How to Grow Blueberries, Complete Growing Guide
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Planting and Growing Blueberries doesn't have to be hard!
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The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni could you post a link to the music used in this video please?
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Called being fake as hell for youtube. Pure acting.
I get serious ‘Garden of Eden’ vibes from your food forest... I’m starting mine this year. I feel like I could live in your forest!
Funky Farm subscribed. Looking forward to what you do
Jeremy Wendelin- Thank you! It should be a fun adventure!
Great video.
An idea for that heavy log... dig a trench and bury it next to or in you food forest. It will slowly release nutrients as well as regulate found moisture near by. The log will absorb excess water during rainy weather and release back into the soil during times of dryness.
We have had success planting in dry soils or remote, hard to water areas by boring a few holes and burying logs for wicking purposes.
Remember, no plant is an island.
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My bro-in-law planted 2-3 blueberry plants on the side of his mini-greenhouse about 5-6 years ago. They are about 8-10 ft tall now. I picked some blueberries before they moved. I got about 1/4 bushel and it hardly looked like I touched it. Everywhere I turned or bent to pick berries, they were so loaded some of the branches were bent over a little. They are well-supported and enclosed with chicken wire. I can hardly wait to plant my own. Thank-you for suggesting to plant 2 different varieties next to each other for cross pollination. I just love your videos. It’s a rainy, nasty Saturday so I’m just going to binge-watch “The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni”.
I am expecting 5 Blueberry plants to arrive at my home any day now! I ordered from a reputable farm in NJ too! I just watched this to get a better understanding on how to prepare my soil and see how you did it! Big fan of your videos and I look forward to any you put out. Thank you, you are truley an inspiration.
Can we get an update on this Frankenberry bush? Interested to know how they did growing so close. Thanks man!
Yes pls
Blueberry update!
Yes. That seemed to be too close.
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How are they doing?
I love ur videos!!! U have such a calm, cool & good spirit. Thank u for all the knowledge & info. My family & I love ur channel. God bless you. take cares.
James P. just read my mind with this video. My brother is now wanting to plant his own mini-orchard, out on the farm. This video was very timely.
Perfect derek a, we have that connection brother!
I love to hear that! Nothing better then planting fruit trees, and orchards. I hope you both find value in the video. And tell him I said me and Tuck are happy he is planting!! 🐕😁
@@jamesprigioni I've told my brother about your videos.
My grandfarher planted all of his tomatoes sideways/laying down. He never staked them up either. Just put a ton of leaf mulch around the plants and left them laying on the mulch. They got huge, and produced a lot of fruit.
You pack so much into your videos. Thank you!!!
Glad to hear that Keli, me and Tuck do what we can to share as much valuable information as possible!
I REALLY wish u would do Food Forest Tours. I live in NJ and id LOVE to come see your forest live and listen to you talk about it!!! Of course you should charge an admission fee and maybe sell any overflow thar you have. Im not sayin to do it all summer but maybe once each in spring, summer and fall. You are am EXCELLENT educator!!! Have u ever been a teacher, you look VERY young!!
After this pandemic is over, please do a food tour!
I agree!!
Finally got around to watching this one .. Wow, James, you've got some seriously sandy soil! I put in blueberries this past spring as well, 8 sweethearts … I think I'll get a like number of those pink lemonades next spring to flank the other side of the driveway, since it is just hazelnut, pear, and pecan over there.
I think they need to be next to/near a different variety for maximum pollination
I LOVE how you always get right to the point - and you don't waste words or waste our time. You are one of the best youtubers because of that!
Thanks for discussing the wood chip mulch. Need to know advice. Now I need to buy more blueberry bushes.
Great video! Blueberries are certainly an absolute favorite! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you my friend! I agree, nothing like popping a handful of fresh blueberries on a summer morning ❤️
@@jamesprigioni How are your plants doing??
@@jamesprigioni Wondering if you ever did an update on these blueberry plants? Sorry if I missed it somewhere.
Blueberries actually LIKE wood in their soil. Commercial growers often mix up to half sawdust into their mix.
Well done! Your high energy and passion; refreshing. Well done!
In Siberia wild blueberries are low bushes loaded with inky berries. Just grow in Taiga fires, you can get big bucket 🪣 a day. 😊
Did it Every year as a child.
Okay. NOW we can plant some more blueberries. We have 6-8 inches of chips and clay under that in Missouri. It's a 5 year old garden now. We didn't know about the pH levels and our 3 blueberries died. Thanks so much James. Being from Minnesota originally, I love me some blueberries. Hug the Tuck for me and thanks again!
Amazing as always brother! Thank you. And what a song, Paula and jack...
Thank you... so many tubes out there you just never know. ... I see I can learn and actually apply things to learn. Also I'll check the channel for how to prue.
