As usual, a great video and a great help. I really want to get some blueberry plants now. I also, need some of those wine barrel containers. I'm going looking today! I've always wanted to grow blueberries, but never thought I could until now. Thank you!
Thank you! Nice video. Do you think LA city compost would work instead of potting mix (with added vermiculite)? Some of my container plants standing on the ground grew roots through holes of their pots and clogged that holes. After the last big rain I had to drill new holes, because water was standing in some pots. I guess this will not happen with blueberries since they are shallow rooted.
I was thinking about your comment that Blueberry bushes don't like to have wet roots. As a child we spent summers in Maine. To pick them we were almost always ankle deep in swampy muck. I was hoping you might comment on this contradiction.
Hi Charles, thank you again for another great video. I had my own ideas about growing blueberries, and now I have your wisdom as well. A little of topic, i have a giant orange producing lots and lots of fruit, the skins are real easy to peal, but the fruit is very dry and no sweetness. I don't think it has been given nutrients. What nutrients do you recommend to get the sweetness up and juicy fruit? Thank you
Your videos are great, I live in a condo so i have to containerize everything, using perilite is great but i would prefer using pumice as it never breaks down and im sure your know this pumice is volcanic rock and contains small amounts of iron ore, sometimes i even add some decompost granite to really aerate the soil. love your vids
Hi! Nice video on blueberries! Somewhat off topic but maybe you can answer for me: I have been trying to find out where & how to get a clove tree plant Seed or seedling. I really want to try the fruit (I only found out it was edible a few weeks ago) but as my favorite spice it has been impossible to find or find out why no one can ship them? Help?
Charles, I always had this question for a long time but I can not find a clear answer. If the plant cold hardness is a zone 7 (0F – 10F) that means in the ground, but what if is in a pot? In the ground it is harder to freeze but in a pot it does freeze. I have some oregano in plastic pot and for years they always come back.
If you plant your blueberries in 100% azalea mix it will have all the acidity it requires. I have blueberries all year long even during the winter months. I fertilize with azalea mix every three months.
Thank you for this very informative video. I will be heading to my local Home Depot today to hopefully purchase a blueberry plant. Will you be making a video when you plant your Lemon Verbena cuttings? 🙂
Hello Charles, As a person who was not very fond of blueberries I pretty much didn’t grow them but a couple of years ago my wife encouraged me to try it. We bought some rabbiteye varieties for our area here in South Georgia. WOW!! is the only thing I can say. The difference between store bought and fresh is like apples to oranges. The great joy for us is the grandkids who on arrival run thru the house and out to the backyard straight to those blueberries. Hey Charles on another note what happened with the sunflower seed giveaway. I entered immediately and was sent an email saying later updates would follow. My wife ask me about this but until now I haven’t seen any info. Thanks for all the great lessons you provide
Another informative and educational video, Charles! That lecture with Tom is great! Thanks for sharing. Using the spray on my blueberries last year was they key to their success and making through 110 degree days for weeks on end. I just ordered two more cans as I’m adding four new bare root trees to my garden! Can’t wait to get it!
I have a sunshine blue in a sleeve from Dave Wilson nursery do you know if it’s okay to just plant it in a five gallon container . I also use Kellogg raisedbed soil do you think it work with my bare root strawberries ??
As usual, a great video and a great help. I really want to get some blueberry plants now. I also, need some of those wine barrel containers. I'm going looking today! I've always wanted to grow blueberries, but never thought I could until now. Thank you!
About not liking their feet wet, that's true for avacado too isn't it?
I didn't realize blueberries required chill hours like apples.
Thx for nice video. Do you always give them that much water or just first time?
Thanks for teasing me with your warm weather and excellent garden. Here in NJ it is snowing!
How do you prevent your bananas to become invasive? How to join your gardening club? I would like to hear those upcomming lectures too.
Thank you! Nice video. Do you think LA city compost would work instead of potting mix (with added vermiculite)? Some of my container plants standing on the ground grew roots through holes of their pots and clogged that holes. After the last big rain I had to drill new holes, because water was standing in some pots. I guess this will not happen with blueberries since they are shallow rooted.
I was thinking about your comment that Blueberry bushes don't like to have wet roots. As a child we spent summers in Maine. To pick them we were almost always ankle deep in swampy muck. I was hoping you might comment on this contradiction.
Hi Charles, thank you again for another great video. I had my own ideas about growing blueberries, and now I have your wisdom as well.
A little of topic, i have a giant orange producing lots and lots of fruit, the skins are real easy to peal, but the fruit is very dry and no sweetness. I don't think it has been given nutrients. What nutrients do you recommend to get the sweetness up and juicy fruit? Thank you
Once again very educational
Your videos are great, I live in a condo so i have to containerize everything, using perilite is great but i would prefer using pumice as it never breaks down and im sure your know this pumice is volcanic rock and contains small amounts of iron ore, sometimes i even add some decompost granite to really aerate the soil. love your vids
Enjoyed the video
Hi! Nice video on blueberries! Somewhat off topic but maybe you can answer for me: I have been trying to find out where & how to get a clove tree plant Seed or seedling. I really want to try the fruit (I only found out it was edible a few weeks ago) but as my favorite spice it has been impossible to find or find out why no one can ship them? Help?
Boy you are intense! Excellent advice. My interest in plants and gardening has been renovated in part by your dedication and passion! Thanks
Charles, I always had this question for a long time but I can not find a clear answer. If the plant cold hardness is a zone 7 (0F – 10F) that means in the ground, but what if is in a pot? In the ground it is harder to freeze but in a pot it does freeze. I have some oregano in plastic pot and for years they always come back.
If you plant your blueberries in 100% azalea mix it will have all the acidity it requires. I have blueberries all year long even during the winter months. I fertilize with azalea mix every three months.
Thank you for this very informative video. I will be heading to my local Home Depot today to hopefully purchase a blueberry plant. Will you be making a video when you plant your Lemon Verbena cuttings? 🙂
Hello Charles, As a person who was not very fond of blueberries I pretty much didn’t grow them but a couple of years ago my wife encouraged me to try it. We bought some rabbiteye varieties for our area here in South Georgia. WOW!! is the only thing I can say. The difference between store bought and fresh is like apples to oranges. The great joy for us is the grandkids who on arrival run thru the house and out to the backyard straight to those blueberries. Hey Charles on another note what happened with the sunflower seed giveaway. I entered immediately and was sent an email saying later updates would follow. My wife ask me about this but until now I haven’t seen any info. Thanks for all the great lessons you provide
Unfortunately no blueberry nursery plants here in India ,only seeds but I don't know if they will succeed or not
Another informative and educational video, Charles! That lecture with Tom is great! Thanks for sharing. Using the spray on my blueberries last year was they key to their success and making through 110 degree days for weeks on end. I just ordered two more cans as I’m adding four new bare root trees to my garden! Can’t wait to get it!
I have a sunshine blue in a sleeve from Dave Wilson nursery do you know if it’s okay to just plant it in a five gallon container . I also use Kellogg raisedbed soil do you think it work with my bare root strawberries ??