How to Grow Raspberries, Blueberries, and Blackberries in Containers
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High quality coco coir will give the same drainage advantage of perlite. General Hydroponics Coco-tek is the best I know of. Most coco coir medium is made from leftover pith, after the fibers have been extracted. Coco-tek is more like granulated husk, with the pith and fiber still intact. For cane berries, I like 2 parts peat moss, 2 parts GH coco-tek, 1 part non-burning composted cow manure, and 1 part perlite. Dr. Earth Acid Lovers is a great fertilizer for cane berries, but there are other good products.
For blueberries, start with 3 parts peat moss, 2 parts GH Coco-tek, and 1 part non-burning composted cow manure. Use a non-aluminum soil acidifier; Jobes and Espoma make a gypsum/sulfur product that works well. Miracle-Gro Miracid is really good for blueberries, for the first 1-2 years. Once they are established, switch to organic berry fertilizer.
I am curious to know how the berries are doing this year.
Date: 2022-07-18
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Mickey
Just dont give up. All good things take time. I havent had success with blueberries yet but its my new top priority. Im going to freeze a pack of organic pack from the local store here on Kauai. Im in Hawaii. I have strawberries and an apple tree, both of which everyone said was impossible. Its not, Im harvesting them both every day. And Im telling you, it takes time and patience, but it really works.
I started this 5 years ago. Im having 80 percent success and 20 percent failure in my garden but I have spinach, tomatoes, onions, garlic, summer squash, lima beans, bell peppers, jalepenos, lettuce, strawberries, mangos, apples, pineapple and guava and in a few years, hopefully avocado, lemon and orange trees. the orange atrees are only a foot tall, but they came from seeds. BTW the pineapple is the size of a nerf football and it took 2 years but it was the top of a pineapple bought at Safeway. LOL
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Just dont give up. All good things take time. I havent had success with blueberries yet but its my new top priority. Im going to freeze a pack of organic pack from the local store here on Kauai. Im in Hawaii. I have strawberries and an apple tree, both of which everyone said was impossible. Its not, Im harvesting them both every day. And Im telling you, it takes time and patience, but it really works.
I started this 5 years ago. Im having 80 percent success and 20 percent failure in my garden but I have spinach, tomatoes, onions, garlic, summer squash, lima beans, bell peppers, jalepenos, lettuce, strawberries, mangos, apples, pineapple and guava and in a few years, hopefully avocado, lemon and orange trees. the orange atrees are only a foot tall, but they came from seeds. BTW the pineapple is the size of a nerf football and it took 2 years but it was the top of a pineapple bought at Safeway. LOL
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Tom
I love the idea of berries in a pot! Im ashamed that it never crossed my mind to try it. I have several Rabbit Eyeblueberries in the Atlanta area that are about 15 yrs old that are in the ground. 4 plants gives me about 4-5 gal of blueberries per season in a good year. Your right about keeping them netted. Birds will find any hole that they can shimmy through. They wont find their way out though and will need help. I dont net them anymore. Theres enough berries for the birds and me. Half the fun is watching the many different species of birds that love the berries like the Scarlet Tanger. Blueberries love water! The best crop ever was when the mud was squishing between my toes while Im picking the berries. The sweetest, juiciest berries ever! Looking forward to trying raspberries and blackberries in a pot! Update on how yours are doing would be great!
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I love the idea of berries in a pot! Im ashamed that it never crossed my mind to try it. I have several Rabbit Eyeblueberries in the Atlanta area that are about 15 yrs old that are in the ground. 4 plants gives me about 4-5 gal of blueberries per season in a good year. Your right about keeping them netted. Birds will find any hole that they can shimmy through. They wont find their way out though and will need help. I dont net them anymore. Theres enough berries for the birds and me. Half the fun is watching the many different species of birds that love the berries like the Scarlet Tanger. Blueberries love water! The best crop ever was when the mud was squishing between my toes while Im picking the berries. The sweetest, juiciest berries ever! Looking forward to trying raspberries and blackberries in a pot! Update on how yours are doing would be great!
