sheets for single plantings. Google Bird-x and see if you can get any more info.

[ninjaofdeath123]

thanks for introducing me to growing blueberries and the different types : sharp blue good for all climates, spartan, south moon, ......why do you keep them all in pots instead of in the ground?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@ninjaofdeath123 Blueberries require a low soil pH not found in many places. A container allows you to better control your pH.

[murr232]

Music loud at times and distracting. Otherwise excellent information.

Don't you have to protect your plants from the birds? I didn't see any netting.

[MyUnderSlungLink]

Geez, you must like blueberrys LoL!

[johnlvs2run]

Why all in pots? Why not plant them in the ground.

[DrewDubious]

@johnlvs2run likely to keep the high acid soil seperate from his yard.

[MegaJim79]

I have 3 blueberries in containers. The sales people at my nursery(Canada) told me that they will not overwinter in the container...and die.

How can I protect them?

Can I dig a hole in my garden and burry (leaving them in the container) them in the ground just leaving the foliage exposed and mulch the roots?

Is this a good idea or should I bring them in my cellar which is around -2 degrees celcius all winter?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@MegaJim79 They should be hardy if burried in the ground, with a thick layer of mulch on the surface at least to zone 4.

[MegaJim79]

@DaveWilsonTrees

Thanks for the reply Dave...you are the leader in nursery's, imo. Great videos. I'm zone 6a actually. I will leave them IN their pots and burry them and then mulch them on top...sound good?

[BajanCreation]

hey can these grow in the Caribbean. I live in Barbados and its sunny all year. The temperature on average is usually around 28 degrees Celsius. Is that good ?

[vicmeuk]

EXCELLENT Video!! Anyone know what varieties are good for the Scottish climate..Send reply if you can help thanks..

[ichimich75]

hello i have a question about my new bush, it has red specs all over the green leaves, that doesnt mean disease does it? i believe its a jersey bush

[gardenluv2010]

what did that mean when he said fertilizing because of the PH?

[okpapereat]

Ok how to grow it? im new at this just brought a small blueberry plant last month any tips please?

[joshhart2468]

Do blueberries grow In georgia? If so wat kind should I get

[Kev2380]

Any advice for a common variety that would grow well in hot humid weather? I live in central NC. 

[telemarker77]

my oneal grew 3 feet the first year and was six feet tall by the 2nd year. i started with a 2 year old bare root. they do well in the ground if you mound it and add 50 % spaghum peat moss and mulch with pm/compost. in n. california i had the best results with sharpblues, duke misty, georgia gems, and cape fears, sunshine blues. good luck with bluejays, and new jersery, and reka. the worst luck with jubilee, and bluecrop. and even potted them up with lousy growing results. oneal is a giant.

[agrotis79]

I took my blueberries out of the ground in which I had them planted in...they were slowly dieing. I potted them with pure Canadian Sphagnum Peat moss. Starting to get their green back.

peat moss is acidic they should come around.

Is that ok....or should i mix 2 parts peat moss with 1 part sand or topsoil?

Pure peat moss is not to soggy is it?

I was told to use straight Peat moss by a local garden centre

[timmydoulos]

I want to make a hedge of blueberries, and have planted them 3 feet apart. For a hedge should I plant them closer to get the correct shape?

Thanks for the video. Your berries look great!

[lyndaraven]

I love your videos. Thank you for the free education. The internet is great! than ks for being a part of it

[tmc200527]

I viewed this video last year and thought it was a great idea to grow in pots. I'm in Massachusetts and had severe die back and thought they were dead but they are now growing new leaves after pruning dead wood. Do you think its too cold for container blueberries here in MA? Do you have any suggestions for varieties for zone 6a? I have some in raised beds that are doing better. What soil mix do you use for the containers?

[BuyMegaBlueberries]

Hey Ed, can you please tell me what you think of the new blueberrie products that are now being advertised all over?

i have the links in my channel

Little Giant Blueberry Plants

and

Mega Blueberry

both links are in my profile, can you tell me if there is a difrence b/w the two products

thank you in advance

[nettie0930]

What kind of soil do you put blue berries and raspberries in? Also what do you feed them?

[youarethedeal]

Im jealous... how many years until you get fruit?