ROCK ON JIMMY P !!!!!! DOIN THINGS THE JIMMY P WAY !!!!!!! PULLED OUT OUR FIRST FOUR POTATOES WE EVER GREW !!!!!!! IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE NOT PULLING THEM OUT OF A SHOPPING CART!!!!!!!!
I'd like to see a follow up on how well you experiment worked or failed. I suspect that many are wondering if you wasted your time, or not. Scanning the comments, I see that there have been, at least a couple of comments asking that question but see no answer, did I just miss it? Planting is great and rewarding, but the results are the other part of that effort. I did enjoy the video, it is done very well and is informative. But, I'm still wondering, was it a success, or not? Thanks!
Yeah ... thanks for providing a genius planting session ...
Another great vid. Pro tip, any other brand of moss for Blueberrys.. Promix Peet is a step more alkaline than your average.
How are your blueberries? Would love to see them. It's been a year💖
Here in Florida we plant our Blueberries with pine bark in mounts.
Dude you're the man! You've inspired me to garden so different this year.... How quickly does a thin layer of wood chips decompose though?
Thanks for the love Al Johnson!
Glad to hear that brother, I hope it pays off for you big time.
It depends on the quality of the soil and how much rain you get, but if it’s thin you may have to add every other year. I believe it’s something that is circumstantial, so you may just have to see from year to year. After a year or two you will be able to know the speed they break down. If your worried about moving a lot, or not having enough I suggest starting small to give yourself a kind of “control” which can help guide you on bigger projects 😁
Also the number of times the woodchips have been put through a chipper or tub grinder effects this tremendously. The finer quality(likely ground multiple times or tub grinder) breaks down rapidly while the thicker/rougher cut (only once through) takes substantially longer. We had a combination of loads delivered last fall from different arborists so we got to see the variance in this over the past 6 months pretty well. The areas that we have the finer chips on top of the layers are blended nicely and almost difficult to distinguish because it's breaking down so rapidly. The areas we have with the course chips have barely made a difference, although there is a slight change. It has been unusually wet and we started with pretty fair quality soil.
@@jamesprigioni James what do you think of using composted woodchips as your compost? Specifically a city woodchip pile that is like 4+ years old.
This was awesome, especially the soundtrack
Thanks James for your enthusiasm and clear, informative videos. I've learned so much from them. I do have a question regarding wood chips. You mentioned that mixing of woodchips with soil for planting is a "no, no". Could you explain why. Thank you so much.
Cedar is good for spiritual meditation and creates a natural mulch.
Wondering when you're going to give the mushrooms a go...
Great job .....enjoy planting 👍😊
I would like to visit this place with my kids and other half this year on my way to Maryland! I have used several the methods you use.
Nitrogen those puppies. Luckily you are in sandy soil so you can plant at the same level. We have heavy clay so I mounded my blueberries on top of the existing ground. I had to go heavy with elemental sulfur and nitrogen fertilizer but I got them going now.
Hey mate I'm in similar conditions I've been using the organic sulfur and bone meal so nitrogen and phosphorus. Should I switch it up to just nitrogen or how did you approach it?
Honestly it might not be a popular opinion but the best success I get is with a combination of peat moss and pine bark, the more finely ground pine bark the better. To me those two things make a world of difference in the long run of the plant. Peat moss has the acidity you need but doesn’t have nutrients so if it’s a southern high bush blueberry you will need to fertilize more often. Rabbiteye blueberry on the other hand don’t really need much fertilizer but I still hit the garden with a fish emulsion fertilizer every week when bearing fruit. Once it’s done fruiting I back off to every two weeks. Incorporate blood meal or urea for nitrogen at time of planting. Mound blueberries if you have heavy clay soil, I wouldn’t plant level with the ground. And pine bark mulch around the plant to conserve moisture and to kill grass and weeds is a must. You also don’t want your peat moss to ever dry out or water will repel off the soil but if you put a decent layer of mulch around the plant it will stop it from drying out. The best bushes I have are grown in full sun. Assuming it’s a new plant start I would not prune for the first 5 to 7 years unless there is disease or broken/crossing shoots. You need these older shoots to leaf out so the root mass has the energy to get larger. Around year 5 you can start taking out the old woody cains and new ones will come out and reach close to full size in one year. Blueberries are more work then strawberry, blackberry, raspberry but if you get the mix of peat moss and pine bark fines in the potting hole you will be much more successful. I know people get upset cause peat moss isn’t really renewable but if I’m being honest you should use it for blueberries. You need that ph and moisture control peat moss offers for successful blueberry production.
Dankapotamus918 I am in zone 4b in Minnesota and was wondering what varieties you think would do best here and what varieties are successful and which zone are you in if you don’t mind me asking. Thanks.