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WC3fanatic997
Meanwhile the Blackberries in the PNW grow as literal weeds that are impossible to get rid of and still produce giant buckets of berries, _while you are trying to kill them off. _ Almost as if just to spite you.
Find a plant, dig it up, plop it in pot, it grows by itself as long as you water it. Hell you could rip off a vine, shove it in the soil, and it will root and start growing. It's happened to me.
That being said I am certain if you did everything in this video they would probably not hate you quite as much as their wild counterparts and produce ridiculous amounts of tasty berries.
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Meanwhile the Blackberries in the PNW grow as literal weeds that are impossible to get rid of and still produce giant buckets of berries, _while you are trying to kill them off. _ Almost as if just to spite you.
Find a plant, dig it up, plop it in pot, it grows by itself as long as you water it. Hell you could rip off a vine, shove it in the soil, and it will root and start growing. It's happened to me.
That being said I am certain if you did everything in this video they would probably not hate you quite as much as their wild counterparts and produce ridiculous amounts of tasty berries.
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Deanna
My neighbors planted blackberries and suddenly I had blackberry plants. They've taken over one area and go crazy. I cut them down in December and they always come back. I get blackberries but not very many. Because the plants are so overwhelming, I'm not sure which cane is old and should be cut and which is actually the producer. Now that I'm retired I can spend more time getting to know these plants and figuring this out. I'm in LA County so you know the climate. Any suggestions on how to know which is cane to keep and which is not. There's so many and they are so thorny so your help is appreciated.
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My neighbors planted blackberries and suddenly I had blackberry plants. They've taken over one area and go crazy. I cut them down in December and they always come back. I get blackberries but not very many. Because the plants are so overwhelming, I'm not sure which cane is old and should be cut and which is actually the producer. Now that I'm retired I can spend more time getting to know these plants and figuring this out. I'm in LA County so you know the climate. Any suggestions on how to know which is cane to keep and which is not. There's so many and they are so thorny so your help is appreciated.
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Shari
Help! I purchased a raspberry and blackberry plants in the form of what looks pretty much like sticks. I planted it in soil mixed with mulch, watered them deeply, and have been putting it outside daily. The problem is, on the blackberry plant ( stick with roots, essentially) there was an additional sprouting when I unwrapped it. It looked healthy, however, now it has shriveled up! Have I destroyed it! It has been in full sun about 5 to 7 hours daily, in about 70 to 77 degree weather in new mexico! I bring them in for the night. Is this hopeless! Help!
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Help! I purchased a raspberry and blackberry plants in the form of what looks pretty much like sticks. I planted it in soil mixed with mulch, watered them deeply, and have been putting it outside daily. The problem is, on the blackberry plant ( stick with roots, essentially) there was an additional sprouting when I unwrapped it. It looked healthy, however, now it has shriveled up! Have I destroyed it! It has been in full sun about 5 to 7 hours daily, in about 70 to 77 degree weather in new mexico! I bring them in for the night. Is this hopeless! Help!
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d. b.
All you folks that have all these wild ways of mixing your potting soils need to run to the nearest harbor Freight and plunk down about $ 249. 00 for a 31/2 cubic ft cement mixer! There is no better way to mix all your potting soil, compost and amendments then just dump it into a wheel barrow or container! it will mix everything perfectly and save a lot of shovel work. One other benefit of having your own cement mixer is, Think of all the little landscape concrete jobs you have wished you could do.
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All you folks that have all these wild ways of mixing your potting soils need to run to the nearest harbor Freight and plunk down about $ 249. 00 for a 31/2 cubic ft cement mixer! There is no better way to mix all your potting soil, compost and amendments then just dump it into a wheel barrow or container! it will mix everything perfectly and save a lot of shovel work. One other benefit of having your own cement mixer is, Think of all the little landscape concrete jobs you have wished you could do.
