Planting Blueberries

The bushes can produce in the first year, however you should pinch the flower buds as they appear for the first two years at least so that the plant can put its energy into the root system and growth.

I had to dig them up and replant them because of their annoying root system. It’s very fibrous and looks almost like hair. Since it’s such a shallow rooted plant too, it’s really important for it to establish a good root system before any fruiting or flowering.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

my brother says (when the bush comes in one of those paper buckets to plant the whole thing. That way the soil that the nursery has prepared for the bush won’t get lost as it gets settled in its new home.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Provided you get them in pots.. I’m not a fan of planting the pots itself though since it takes longer for the pot to break down than the roots to grow.

At any rate, these are all bare root plants.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I have bought 2 blueberry plants this year and have put them in pots for the Patio.
I have taken on board the advise about pinching out .

-- Derbyshire------- English Countryside

Good luck with those Springwood … let us know how they do on your patio.

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

I was told to mulch mine with pine needles.

-- http://woodsongsfurniture.com

Pine needle mulch is one of the kind that helps to lower PH, but I personally don’t think it’d make much difference. All things considered though with blueberries and the fact that they need a low PH, it couldn’t hurt.

Since I’ll be treating with sulfur though I don’t need to worry much about the mulch I use, which is why I used old lawn leaves. Mostly those from the Chinese Chestnut out front.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I guess I take blueberries for grantd being in Newfoundland Blueberries are everywhere they boarder my property and the new 5 acres I have is nothing but blueberries and partridgeberries.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Must have some nice soil.. Here, you dig down past 3 or 4” and you can make pottery out of the amount of clay you can dig. Plus that 3 or 4” of topsoil is rather poor, indeed.. ;)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

W are on a rock…nothing but rock and bog so we do have plent of peet and our ground is quit acidic. The blueberries that grow wild here are small but incredibly sweet…no commercial berries compare to the taste the variety is Vaccinium angustifolium.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

”Lesson learned? Don’t jump into planting just because you’re excited.. Tend to loose track of common sense.”

its so true! i went and bought some chilli seeds, grabbed some dirt from my badly looked after lawn and then threw it in some egg cartons. then i put the seeds in and watered.

result – the water, rather than drainng through the soil and out had pooled on top of the soil and became slush.
then without drainage it was a carton of messy mud. I didnt even need to research why it didnt work. it was obvious. after a trip to the nursery to get some soil and other things my new seeds fared much better than the poor blighters in the egg cartons.

Oh I still get mega excited when new stuff comes in.. We’ve got some odd 75 more plants coming in and I’m rather pumped about getting them in the ground..

Still taking a moment to step back, take a deep breath in and stare aimlessly at the ground for at least an hour in order to figure out just what I want to do.

On the bright side, got about a 2 weeks or more before they get here.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

My FIL planted BB bushes and cant figure out why the plants dont get berries

guessing he never noticed my blue lips

-- Central northish Ontario

lol I’m beginning to think that you are evil, Greenthumb. lol… taking all the man’s blueberries.. lol..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Okay … that is FUNNY …. blue lips … LOL!!!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

The man is coming home early from Florida…...........my stress level rose immediatly

just wish a doctor would diagnose him so….....at least medicate him.

the people we have to live with, talk too….........its just not fair when you dont own a gun <vbg>

-- Central northish Ontario

So “the man” is on his way home, ey??!!! Oh the wonderful stories we will have … hahahahahaha!!!!!

You poor thing … :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

I’m with you, GrandmaT—more stories for us.
Now I have read the little snow shoveling journal and KNOW that our “man” stories are a wee little bit exaggerated.. we wouldn’t want to be laughing “at” someone… no no.no..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Just a shot of one of the blueberry bushes starting to come out. All of them are doing really well so far. Hope it stays this way!

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Looks great!!! As you said, nice and healthy! :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

oh yah.. I hope I get some blueberry bushes planting and growing this year as well

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Just wondering, how are those blueberry bushes doing now?

We are picking lots of blueberries these days. We have a few large wild bushes that provide sweet, small berries if we can beat the birds and I have twelve small cultivated bushes with larger berries that are starting to bear in their third year. I use pine needles as mulch and they get lots of sun. In a year or two, I will have to get serious and put some netting over the bushes or the birds will discover them too.

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Not as well as they should be doing.. I’m going to pull them this fall and relocate them to a row along the side of the property I put in this year. I’ve got to top dress all that and acidify the soil.

Everything is coming up on getting a soil test so that I can get the growth back under my thumb. Garden has it’s own issues so I really need to key into what is lacking this year.

I have not been able to find any pine needle mulch just yet.. Seems like the big box stores around here don’t carry it.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I have a generous neighbor with many white pine trees. He lets me bring the truck over and take a load of them off his hands. I have never seen pine needle mulch in a store.

-- Robin, Massachusetts - "Live simply so others can simply live." M. Gandhi

Blueberries seem to grow right out of rocks around here and am amazed that a plant can produce berries with little if any soil?

-- Central northish Ontario

So long as that little if any soil is right, they can indeed thrive.. Else they throw a fit and don’t grow much at all.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b