@@Dankapotamus918 where did you find pine bark at? This is how we are wanting to do ours as we have clay soil but have only been able to find landscaping pine bark which isnt what we want
Please tell me whose music you are using! I love it!
I am in AZ Zone 7b and can't wait to grow these blueberries. Thank you so much for the thorough instructions. Blessings to you and yours! Especially little Tuck!😁👍
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Great presentation as always. Excellent Video. 💯👍👍😎
Glad you enjoyed it Kelly, thanks for the kind words 😁
awesome we grow blueberries on our farm .
Yess!! One if my favorite things to grow and eat.
What varieties do you like best?
Hi, I am from brittany , France across the atlantic ocean , the opposite side of NJ . I just watched your video and I will plant 2 blueberry trees tomorrow. Opportunities.
Found your channel today... been power watching sooo many of your vids....You’re AWESOME!!! Thank YOU for sharing such GREAT info!!!!
You seem soooo young... How did you learn ALL of this magnificent info? Do you come from a fam of farmers???
Haven't finished watching so maybe you plan on using that cedar post at 2:25 but those are great for posts - you could make a trellis / short fence thing to trellis something.
I find it so cool that your blueberries grow on bushes! It seems so practical, might have to get some. Do you know if they can be grown in containers?
How did your blueberries do? Any updates? Great video !!
Jersey is blueberry capital of the world bro!! :-)
Yeah it is! Down in south Jersey the soil is perfect for them. There are a lot of big farms down there
The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni we are in central
jersey can u pls suggest a source to buy and which ones we should buy?
Awesome! Thanks for some great tips!
Thanks
Where my lil favorite 🐶🐕💚
tip - we purchased a small cement mixer from Harbor Freight Tools to mix our potting soil mix.
we put our ingredients in the mixer for a thorough mix and add water as needed while mixing. takes a lot of the work out of mixing soils for planting. I let the peat moss and coir soak over night before mixing. some of the things we use are composted soil, peat moss, coir, vermiculite, perlite, worm castings, rabbit pellets and cow manure we mix the ingredients depending on what we are planting.
Excellent idea Roy 💡 ❤️
Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
I had no idea about adding peat moss to lower pH! In my area of Utah, the soil pH is between 7 and 7.5 so no one ever grows blueberries. Maybe I'll mix peat in my soil and give some blueberries a try!!
Megan Daniels you may want to try elemental sulfur if you’re that high. Important thing is to make sure you mix amendments in thoroughly BEFORE you plant. (I learned this recently and may need to dig mine up now... fortunately just starting from about pH 6 though.)
Peat is not sustainable. Better to grow what goes with your soil naturally.
You always play the most incredible music. What’s the name of the song you played? I need it in my life.
The last song is where do my blue bird fly.
love the music choices. who is playing?
Cheers...Great information thank you sir
Just planted mine about 3 weeks ago and they are starting to bloom now. I planted them in peat moss and purchased some sulfur to keep the acidity levels required for the blueberries. I was wondering though, how would you keep the acidity at the right level in a food forest naturally?
(In Estonia the blueberries are growing mostly in old pine and spruce forrests and iI quess it has something to do with the needles from the trees to lower the Ph)
I LOVE BLUEBERRIES!!!!! Sorry, didn’t mean to yell. 😈. Will try them out this year! Just have BIG problem with deer! ☹️
I have one blueberry plant I bought last year but you said to have two or three different types so I will be getting more different types this year. Thanks for the tips.
Nice video , thanks
Awesome thanks
Good tunes too !
Is it Jack Johnson?
Yup country road
Don't know what version. Maybe en concert live in France
Country Road (feat.Paula Fuga) Live in Santa Barbara/California 2008
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‘Wth’ (heck) u do with all this produce?
Pickling?
Friends?
Markets?
Honesty box?
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I just planted blueberries. My nursery said took keep mulch away from the trunk. Would be interested in seeing a show on pruning blueberries to encourage berry growth if there is such a thing.
Notification squad bout to plant me some blueberries
I love to hear it Ruby!! Keep planting my friend ❤️😁
I've got two blue berry plants sitting on the back porch and tracking and order of barefoot fruit trees being delivered this week. Going to be a busy week digging holes!! Springs here!
Love it
Thanks James! I purchased 3 different varieties of blueberry. I haven't had much luck before (loamy clay soil), but hopefully another year of soil health focus and more peat will do the trick.
The RUclipsr "Plant Abundance" has had great success with a few trees he's planted close together.
I ran into a large tree service and gave them my number and address they had a half load then and they asked if I want them to dump it now or wait for them to have a full load and I said you can wait till you have a full load so hopefully that will be tomorrow sometime
Like your music as well same question as many others who’s music lol
Looking forward to planting blueberries!
