Growing Blueberries in Containers!
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I am choosing raised beds or troughs because my back can't take too much strain, plus, it sure does make for easier weeding, planting and picking fruit. No bunnies can reach the fruit too.
Your whole setup is very 'enviable. But, you have inspired me to eventually get my own setup kinda like yours. It's always good to see a video that gives you something to have as a goal to eventually accomplish.
I've seen Honeyberries in some seed and plant catalogs before.
Cute kid. So that's Benjamin?
Do you ever have to just kinda do a 'soil overhall and add new compost or soil? I know you have to add more soil acidifier, but what about needing to add new nutrients or anything else?
A friend of mine who lives in Texas has high Ph soil and may have described HER area as high desert, and she said she could never grow a garden with average food plants in it. I mentioned raised beds, but, she said the soil would dry out too fast to even grow in raised beds.
Anyway enjoyed the video.
Date: 2022-07-16
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Alena
I like the trough idea. Lots of deep root space in those. I live in Colorado where we also have very alkaline soil. I grow my blueberries in half barrels that have been placed in the middle of 15 inch tall, 4'x4' raised beds. I fill my half barrels with a mixture of peat moss and perlite, then I add some greensand, soil acidifier, and espoma berry fertilizer, fish bone meal, and kelp meal for nutrients. The raised beds are filled with regular raised bed potting soil and planted with strawberries. To winterize the blueberries I have PVC pipe arches in the beds, then I wrap the blueberries lightly with burlap, and drape Dewitt Ultimate 2. 5 oz plant frost protection cloth over each raised bed, attaching the frost cloth with pvc clips. This system protects the blueberries for the extreme temperature shifts that we have here in the Front Range region of Colorado. Before I started using the Dewitt frost cloth I would loose most of the branches the first two years that I grew them. Now I have thriving plants that are about 3. 5 feet tall. One other note. I put back, perforated plastic weed block on top of the blueberry barrel soil, and then cover that with a mulch of compost to keep their roots moist and cool. I hope this helps anyone who wants to grow blueberries in the mountain west region.
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I like the trough idea. Lots of deep root space in those. I live in Colorado where we also have very alkaline soil. I grow my blueberries in half barrels that have been placed in the middle of 15 inch tall, 4'x4' raised beds. I fill my half barrels with a mixture of peat moss and perlite, then I add some greensand, soil acidifier, and espoma berry fertilizer, fish bone meal, and kelp meal for nutrients. The raised beds are filled with regular raised bed potting soil and planted with strawberries. To winterize the blueberries I have PVC pipe arches in the beds, then I wrap the blueberries lightly with burlap, and drape Dewitt Ultimate 2. 5 oz plant frost protection cloth over each raised bed, attaching the frost cloth with pvc clips. This system protects the blueberries for the extreme temperature shifts that we have here in the Front Range region of Colorado. Before I started using the Dewitt frost cloth I would loose most of the branches the first two years that I grew them. Now I have thriving plants that are about 3. 5 feet tall. One other note. I put back, perforated plastic weed block on top of the blueberry barrel soil, and then cover that with a mulch of compost to keep their roots moist and cool. I hope this helps anyone who wants to grow blueberries in the mountain west region.
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whatwedeserve
So looking forward to the Garden House you have planned for the center of the orchard. The new property is so vast, I think something of larger scale would be so complimentary to the property. The views of this area from the house and around the property will be gorgeous. Are you planning to paint it the same color as the house? A pitched roof (like the Hartley) would make it so easy to add great farmhouse lighting. What a pleasant destination for dinner parties and events. Excited for you guys!
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So looking forward to the Garden House you have planned for the center of the orchard. The new property is so vast, I think something of larger scale would be so complimentary to the property. The views of this area from the house and around the property will be gorgeous. Are you planning to paint it the same color as the house? A pitched roof (like the Hartley) would make it so easy to add great farmhouse lighting. What a pleasant destination for dinner parties and events. Excited for you guys!
