Transplanting and Growing Wild Blueberries at Home Alberta Urban Garden
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2014
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Absolutely love that you say “Welcome to the Boreal Forest!” Because I live in the beautiful Boreal Forest, too! So excited that I happened upon your channel!
Wild Blueberry plants tend to produce fewer and fewer berries every year, unless you do this..... After you pick your berries, wait until you get 1 or 2 "killing frosts" then cut off the entire plant down to ground level (you can also do this in early spring before the plant "wakes up"). The plant will grow back next year, but you won't get any berries that year, the next year however you will get 3 times as much. If you have two patches you can have berries every year by prunning one patch one year and getting the berries off the other. I get about 7 tons off my "big" field and 4 tons off my small field (on alternate years). Mine is one of the smaller fields in the area.
+Diane Terry thank you for the great tip! I will give it a try!
How big are your fields?
Any experience with burning the field? That is often done in Nova Scotia.
@@marianwhit Burning works even better as it also kills Fungus and insect pests, but you have to watch out that you don't burn down the forrest!!
Just found my first small patch of Canadian velvet blueberry in my woods and took 1 plant to add to my garden. Have found lots of low bush but never velvet, so very excited
Yummm this video made me remember the past summer when I went mountain biking with my dad and loads of pots in our bags. But they weren't to transplant them only to harvest the lovely sweet fruits:) Here in the UK we call the wild blueberries 'bilberries' and great video Stephen can't understand why someone would dislike it! Hope those blueberries grow well in 2015 and happy new year to you
Happy new year to you Huw ! I usually try to get to my secret patch when they are ripe and usually I end up getting what's left over. The Bears do a great job stripping the patch :)
How fortunate to have access to wild blueberries! We used to pick them every year when I was a kid in upstate New York. I look forward to seeing your first harvest.
This was a held over episode I wanted to get out before the new year :) this patch is near one of my big projects and I try to go up when the patch is ripe. Usually for 2-3 weeks I can get my lunch from the bush as the blueberries raspberries and wild strawberries become ripe :)
***** My 10 acres is covered with wild blueberries of some type. Hundreds or thousands of them. They even grow under the tree canopy where there is very little direct sunlight. Some are 15 feet tall. The best tasting blueberry I've ever had. When I first bought the property, I didn't realize what they were and I was slashing and burning them to make room for the stuff I wanted to plant--including blueberries!
Nice !! I am glad you found them ;)
We used to do the same thing where I live OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening it was right on the edge of town so we would bike up there and take all that we could carry home of blueberries and raspberries. Unfortunately, that area is no longer the edge of town and when they were building there, all of that stuff was removed.
Conrad Cardinal That sounds a lot like my childhood, Conrad. Lot's of freedom to ride our bikes, pick berries, and explore nature. It was a lot of fun.
I wouldn't disturb natural habitat by pulling out wild blueberries bushes.. Simply wait for them to produce berries and take the seeds from those berries and grow your own that way you're not degrading the habitat. It may take alittle more patience but you get a lot more in the long run. That's what I did.
This sounds gross, but is how it happens in the wild...blueberries are so delicious because they want to pass through a digestive tract and come out scarified with "fertilizer".
Wild blueberries are one of my favorite, up there with huckleberry! I've tried transplanting these in the past with mixed success. Cant wait to see how successful they are for you, thanks for posting!
-Henry
They did very well this summer :) for a few weeks while working in the area I am able to forage my lunch :) it's fantastic !
***** My mom would make the best blueberry pie Mmmmm :]
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Fantastic! I just subscribed to yours and look forward to seeing your updates!
A nice addition to the Alberta Urban Garden, so cool Stephen.
***** I thought so too ;) thanks Mary
Thanks for this. Enjoyed the vid and all the comments
We're just about to move into our new house in Northern NY, that has wonderful sand hills in the back of the property. As a kid we used to play in the sand hills very near our new property, and there were tons of wild blueberry plants. I'm really hoping that they are still there and as prolific as they used to be. The owner tells us they are, and that there are also a lot of black current bushes, and a couple apple trees as well. Can't wait till we close on our house and I can go explore!!! Thank you for making this video.
lizzyanthus1 That is fantastic my friend! Congratulations on the new home and the prospects of having your very own natural orchard!
Nice job Steven and Happy New Year to you and yours!
You as well my friend !
I have five,large and two small ones, that I got from my back woods in New Hampshire seveal years ago. the larger ones even with pruning and compost tea don't produce more than token berries. they like thier location though, they are around 5 ft. tall. the ones that look like those you planted have grown like bonsi at around 2 ft. and produce more fruit and dence foliage.good luck can't wait for future updates.
I don't think the wild ones generally ever produce a lot. That said they are like 10x the taste ;)
I have some domestic ones as well that should help.
Finding free plants is always fun Stephen.
Free plants are great my friend! if I had more space I would have fields like the one I was sitting in!
Every gardener is a bit of a plant hoarder :-) There's never enough!
Dont In know it ;) I made a goal this year about it
A goal to get more plants or to control the urge?
get more plants packed in my garden
Hi Stephen! I love wild blueberries. I find the wild varieties tastier than the domesticated forms. The same holds true for the wild raspberries.
If have to agree with you my friend ! For a few weeks every year I try to forage for my lunch and it's so much fun and tastes so good :)
Nice little demo. Reminds me that I wanted to go looking for the wild saskatoons that I'm told are in the valley here!