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Erica
Hi there, thanks for the video! I bought a blueberry plant from a local nursery, I don't know the age of the plant, but it already has a few flowers and has a few small berries growing. I know that blueberries like an acidic soil and when I tested the soil in the pot it's reading as very alkaline. Any suggestions for how to get the soil ph to acidic without disturbing the plant too much? I have added blueberry-specific, acidic fertilizer but the ph is still reading alkaline.
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Hi there, thanks for the video! I bought a blueberry plant from a local nursery, I don't know the age of the plant, but it already has a few flowers and has a few small berries growing. I know that blueberries like an acidic soil and when I tested the soil in the pot it's reading as very alkaline. Any suggestions for how to get the soil ph to acidic without disturbing the plant too much? I have added blueberry-specific, acidic fertilizer but the ph is still reading alkaline.
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10toOVERNIGHT
How in the world is your audio so good! I noticed how windy it is with the gate the background and your audio is flawless! Please tell me what mic you're using. Also, the berry tips were great which is what I originally came here for. As a content creator myself though I was blown away by the quality of your outdoor audio
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How in the world is your audio so good! I noticed how windy it is with the gate the background and your audio is flawless! Please tell me what mic you're using. Also, the berry tips were great which is what I originally came here for. As a content creator myself though I was blown away by the quality of your outdoor audio
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Teaganderry
I bought a couple blueberry pots a few months ago, then left them sitting in the plastic pot in front of my house. The only water they got was rain. Thought they were dead for sure! Then, about 2 weeks ago they both started growing and budding! They lived! I will try to repot them since they have such a strong will to live!
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I bought a couple blueberry pots a few months ago, then left them sitting in the plastic pot in front of my house. The only water they got was rain. Thought they were dead for sure! Then, about 2 weeks ago they both started growing and budding! They lived! I will try to repot them since they have such a strong will to live!
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Dusty
I don't know much about blueberries but I have picked a lot of wild black and raspberries and occasional dew berries and goose berries. My best black and raspberry patches where never the ones in the woods around trees. So micro bark might be better for blueberries and I bet goose berries. Micro analyzing on my part. lol.
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I don't know much about blueberries but I have picked a lot of wild black and raspberries and occasional dew berries and goose berries. My best black and raspberry patches where never the ones in the woods around trees. So micro bark might be better for blueberries and I bet goose berries. Micro analyzing on my part. lol.
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darknessblade
I have raspberrys myself, how i grew them from small off-shoots. was putting them into the ground, and make sure to keep them Small [at most 16 inches] for the first year, so they did not grow big, but produced roots.
This way you have raspberries the next year.
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I have raspberrys myself, how i grew them from small off-shoots. was putting them into the ground, and make sure to keep them Small [at most 16 inches] for the first year, so they did not grow big, but produced roots.
This way you have raspberries the next year.
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Victor
There's blackberry in a cemetery near my place and it's like 3meters tall, and I only know about that because the treetop actually grow over and beyond the walls of the cemetery there's a lot of fruit every summer but unfortunately it's not in a easily pickable place
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There's blackberry in a cemetery near my place and it's like 3meters tall, and I only know about that because the treetop actually grow over and beyond the walls of the cemetery there's a lot of fruit every summer but unfortunately it's not in a easily pickable place
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David
I'm in Zone 9a growing Misty Blueberries and I heard you need to treat the blueberries like once a week with a vinegar solution? Hard to find good advice in AZ for gardening but maybe you have experience with keeping soil right for blueberries potted outside I'm AZ?
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I'm in Zone 9a growing Misty Blueberries and I heard you need to treat the blueberries like once a week with a vinegar solution? Hard to find good advice in AZ for gardening but maybe you have experience with keeping soil right for blueberries potted outside I'm AZ?
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Courtney
I love watching your videos! They have helped me so much especially with my tomato plants last year. I would love if you did a video like this for strawberries. Im Trying those out this year and Im trying them out in a hanging container. Thank you!
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I love watching your videos! They have helped me so much especially with my tomato plants last year. I would love if you did a video like this for strawberries. Im Trying those out this year and Im trying them out in a hanging container. Thank you!
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