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Pro
I just have to say, I'm living my dream life through your videos. We are a military family and have to move so much. It's disheartening to put all this work into a place just to never have the chance to really enjoy it. We currently have a blank backyard. I would love to plant like you but my husband keeps saying to leave it bc we don't know what the next family who buys our house will want. I did finally talk him into small raised beds for vegetables so at least it's a start: )
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I just have to say, I'm living my dream life through your videos. We are a military family and have to move so much. It's disheartening to put all this work into a place just to never have the chance to really enjoy it. We currently have a blank backyard. I would love to plant like you but my husband keeps saying to leave it bc we don't know what the next family who buys our house will want. I did finally talk him into small raised beds for vegetables so at least it's a start: )
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Mary
Laura, I work for a third generation berry farm in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Blue Crop variety is our best mid-season wonderfully flavored and large blueberry variety. For an earlier variety, plant some Duke Blueberries. You'll have blueberries for at least two straight months if you plant just those two varieties. Blue Crop are hearty, but all blueberries do need enough daily water in heat but will suffer from root rot in water is allowed to pool in the root system.
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Laura, I work for a third generation berry farm in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Blue Crop variety is our best mid-season wonderfully flavored and large blueberry variety. For an earlier variety, plant some Duke Blueberries. You'll have blueberries for at least two straight months if you plant just those two varieties. Blue Crop are hearty, but all blueberries do need enough daily water in heat but will suffer from root rot in water is allowed to pool in the root system.
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Diane
I know you are having fun, and I did, too, but using your hands as a trowel is not going to bode well for you in your senior years. Eyes need protection too. All that sun wrecks the follicles of your hair. I wont be here to see it, but take an old gardens advice and take care of these things. Rotator cuffs can go bad with pulling on shovels and heavy items. I know you think I am a fuddy duddy, but wait, you will see what happens.
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I know you are having fun, and I did, too, but using your hands as a trowel is not going to bode well for you in your senior years. Eyes need protection too. All that sun wrecks the follicles of your hair. I wont be here to see it, but take an old gardens advice and take care of these things. Rotator cuffs can go bad with pulling on shovels and heavy items. I know you think I am a fuddy duddy, but wait, you will see what happens.
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Barbara
Oh my gosh Benjamins reaction was so precious: -) its great when kids love to eat the fruits from the garden. We went and picked Blueberries a couple of weeks ago and oh boy they taste amazing: ) it made me want to plant some in my garden and then I see you planting them and hearing all about them makes me wanting to go and buy some plants tomorrow: ) thank you for sharing: ) Have a blessed week: )
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Oh my gosh Benjamins reaction was so precious: -) its great when kids love to eat the fruits from the garden. We went and picked Blueberries a couple of weeks ago and oh boy they taste amazing: ) it made me want to plant some in my garden and then I see you planting them and hearing all about them makes me wanting to go and buy some plants tomorrow: ) thank you for sharing: ) Have a blessed week: )
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Kasandra
A few months ago you made a video about spider mites. Were you successful with the regimen you mentioned? I'm a new gardener and battling spider mites on my 2 dwarf alberta spruce trees and two barberry shrubs and I'm worried I won't get this under control before my investment is ruined. What would be signs of a minimal invasion vs an advanced infestation?
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A few months ago you made a video about spider mites. Were you successful with the regimen you mentioned? I'm a new gardener and battling spider mites on my 2 dwarf alberta spruce trees and two barberry shrubs and I'm worried I won't get this under control before my investment is ruined. What would be signs of a minimal invasion vs an advanced infestation?
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Elena
Wonderful is right buddy! I have 5 blueberry shrubs (low and high) Im in MA and they grow wild along the rivers here but I have NO idea how to prune them. Ive tried in the past but they dont fruit as well so Laura Im VERY much looking forward to the follow-up! Fingers crossed they like their spot!
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Wonderful is right buddy! I have 5 blueberry shrubs (low and high) Im in MA and they grow wild along the rivers here but I have NO idea how to prune them. Ive tried in the past but they dont fruit as well so Laura Im VERY much looking forward to the follow-up! Fingers crossed they like their spot!
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Candice
Not related to this particular video, but, could you do a care guide video on your pix zee miniature peach tree? (Like how and when to prune, fertilizer you use, when to thin fruit. I jumped in this year and Im not sure exactly what I need to do to have long term success.
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Not related to this particular video, but, could you do a care guide video on your pix zee miniature peach tree? (Like how and when to prune, fertilizer you use, when to thin fruit. I jumped in this year and Im not sure exactly what I need to do to have long term success.
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