How to grow blueberries the easy way! PH testing, soil, repotting, our fav varieties to grow

A hands on workshop with everything you need to know about growing blueberries in your backyard. They're easier to grow than you think!
► We'll do a pH test together, talk chill hours and the benefits of growing more than one variety. You'll see the 7 varieties we grow.
► We look at an experiment involving planting blueberries in high pH soil and the impact of that on blueberries.
► We'll talk about a plant you should never grow with blueberries. The benefit of growing in pots and what size you need.
► I show you a simple way to get the right soil pH for blueberries. We talk about how to choose potting mix and talk about using sulphur.
► You'll also get to see how I repot our blueberry, and a free mulch that blueberries love.

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[glumrvigmadr]

I’ve had great success with sprinkling unused coffee grinds into my blueberry pots. It helps lower the soil acidity relatively quickly and provides a slow release fertilizer of nitrogen, magnesium and copper.

[Adrian-cwyu]

my potted blueberry soil mix is 40% peat moss 40% ericaceous compost and 20% pine bark mulch all mixed together and water with just rainwater, and I put the plants in the sunniest spot, they all do great.

[grindcorizer]

For those beginners who want to grow *blueberries* in buckets:

01. Bucket 55l (15 gallon)
02. Soil from a pine forest
03. Mix the soil with pine twigs and pine bark
04. Pine bark mulch

Purchased soil is dead soil. No doubt.
Purchased fertilizer is not as good as slowly decaying pine twigs with pine bark. They gradually give the blueberries nutrients. If you really want to take care of the blueberry, it is a good idea to let pieces of pine bark stand in water for several weeks. As soon as the water "rusts", it also has a low ph, then water them. If you have blueberries in black buckets, they will heat up a lot in the sun and the roots will suffer. Either use white buckets or simply paint the black ones white or wrap them in paper or aluminum foil. One last piece of advice: the more varieties of blueberries, the more fruit you will have.

*Failure is not possible with this procedure*

[jadeking]

Went to Bunnings yesterday to buy something else, and found 5 blueberry bushes (3 different types) on the clearance trolley! I have never grown them before, but figured the internet would help. Google and gardening sites were confusing me, and I was overwhelmed thinking I was probably going to fail. This video has helped a lot, fingers crossed I get some lovely fruit down the track. Liked and subscribed 😊

[melmel]

Hi, I’m still confuse with blueberries pruning where I should cutting back/trimming for healthier plant. Could you please show us how you do your printing for sunshine blue thanks xx

[seemasharma]

You are extremely informative and an excellent presenter who takes a scientific approach. Very enjoyable

[rochellew]

I have watched many different videos regarding blueberries and I must say this video is the best and was
Well worth my time

[sueredmond]

Just bought two blueberry plants and am so thankful for all your great advice.

[Petalsandstamens]

missing your videos. Do you repot your blueberries every year? How do you revive the soil and how do you prune the blueberries?

[PaulLe-jkuq]

Hi lady Melbourne Foodforest!🌹
First time ever seeing you on line about Blueberries!
First, what a lovely pretty lady speaking perfect Australian accent has immensely added attraction to the description, I’m a transplanted myself to America, sometimes I have hard time understanding Aussie and English folks but the more I listen to you all the more I feel closer to you, today you’ve got me hooked!🤩
Thoroughly experienced from various blueberries for better pollination and productivity to experiment Subject to soil acidity testing, VERY NICE! 😀
You’ve got adorable smart kids to help identifying soil acidic colors…. Family involvement, Lovely!
The good looking crimson red fruit/ bell hanging in the middle of the metal arch, what is that fruit??? Looks like pomegranate but surrounded vines don’t look like Pom tree?!
Thank you much for this video, I enjoy it greatly!!! 🌹🌿🪴🫐💖🇺🇸🤩

[binduliyanage]

You are a great teacher. No hidden secrets. Thanks 🙏

[tiffany]

Hi can you please show how you grow raspberries too. Thanks heaps.

[sunflower]

Last year I had heaps of blueberries, this year I’m still waiting for blueberries, checked my PH, it’s high. 😢
Off to Bunnings now.
And thanks for your advice, and thanks for being from Australia.

[EvelynKowalski]

You are so sweet thank you for sharing this information I appreciate it, it has helped me so much, God bless you ❤️🙏🏽

[domfds]

I think by far the best information in simple language for home growers about blueberries growing. Thank you so much. God bless.

[freddieivory]

Great tips, thanks for sharing, cute kids❤

[Denisescrafts]

Another fabulous and very informative video. I love how your adorable kids helped with working out the PH of the soil. So cute.

[prayeropensdoor]

Thank you great video. I’m starting a blueberry patch on my Homestead and found this information very helpful and informative. ❤️ from 🇨🇦

[bluebirdhomestead]

Great video! We planted a blueberry hedge last year and hopefully we get some fruit soon 😊

[chipglover]

My berries never have produced alot i do have three diffrent varieties of each! Could this be due to a high ph? I did have them in ground in full sun but have now moved them to pots in a half shaded area! Very informative video! Thanks ! Praise most high YAHUAH