What is the songs in your video?Has nice messages speciallythe one with the lady singing! HALLELUYAH in the name of YAHUSHA! Shalum
This is good information, I've recently potted some cuttings from my blueberry bushes. I'm trying to create a food forest as well. I'll replant these in other locations on our homestead. Tfs.
As a canadian with native lowbush berry plants around... I can attest to them being ULTRA YUMMY and flavourful! And tiny 🤷♂️😭🤣🤣
Hello from Toronto! Just discovered you and Tuck in the last few months and can't wait for you guys to return to RUclips. In the meantime I continue to binge watch. 👍🏻
I'm so jealous of your sandy soil! Makes digging look so easy. I live in the highlands of Jersey and my soil is hard, clayey and FULL of rocks
Update please! I have two different types in containers with a small space in the yard for them, so I’d like to know if this worked out :)
Wow, I love that song! The things you do shall be done until you...make sure you love God and love others, then you will be set Free! Be blessed James :)
This music is beautiful, who is the artist??
Love your videos! So positive always! I wanted to add that I recently took a class on blueberries here in WA at Raintree Nursery and the teacher really stressed 2 things: amending (ideally after testing for pH) BEFORE planting (as you did) and also to be careful not to suffocate blueberry roots (I think you mentioned keeping the mulch thinner just over the planting) but she insisted that they really need their roots to be able to breathe-so no more than a couple inches of mulch.
Could you use coco cour instead off peat ?
I was wondering the same thing. I bet you could. It'd probably be cheaper.
He was using the peat to lower the pH. I don’t think coco coir affects the pH. It does however help retain moisture like peat.
What is that song? I love the music✨
I am going to be planting high bush blueberries this year (two plants) for the shrub layer of my food forest. I have a couple patches of wild low bush blueberries that I am trying to find out how to make it easy to harvest from and encourage to grow.
I love the music in this video, James. Hang onto it! It’s very easy but sweet and perky at the same time. It reminds me of the last time I went to The Bahamas with my adorable late husband. Really good memories.
James, two questions. What is the hardiness zone where your food forests are? Secondly, I too want to grow blueberries, However I live in New Mexico and the ground is just too alkaline for this without some drastic soil amendments. Any recomendations?
James lives and gardens, zone 6 in NJ.
Can we get an update on your blueberry bushes
Great informative video thanks
Ordering blueberry bushes on payday.we had some 8 ft in n.c. years ago
Dumb question but I often have part of my diet Pepsi left. It's acid and my soil is not. I'm using sulfur but wonder if the Pepsi would also help. I'm using containers and new to this.
Half of the enjoyment I get from your videos is hearing you say "wutter"! (That is also how my mom says "water".)
I just found your channel so you may have answered this. I would love to create a food forest but I have hard baked clay soil. It's hard to keep grass growing let alone a bunch of food plants. Will dumping a load of mulch help or do I need to till in sand first.
I live in Oregon the blueberry capital of the world. I would not plant the pink next to the blue because the pink does not grow as fast and will be shaded by the blueberry bush next to it.
Super stay connected
Hi James n tuck I planted my blueberry in a straight row very close together but never knew when I bought them about high and low just got them on taste and looks. I had the pink lemonade and it never produce this is the 2 season and the ones that produces I fight with the dogs and birds and I hate using the netting .
Thank you for reminding me that the blueberries bushes are at the stores right now !!! I have 7 bushes ( all diff varieties ) cut want tons more ! I love blueberries !
Great info!
How are they doing now?
What are these zones I keep hearing from US based farmer or gardeners? A quick google search shows climate based separation? Is that right and where can I get more information regarding this?
Ouch that sandy soil. You should look at Bio-Char or clay amendment.
Blueberries can be grown as an "almost hedge". Like what you did with the two planted close to one another, but with an entire row of plants.
You can plant young bare root fruit trees together to. Knew someone who planted 3 different apple tree varieties into the same big hole Instead of having a tree grafted with different varieties.
Nice.
I have my first blueberry plant. Omg I need another two now!!!! 😊
I recommend pink lemonade blueberry bushes! I just got one and I’m so excited for some pink blueberry’s (yes they exist if you didn’t know 😂)
Love your idea of planting in pairs! They clearly will still have enough root zone to grow healthily. In addition to enhancing pollination, it should greatly help when netting to protect the harvest from the birds! My plants (4 bushes, 3 varieties) just arrived and are almost hardened off - so I am going to try your pair planting idea as well. Thank you!
James, are there any RUclips channels you recommend for food forest growers like yourself?
Try Edible Acres, they have a nursery and great videos!
If you understand german, check out "Waldgarten" ;)
Charles Dowding