Blueberry Planting Guide: When To Plant, Types, Soil, pH, Fertilizer & More!

Today I’m planting blueberry bushes! I’ll dig deep 🤓 into soil, fertilizer, pH, types, varieties, sun, watering, mulch, and when and how to plant blueberries.
Thanks to @starkbros for over a decade of quality plants and for being a #sponsor on this video!
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - How Blueberries Grow
1:03 - Pollination
1:36 - Growing Zone
1:54 - Types & Varieties
3:45 - When to Plant
4:03 - Sun & Shade
4:49 - Soil Type & Drainage
5:43 - Soil pH
6:51 - Spacing
7:38 - Planting & Depth
7:58 - Watering
8:15 - Mulching
9:11 - Fertilizer
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🫐 BLUEBERRY PLANTS
• Sweetheart blueberry - resprout.com/product/sweethea...
• Patriot blueberry - resprout.com/product/patriot-...
• Chandler blueberry - resprout.com/product/chandler...
• Darrow blueberry - resprout.com/product/darrow-b...
• Stark Bro’s blueberries - resprout.com/go/stark-blueber...
• Stark Bro’s (my go-to online nursery) - resprout.com/go/stark-bros/
📢MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
• Garden markers - resprout.com/go/garden-markers/
• Garden fork - resprout.com/go/garden-fork/ [AMAZON]
• Digital pH meter - resprout.com/go/ph-meter/ [AMAZON]
• Liquid soil pH test kits - resprout.com/go/ph-soil-test-... [AMAZON]
• Edge Right steel edging - resprout.com/go/edge-right-8/ [AMAZON]
💪 AMENDMENTS & FERTILIZERS
• Sulfur - resprout.com/go/down-to-earth... [AMAZON]
• Espoma soil acidifier - resprout.com/go/espoma-soil-a... [AMAZON]
• Jobe’s soil acidifier - resprout.com/go/jobes-soil-ac...
• 4-3-6 Acid fertilizer - resprout.com/go/436-fertilizer/ [AMAZON]
• Stark blueberry fertilizer - resprout.com/go/stark-blueber...
• Espoma Berry-Tone fertilizer - resprout.com/go/espoma-berry-... [AMAZON]
• 4-4-4 fertilizer - resprout.com/go/444-fertilizer/
💦 WATERING TOOLS
• Watering can - resprout.com/go/watering-can/ [AMAZON]
• Watering wand - resprout.com/go/dramm-waterin... [AMAZON]
• Eley hose cart - resprout.com/go/hose-cart/
• Eley hose - resprout.com/go/eley-hose/
• Watering timer - resprout.com/go/watering-timer/ [AMAZON]
• Soaker hose system - resprout.com/go/soaker-row/
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🤓 SOURCES
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• Potted blueberries, blueberry varieties, ripe blueberries - Stark Bro’s - resprout.com/go/stark-bros/
• Wild Blueberry Land - Larry Miller via Flickr - flickr.com/photos/grassvalley...
• Lowbush blueberries & hand rake - Allagash Brewing via Flickr - flickr.com/photos/allagashbre...
• Hand harvesting, pan of ripe blueberries, ripe blueberry photo - Envato
• Music - Epidemic Sound - resprout.com/go/epidemic-sound/
• Thumbnail blueberries - Ailev Aceron via Unsplash - unsplash.com/photos/blue-and-...
Thanks for watching! Garden like a boss and we’ll see you soon!

[@ReSprout]

What blueberry varieties do you have? Let us know your climate and how they're working for you!

[@KsuDC]

New subscriber here. Love your videos, and this comes from someone who consumes A LOT of gardening content on CZcams. I found you through your seed organizing video - finally, a CZcamsr who's not all in love with those photo storage containers (that did not work for me and I ended up using a regular plastic container just like you did)! I think one thing that would be helpful for future subscribers is if you announced at the beginning of each video where about your garden is located, at least the USDA zone. That helps us decide if the content is going to be relevant to our own climate, and knowing if it's 7A on the East Coast vs. West Coast would really help too, since there is clearly a big difference in terms of the amount of rain fall, soil type, and other considerations.

[@ReSprout]

For what it's worth, I generally try to offer info for all zones, rainfalls, and even hemispheres, that way everyone can figure out what applies to them. I've been thinking about adding the zone info, though, definitely!

[@antonianovoa6416]

Hello! thank you for sharing your information on blueberries. I have my berries in a large planter. Can I top dress with new soil or compost as the soil level is really getting shallow? I am happy with the abundance of berries.

[@ReSprout]

Yes, definitely do that! Try to use a potting soil marketed for acid loving plants (it will usually say blueberries or hydrangeas or berries on it). If you can't find that, regular potting soil with an acid fertilizer mixed in would make them very happy! 😊 This is the one I use-resprout.com/go/436-fertilizer/