OSU Master Gardener: Growing Blueberries
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2015
- Learn everything you need to know about growing blueberries from an Oregon State University Master Gardener.
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good video, but some points to note
1, it's possible to lower the pH on already established plants
2.Use Acid Compost as mulch and elemental sulfur in 3 to 6 months interval few inches on the base works excellent.
3. As a temporary measure/recovery use vinegar from your local store in dilution ( weak acetic acid) to lower the pH. DO NOT use this method as a long-term solution.
4.Start with 1-3 tablespoon to 1 gallon of water, add the vinegar to water NOT water to vinegar. apply once a week for a month and keep monitoring your plant performance.
5.They need sunshine but avoid mid-afternoon sun IF living in a very hot climate. Morning sun is great in the Southern hemisphere.
6.finally make sure you have good-draining soils. You should not see any water standing 10secs after watering
try these tips, they worked for me,
That was by far the most informative video about blueberries I've seen on RUclips! Thanks so much
Commenting 4 years after you, still true~ LOL
Agree
And me at 7 year out. So glad I came across this!
All that work and just when they get sweet..."the birds will wipe them all out. Thanks for coming". Appreciate the info...thanks.
This is the most informative video I’ve seen yet. Thank you because I was about to use compost and manure!
An amazing resource, this answered so many of my blueberry questions and then some. Thank you.
I have been looking for a video just like this thank you from a blueberry farmer to be😉
Beginning grower here, thank you for the video. It was very informative, I learned a lot!
Thank you very much! Great information about blueberries!
thanks,that was a big help. I planted my first blueberry this past spring and this will make a good start next spring. Here in Connecticut
Thank you very much for this fabulous, fantastic presentation. Best wishes and successful for you and your colleagues.
I thank you so much/ I just did my raised bed and I wanted to get a blueberry( it’s my first time listening to your show new subscriber here too)) 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌
I started my high bush blueberry orchard in 2005-in Maine. Zone 5 something. Since I wanted a U-Pick orchard,I went with 100 bushes. They are quite mature now,and I dont get less than 200 quarts per season since about 2014, about 9 yrs old. Since there are so many to care for I started selling some off,I think I'm at 75 now,it just got to be too much. I made my own compost when planting them,of a little peat moss,potting soil,kitchen compost or bagged compost,leaves & pine needles.My soil has a good amount of clay,lots of earthworms. A few years of Japanese beetles but the last 3 they have dwindled right down now. When I see a witches broom I cut it out. It doesn't seem to hurt the bush but I have read you should cut it out. I feed them organic blueberry food,I mow between the rows.They are spaced 5 ft apart and now wish I had left even more room between them.I have no problem with birds,and each year I have to trim as many as I can of older branches as they'll just break off anyways or I cant cant thru the rows with my rider. Its a very productive orchard. Then I have 6 more close to my back porch in a semi circle,at first I watered all 106 of them,then I gave up,it was too much to handle.But if we have ever have a dry season,I do have a water line out to the orchard,which isnt far from the house..having 50-60 quarts in my winter freezer is common!!
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@@z135210 I'm very serious! lol- and I never did check the ph of the soil when I started-I really didnt understand it anyways.I just crossed my fingers and hoped they survived,but I saw plenty of worms so I figured it must be good soil..!
Beautiful presentation. The best on RUclips I have seen. To the point and so much information. Thanks for this video. Amazing. I give it an Excellent.
Wow! Thanks for this content. Amazing and informative!
Well done thank you
Thank you for the episode!
will the fertilizers mentioned in the video work with grapes as well or do u have a video as good as this one about grapes?
great video thank you!
To lower the ph to 4.5...use vinegar and pine needle mulch...Swampwater would work also.
This is my first time enjoying your RUclips channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
Amazing thank you!
very nicely done
The best video for blue berry growing. Thank you. One Question, many video mentioned to use pine needles and pine bark as park of the soil mix. is it important ? why pine ? thank you for your answer.
Bravo!
Thank you!
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I am from Montreal, Quebec. North of Montréal in the forest of north mountains, there are blueberries with small fruits, delicious and the shrubs are 2-3 feet high, no more. And winter are very cold with snow ++. Do you know the kind of blueberries and can I buy at nurseries??
Excellent! Thank you. S
I bought a blueberry plant in june it has blue berries and leaves turning red is this ok? and is it ok to put in a bigger pot
Great video .
Yes I did mistake because I had no idea how to plant blueberry and I add manure and they are struggling.
This wide really will help me because blueberry need the opposite of what I knew .
when i planted my first row-I made that mistake and added a little aged horse manure to just a few bushes.I was reading all I could as fast as I could.They ended up just fine,and the first bush in that row is "Patriot". Its also one of my tallest bushes,at least 8 ft.and prolific.
and all you have to do is in your springtime-dig the bush up-scoop out the hole,mix in a new batch of your stuff and replant it..