Hope you're having a great day too!
I am having a good day ;) with the exception of my car repairs kicking my butt ;)
Saskatoon are great my wife aunt has them as a wind row and they are just fantastic!
***** I started out in the prairies myself, Winterpeg Manitoba, and the thing I miss THE MOST is fresh ripe saskatoon berries. I practically flipped when I heard they grow wild here. Now I just need to find some!
Good luck on the search my friend!
hello stephen from alberta , i’m stephen from nova scotia and i’m definitely trying this
With 2014 at a close I thought I would share the last 2014 episode I had saved. Blueberries are one of my favourite berries and when working far from home I found a great patch. I have been coming back year after year to enjoy them and thought this year I would bring some wild ones home!
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I see some Canadian Blueberry Wine in the near future!(-: Thanks for the wild blueberry transplanting tips Stephen....
If I catch the patch at the right time I should be able to get enough to make a wine :) but most years I get what's leftover from the critters. These plants won't ever get large enough though to give a whole lot
Nice job Stephen, I do the same thing with wild elderberry, beautyberry, goldenrod, dandelion, etc. Keep us updated Thanks
Lol dandelions ;) it is a fun thing to do. If I had more land I would make whole patches of them :)
Is there a better time of year to do this? I got a plant from my parents' yard in Michigan which is loaded with wild blueberry plants, but after a month or so I think I may have killed the plant. I am not sure if I didn't water enough or if I gave it too much sun, but it seems to have dried out. I am hoping to try again so I am thankful for your tips.
We have wild ones in the mountains but you have to be quick to get to eat one.
I have a question, that perhaps you cannot answer here. But aside from where I was born, which is 800km from where I now live. Where in Southern Alberta can one find wild blueberries? I am looking to nativize my yard to promote bee biodiversity among other species.
hi thanks for sharing this video. im also using peat moss to germinate and then grow them in mixture of peat moss and potting mix. but when many of my seedling died after 1 year or so initially turning the stems to brown colour. i have worked out what may have caused this as i tried many things incl watering with rain water only, adding some a table spoon of lemon to water can to increase acidity. etc. the same happens with bilberries that are even more demanding and die as 10-15cm seedlings. do you have any tips suggestions? someone suggeted to keep them indoors for at least 1 year b ut i do wonder how they survive in natural habitat. thanks very much
That's wonderful that you have wild Blueberries. That is a variety that has proven itself over time in your area. Good luck growing them in the *****
Blake Kirby They are great native berries that have been around for 1000s of years. its a great resource!
Hello, I was wondering if your wild blueberries continued to grow in the pots? Or did they die off?
I 'm too growing 2 billberry plants in pots. I only started 2 months ago one is growing very fast (maybe because of the huge compost worm I found inside hehe) the other not so fast.
I pinched down the flowers to focus it on growth :) it's too small to provide me with some berries at this stage, gotta wait some more. I'm jealous you'll get berries next year I wish I would've gotten some too :) and info about growing billberies is scarce, quite bothersome.
They some times are. A tricky one to grow. I have three other bushes in my garden I am looking forward to harvesting next year as well :) can't wait !!
very cool Bear Grylls lol Eating it wild !!!
Lol I usually get my lunch from the bush when I work up there at that time of year. It's wonderful !
lol Alberta Urban Survival
Well this area is far from urban ;)
I recently purchased Wild Blueberry Low-bush and it came delivered with no instructions. It's starting to shrivel. It's still in my home, should I keep it outside? Do I need to replant it? How often do I water it?
Thank you!
How can I tell if my plants are still alive? They haven't come back after winter
Did your blueberry bushes survive after you put them in the ground? Do they have to be in pots first before putting them in the ground? If so, for how long?
they did very well and I kept them in a pot up until I returned them to the wild. I chose to do that as my wife gave me commercial varieties a few months after.
Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable where did she get them from?
@@AlbertaUrbanGarden Well that's good...I would have gotten them to grow from seed, but would never dig up a wild area...my work (on land my family has had for 5 generations) shows that land does not return to a native state for 100 years, so that means it is important to identify and protect undisturbed sites. Nowadays, there are so many invasive plant species, that disturbing a native plant area makes it easier for non-natives to move in and dominate it.
Did they grow? I've heard they are difficult to transplant
which is taster the wild variety or the big ones?
Wild for sure
Isn't there some issue with whether or not peat moss is acidic or not? If it is acidic, what ph is peat moss, and do you have any other useful information about peat moss as it pertains to using with blueberries etc.? Thank you!
Your right peat is generally acidic however the blueberries we transplanted were in peat and love the acidity. As it would happen the peat I used was collected not far from the spot I grabbed the blueberries from. Ill likely try an episode on peat in the near future.
I would have at least left an offering.
Where to find seeds of wild blueberry?
You look contry 🤠
I may be ;)
I wouldn’t encourage taking wild blueberry shrubs because you could be introducing non-native species with soil on the shovel you are using plus you are taking away from the wild populations so why not take the berries and grow them from seed instead it has no environmental impact:
Don’t degrade the wild population of blueberries by removing them instead take the berries and grow them from seed so you don’t create disturbance in the native habitat and introduce non-native invasive plants with contaminated soil on used shovels.