 Hi, I'm Danny Carroll, Regional Extension Agent for Alabama Extension, and today we're talking about planting blueberries. Now, why are we talking about this in winter? Stick around and find out. You may think that blueberries are only for planting in the spring, but now is a great time to do so. Our soils stay warm throughout winter, and this allows for root growth and for these plants to become established, even though we may not see much growth on the above-ground part. Typically, in Alabama, we recommend rabbit-eye blueberries. We have a lot of different varieties, and it's best if you have two different varieties for cross-pollination. That's really going to boost your crop. In order to have cross-pollination, you need two blueberry plants that are blooming at the same time. If you're going with some of the early varieties, you would want to have two different varieties of the early types. If you want the later varieties, you would want two different varieties that bloom at the same time, but later. As far as pruning goes, blueberries may be one of the lowest maintenance plants. However, you can see here, as they grow every year, they get taller and taller, and blueberries bloom off of last year's wood. What grows this year or this past year, this is going to have your blooms for next year. Typically, after we harvest, once these get way above our head where it's hard to harvest, we may prune down right after so that they still have time to grow throughout the year. I like to keep blueberry plants about head height, because to me that's the perfect way to pick them. Growing your own fruit can be very rewarding. Try adding blueberries to your garden and watch them grow.