This is not first video about blueberry but it is the best thank you. I have 4 bushes. How far apart do I plant.
Hi Andrew. Glad you enjoyed the video. Email clackamasmg@gmail.com to get your questions answered directly from the experts.
3-6ft apart
What about white and yellow pine sawdust? will that work the same or is there some special quality about Doug fir.
I have a shoot come up from the ground, but within a few months it was about3 ft tall.
Is only Douglas Fir mulch acidic? Looking at what is available at garden centers, I don't see the Pine type specified.
my 1 year blueberry is good developing but when i bring it to the new potting mix soil , it look like die , the leaves go down, pls help me :-(((((((
I live in Massachusetts and there are plenty of high bush blueberries here.
I did not use good care. I added some Epsom salt to soil. That really messed up my soil.
My ph now is 7 point zero. I really need to lower that ph
Why can you fertilize new plants until late July but older plants stop after July 1st? Is cold damage more of a concern on older plants compared to younger plants? Are younger plants less susceptible to cold damage?
Hello friend how are you very nolej of blue berry plants growing tecnology
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When you say 1" per week and then say it must be wet down to 16" - that's confusing to me. Please help :^)
Plant mulberries to distract birds from eating your berries
My customer owner blueberry farm on Stafford Road in West Linn. My company is: Mole Works.
Where is the best area to plant blueberries, I have two choices ( 1 ) a full sun area and ( 2 ) a morning sun then shaded area? I’m planning to do a raised bed.
blueberries want full sun
I live in New Jersey , where can I get fir sawdust or mulch.The only mulch that is sold is black or brown source unknown.I bought a board 8 x6 x 10 and I am cutting slivers ,will this create the same affect.PS this was a great video.
high bush is sold back EAST!! just so you know. most high bush plants are good from growing zone 7/7a/7b(depends on whom you talk to.) to growing zone 5 and zone 3. im in the NY metro area. did a lot research before i got my BB's. i have watched this vid many times and this lady saying we cant grow high bush! LOL!! she dont live here! AWESOME INFO!!! BUT POOR INFO ON GEOGRAPHIC'S. AGAIN! yes we can grow high bush back east!
I have hign bush Northland and Polaris berries and Im in Canada
The climate is warmer their so they probably only use the southern high bush blueberry bushes. I’ve picked from 10 foot bushes here in Massachusetts.
@@MrWhoevr Yes! I was born in Mass,near Cape Cod-and have such good memories picking the high bush is why I wanted my own orchard. I planted 15 varieties of northern high bush,100 bushes....the berries are from nickel size to bigger...
Just use a chelated iron fertiliser and you won’t have to worry about soil ph much
I watched another video and they said to put peat moss in the soil when you plant.
I got three varieties but ending up they all broom different time :)
For some years I had 2 blueberry bushes that dont do much. This Summer, I now am up to 12. Most are the high bush. What I need to do is figure out how to have a crop at all times.
Nets !! Nets !! Keeps birds away. The fake owls work. Make a scare crow with old clothing
what are the organic methods for ph control. Add Iron, Sulphur, iron sulphate etc? What I mean is how to lower ph and how to add sequestrated Iron?
The more organic matter you add to your soil such as mulch, leaves, wood-chips,etc the less PH is an issue. The less Organic matter you have in your soil the greater the dependence is on PH which is usually lowered by the addition of Sulfur. You want your soil microbes working for you and almost nothing for external inputs except more Organic Matter ..same as nature does it.
Add pine needles, to make soil acidic. No compost, no manure, as the video is saying. You can add sawdust and woodchips, neutral PH, and that's ok with blueberries. Don't overfeed blueberries plants.
sawflies?
Great video although...PH is always in flux it's not static.
I am from India, i want to grow blueberries here, please give information about the seed germination so that i can continue my process
You can buy seed on ebay
You can buy seed on ebay
The easy way my friend is to grown then in peat moss. I buy bare root and small potted plants from nursery and grow them in large pots filled with 100% peat moss . I use pine bark mulch to top dress it with. Use azalea fertilizer in early spring before they flower . Do not use manures of any kind they will burn the roots.
You can however occasionally use fish emulsion fertilizer with watering . Other than that just water regularly to keep them from drying out. Give them sunshine and you will get berries that rival store bought fruit. Good luck
@@rottenrobbie66 thanks so much for soft , humble and informative words
for birds on strawberrys paint rocks red and set out before fruit sets birds will go bye bye...
Thank you.
SORRY my parents had HIGH BUSH blueberries in Vermont from the late 60's on they did extremely well- dad used PINE NEEDLES seven bushes gave them EIGHTY quarts of berries the size of a nickel or larger
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Not the first time she’s done public speaking!
Wrong OSU.