[mrc10792]

I live in central Florida, I was thinking about putting in blueberries as a hedge. Do they loose their leaves over the winter months?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@mrc10792 Yes, blueberries are deciduous. They have great fall leaf color, and a unique bloom.

[prascic1]

@DaveWilsonTrees Can you give me any of your assistance, I am looking for seed Blueberries do not know how anyone is to get in touch, I need about 20,000 different varieties of seeds, I watched and saw a lot of video materials related to voče.Ja located in Croatian. All information can be in the mail bojann@email.t-com.hr thank you very much.

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@prascic1 Blueberries are not propagated by seed and I doubt there is anywhere near 20,000 varieties. We sell about a dozen.

[demmylowther]

Damn,I'm jealous.A nice area for gardening and an inground swimming pool.I can only play the Pa. lottery .

[Alina674]

I have a few blueberry bushes and I absolutely love them! I have sharpblue, misty, jubilee, southmoon & oneal. I had other varieties throughout the years but these are my favorite ones as far as taste goes, so I narrowed it down to these ones only. I prefer a sweeter blueberry. I used to have sunshine & they are small plants, hardy, & productive, but the taste was rather tangy to me. It isn't worth it to me to grow something if I am not pleased with the taste. This is my 2 cents.

[315cesar]

powerblue rabbiteye ?

[agrotis79]

I bought a Blue crop and Patriot....the nursery told me to plant 6-8 feet apart..isn't that too much?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@agrotis79 that's farther apart than they need to be. 2 to 4 feet would be fine.

[agrotis79]

@DaveWilsonTrees

I will go for 3 feet...Thanks for your help my friend!

I wonder why the nursery would recommend that far apart for these bushes?

are they meant to grow so large is it possible they are full size bushes or dwarf bushes or is there no such thing for blueberries?

I wish you guys shipped to Canada...Dave Wilson has a good reputation.

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@agrotis79 The nursery is giving you commercial planting spaces sounds like. No need for the home gardener to space them that far. In fact, I've seen half barrels with 4 plants in them, spaced maybe 18 inches.

[toodli]

hi

i just bought a blueberry push and i planted it yesterday it is a blue crop but my question is do the bees pollinate my blueberry plant or do i need to by another blueberry plant?

[DaveWilsonTrees]

@toodli Blue Crop is self fruitful, but one or two more varieties will help it set more, and extend your harvest.

[1ChevyGuy375]

Wow that Is cool. Thanks for showing us a lot of different kinds of Blueberries! I want to grow some! Oh and don't mind me If you see me rummaging through your Blueberry plants In your yard, I'll just be eating tons of them lol

[JackANDJude]

Is it ok to pot blueberries in colder climates, like NY? I'm afraid the plant will FREEZE in the pot.

[bowler8]

well its March here in new mexico its mild weather....60 degrees and the blueberry bushes with no leaves, brown and no roots don't seem to be doing anything....

[bowler8]

Do blueberry bushes turn brown and look like dead branches in the winter?

[Animalkisser]

Yes, they are decidious shrubs.

[ccm800]

@bowler8 yes

[sbflash311]

Blueberries are a good source of anti-oxidants.

[bowler8]

I purchased some blueberry plants from ebay (big mistake), they didn't seem to have many roots if any, will they make roots when planted in pots?

[MasterOutdoors]

I would think so. just water it a little bit more to stimulate the root growth and yes it can be grown in pots with this amount of roots it dosent matter.

Happy Gardening!

[vanfarowe]

When and how should you feed/fertilize your in pot blueberries?

[MasterOutdoors]

vanfarowe: If you feed it organically then you cant burn it so the more often the better probaly once a week.

[dontswin]

What variety do you recommend for New England? I don't want to use pots and I have room for maybe 6 plants in mostly full afternoon hot sun. Decent video, I love blueberries!

[CookingEasyWithMera]

I want a blueberry plant! :)

[LindyBerrry]

omg, I want to grow some blueberries!! theyre sooooooooo yummy!

[dkim68]

What an awesome video! He describes so many different varieties of blueberries. Excellent!

[FLAMEFISH1]

I gust planted som bluebarrys last year and this year they are loater with bluebarrys.

[telemarker77]

people who shop at walmart are destroyers of this country and its middle class. shame on you all. walmart was built on zionist slave trade money from the civil war. they target destroying family businesses!! shame on all you walmart , or china mart people!! walmart-chinese slave labor product distributor. buy USA. buy from dave wilsons who has great products.

