How To Grow And Care For Blueberries

Growing and caring for Blueberries is a very easy to task compared to other fruits you could choose to care for. You can either go to your local gardening store and pick up some blueberry seeds or you can do this online just as easily. Either way blueberries are a very good tasting fruit.

what is the best season to plant blueberry

The best time to start your blueberry garden is either in the spring or fall time. Planting blueberries in the spring or fall season will yield the best growth from your blueberries.

How to care for blueberries

Blueberries need sunlight to grow in. They also need soil that is acidic. For better growth you may want to try and plant 2 different kinds of blueberry bushes together. You do not want to clump the bushes together. They should be at least 4ft apart from one another. In winter or spring you should then place some fertilizer in the garden. When it gets to be early summer then you will want to start placing mulch down to keep some of the moisture in the dirt and to keep any excess weeds out of the bed as well. You may want to conciser putting a protective covering of sorts over your bushes to keep out any unwanted animals, such as squirrels and birds. They will attack the bushes in the blink of an eye. Now as the 3rd winter should hit you can then start to prune your blueberry bushes. Making sure to cut off anything that is dead or diseased, you can even cut off some of the older shoots so new will come out. Now you will see your blueberries starting to pop up. As soon as you see them hit the right color and texture you will want to gather them right away so something else does not get to them 1st.

What can be planted with blueberries

Thyme and sage are good herbs that can be planted with blueberries as these two also like the acidic soil. Also day lilies, Rhododendrons and azaleas do okay when planted along side blueberries.

What should never be placed with blueberries

The only thing that I have seen and heard that does not do well with blueberries are strawberries. So perhaps avoid planting these two net to each other.