I just found you! Thanks for sharing, very informative. I like your style, right to it - no rambling. I'm a backyard grower with 8 blueberry plants. Right here in Central KY!! according to your info - - I might have voles...
Thank you so much for all this great info. I'm in NC 7b/8a (outside Charlotte) and on my third time planting blueberries. They hate our clay soil (literally a 7.0) even with a few inches of well composted wood chips/compost on top that I've worked for several years to improve. It still sits on a clay pan. This year I put them in pots. I'm going to eventually need to get them in the ground but from this info I'm clearly going to need to build some significant raised beds and work to get them significantly lower acid. I've got my work cut out for me. Also, I don't think they like our heat. With global warming - we used to have some ice and snow storms in January/February but not anymore. Might be a lost cause but I'm giving it another try. This year (2023) we have had a tremendous amount of rain (usually dry summers) and so much has just rotted. Glad my blueberries are in pots also put them in partial shade later in day. Here's hoping.
Thanks a lot you really help me out. I don't have peat moss available around me may I use coconut coir for substitution? And what else can I use to replace wood chips? Once again thank you
Coconut coir could be used as an alternative. It is not as acidic as peat so watch for pH issues. I've read coir doesn't work as well for clay soils but still worth a try on a small scale. I found one Extension resource on using coir that may be helpful: extension.oregonstate.edu/news/coir-sustainable-alternative-peat-moss-garden Wood chips being used as mulch - any organic material would work instead. Pine needles, sawdust, and leaf mold are all commonly used.
The picture where the pencil goes through under the “root”, isn’t that part of the trunk actually? Or was the idea that the soil under that stem became too shallow?
I looked back through the video. I believe you are asking about the scene at 47:12. If so, the pencil is pointing at the location that should have been planted level with the soil. Instead, the plant was several inches too deep causing the trunk to slough off the bark tissue and die. I hope that answers your question.
In general, if the product has translaminar ability if it is applied to the top of the leaf surface it should move into the leaf. Otherwise, products need to make good contact with the top and underside of the leaf to be effective.
I just found you! Thanks for sharing, very informative. I like your style, right to it - no rambling. I'm a backyard grower with 8 blueberry plants. Right here in Central KY!! according to your info - - I might have voles...
Great video! I’m a home owner growing blueberries in my back yard in NY and found this to be one of the best videos on blueberries to date.
Glad you enjoyed it!
try university of Maine small fruit program.
Thank you so much for all this great info. I'm in NC 7b/8a (outside Charlotte) and on my third time planting blueberries. They hate our clay soil (literally a 7.0) even with a few inches of well composted wood chips/compost on top that I've worked for several years to improve. It still sits on a clay pan. This year I put them in pots. I'm going to eventually need to get them in the ground but from this info I'm clearly going to need to build some significant raised beds and work to get them significantly lower acid. I've got my work cut out for me. Also, I don't think they like our heat. With global warming - we used to have some ice and snow storms in January/February but not anymore. Might be a lost cause but I'm giving it another try. This year (2023) we have had a tremendous amount of rain (usually dry summers) and so much has just rotted. Glad my blueberries are in pots also put them in partial shade later in day. Here's hoping.
Best of luck.
Very informative! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot you really help me out. I don't have peat moss available around me may I use coconut coir for substitution? And what else can I use to replace wood chips? Once again thank you
Coconut coir could be used as an alternative. It is not as acidic as peat so watch for pH issues. I've read coir doesn't work as well for clay soils but still worth a try on a small scale. I found one Extension resource on using coir that may be helpful: extension.oregonstate.edu/news/coir-sustainable-alternative-peat-moss-garden
Wood chips being used as mulch - any organic material would work instead. Pine needles, sawdust, and leaf mold are all commonly used.
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The picture where the pencil goes through under the “root”, isn’t that part of the trunk actually? Or was the idea that the soil under that stem became too shallow?
I looked back through the video. I believe you are asking about the scene at 47:12. If so, the pencil is pointing at the location that should have been planted level with the soil. Instead, the plant was several inches too deep causing the trunk to slough off the bark tissue and die. I hope that answers your question.
Spraying leaves; top or underside as well? Which is better for plant
absorption?
In general, if the product has translaminar ability if it is applied to the top of the leaf surface it should move into the leaf. Otherwise, products need to make good contact with the top and underside of the leaf to be effective.
I think that house belongs to the DeMeo farm
"bluetypes dont like calcium" LOL. You should talk to AEA, they do science.
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