[telemarker77]

great job ed. i have 30 dave wilson fruit trees in my yard. very healthy root stock.

you should get into the citrus /avocado business. very hit and miss with your competitors very disease prone trees. i got blueberries to grow in the native amended soil in nothern california. raspberries need containers as they grow like weeds.

[angardaman]

I've had a blueberry bush in a pot for three years and have not produced a single berry. I bought the plant from Home Depot as a tiny pip and it is a mid size bush now but still no fruit. Any suggestions? I'm in New York.

[marcusorilius]

Don't you need another bush to propagate the fruit?

[edlo1965]

Depending on what varieties you have they may or may not need another plant to pollinize. The Northern Highbush are very self-fruitful, but the Southern Highbush do much better with a pollinizer.  Angardaman what is the variety that you bought at Home Depot.

[Tote21]

I just recently bought a ton of fruit bushes/plants and pretty much turned my backyard into a garden. I'm in Virginia. I'm wondering, how do you keep the birds away? I have netting all over the place, but yours are out in the open?!

[edlo1965]

Mine are out in the open But I do have to cover them with bird netting. That's why I have most all of them in one area. It makes it easier to pu the net over them.

[kampuskop]

I have a question....

How early and late do the different plants produce?

If I were to set out severl different types, how long could I expect to harvest blue berries?

[edlo1965]

From my yard in Modesto, California I harvest Blueberies from mid May until mid July. You could do this using as little as 4 varieties

[BestFruitNow]

thanks for the video

[lilmonkey888]

What's cool about this guy is that he breaks down a lot of male gardener stereotypes. He's not the wussy, effeminate guy you'd expect to be picking blueberries.

[jackburton2009]

Right, and being self-sufficient and growing your own food certainly isn't wussy.

Relying on others for food and having no survival skills which is the case for the majority of the population is certainly more wussy.

[bookhound63]

I posted a video response asking if anyone can tell if I have found a blueberry bush on my property. Please watch and respond. I really want to know.

[WoundedEgo]

Is it a problem to plant different varieties within "pollenation reach" of each other? Will one variety kind of contaminate the other? Should they be segregated? Or is it ok if a bee pollenates one flower with the pollen of another hybrid?

[edlo1965]

The Idea is to get mixed pollen from other varieties. Blues are somewhat self- fruitful but produce much better with a different variety for a neighbor.

[rockthedrums4life]

wheres the chronic,bet u got the goodies

[bwhite53]

Taught me zip about growing them... Good that he knows how.... Zero instruction.

[edlo1965]

This was not so much on growing them as much as it was selecting varieties and how much you can harvest off of them. I hope it also gives a good idea of what the plants look like and how big they get. There is another video that covers the basic container planing.

[bwhite53]

Right, but unfortunately it was titled: GROWING Blueberries In Your Backyard

[edlo1965]

The next will have to be how to GROW blueberries in your backyard. Can do.

[Skoole13]

Can you get berries on your first growing season?

[arkansastrash320]

I have researched and no they don't produce berries till the 3rd year and then its more every year after that so you got alot to look forward to.And they are the Healthiest food period you can eat ever its true.Don't believe me just search blueberries and health..

[edlo1965]

Berries will often be produced the first season. It is common practice for commercial growers to remove the fruit for the first 3 years. This helps to get the plant established. However I have never found that letting the Blues fruit in the first few seasons to be a problem.

[HeweHaarlemmer]

can I grow in canada

[arkansastrash320]

Hi i am not trying to act like i know everthing at all but i have been searching all about blueberries.And canada produces more blueberries than the USA does so i would say yes.Just make sure its a Northern Highbush type they are made to take the cold very well..Northland variety is a good one.Find out what zone you live in and if its for that zone it will grow there.Hope i helped.I do have a few blueberries in my yard.

[meleemaster1up]

pretty cool vid.

i just bought five different kinds of blueberries and i'm trying to learn how to have a nice big orchard/vineyard-kind of garden.

great hobby. and of course it couldn't hurt to learn how to be a little economically independent in our current economic saturation.

[mifan93]

will u go withought fruit if u prune in the year before...i want to buy one

[crowldawg]

What no catbirds ? They get every berry I have without netting.