How to Grow Blueberries in Containers
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- How to Grow Blueberries in Containers
G'Day Folks.
Here's a look at how I'm planting out 4 new "Blueberry Burst" bushes into Root Pouches in our backyard patch using a special potting soil blend that's recommended for acid loving plants.
Will pop a link below to PlantNet, the company that developed them.
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Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics do you have a follow up video to this would like to see if its going good?
Is this info for all types of blueberries?
Should work well for them all Teresa. 👍
Cheers & happy growing.
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics. Can you list all types of the soils and fertilizer which you used to plant your blueberries ? . I'm trying to buy some right soils to plant mine. Thanks a lot.
Rob Bob's Aquaponics & Backyard Farm thanks for the grate advice mate blue berry on...
Pine Bark, interesting. The past year I've been collecting and adding the cutest little 2" pine cones on top of my blueberry pots as mulch. It's so cute. I didn't even think that my blueberries might like them. But now I have a much bigger problem. I now have 6 baby pine trees that have germinated and are growing in my blueberry pots.
🤣 I can see where that would be a problem SQ. Did you transplant them out?
Eat them.
🤣
Thank you for this my Brother! My wife and I just purchased our first piece of Real Estate. We bought a commercial building in the downtown section of our Borough and have exactly ZERO ground to plant anything in. Luckily we have a humongous southern facing balcony that gets direct sunlight all day long! I’m fixing to set up our balcony as an organic oasis of home grown yummy foods. My youngest is a Blueberry monster and I’m very exited to see that I can provide something for him in the limited space that I have available! Next, I’m seeking a self pollinating dwarf apple variety.
Congrats Robert & Family.😊 👍
Have a good look into the air pruning pouches or containers that are available in your area. They will save you from having issues with root bound plants.
Happy planing & growing mate.
It is great to see all those blueberry plants! I hope they grow real well :) Thanks for sharing :)
Why on earth did I never think of transferring potted plants to new containers like that!!! What a great idea and so simple - boy do I feel stupid! lol
Took me years of transplanting before I learned about it too Andrew. 😉👍
Hahaha, I live in São Paulo-BRAZIL and here we have mild winters with few hours of intense cold; I have blueberries planted in pots in the backyard, POWDER BLUE, CLIMAX, MISTY and Emeralds that have adapted better than the others. My biggest difficulty is keeping the soil always acidic, as blueberries like so much, they still bear fruit...😝👍
Nice one Jeronimus.
so that's how you get the plant easily and nicely into the new pot
It made perfect sense to me the first time I saw it too Ashley. 👍
Cheers.
Enjoy your picking when they arrive, Rob.
Thanks for this - I potted one up today using this advice!
Nice one Kellie.
Hope they grow you loads of fruit in the years to come.
Cheers.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to plant a blueberry bush. I love making blueberry-ginger smoothies and this will be so great!
Hope you get a great harvest Ami.
Cheers & happy growing. 🌱🌱
Please share the recipe 😍😍
Thanks for the video here
You have to follow up with a taste test. I wonder if they will be as good since they are so big. Can't wait to find out. Janice
They're flowering at the moment Janice & I'll include a quick look along with the garlic. 👍
Cheers & all the best,
Rob.
Great info. I have 2 blueberry plants. Will feed now with seasol now they are flowering :)
Thanks Carol. Hope it helps your plants out down there.
Cheers.
That's an interesting looking blueberry. I've never seen leaves like that on a blueberry plant before.
Hey Rob. I got the Blueberry Burst too, arrived a week or so ago from Daley's. She's looking good in her Root Pouch and has a handful of little berries on her. Wasn't expecting to see any this season so haven't decided whether to pluck them off yet. Handling the mini heat-wave we're currently enjoying & those water-saving crystals are helping there. Good luck with your BB, we'll have to compare each others yield next year. Not that I"m competitive :)
😀 How are yours going Robbie? Ours have put on a fair amount of growth over the past few summer months so am hoping we get a ½ decent crop from them.
Sorry it took so long to respond too.
Cheers & happy growing.
Thanks for sharing 👍😊
My pleasure Catalina. 😊
Happy growing.
Rob, I enjoy your videos and get a lot out of them. Wish you were my neighbor, Mate!
Glad you're enjoying them mate & hope you get a few useful ideas from them too. 👍
Cheers Jason & have a top one.
Hey Rob,
So I never liked the price of the fabric root pots and lack the sewing skills to DIY my own... But last year I grabbed 10 of those recycled polypropylene Wal-Mart reusable shopping bags for 25 cents each. To my surprise they air prune just like the fabric ones and I had success with potatoes!
I'm sure you have a big box chain down there and the recycled poly bags are really cheap and are about 5 gallons each. They will degrade in the sun, id guess they would average 2 years if treated well... And they do tend to slump because of the lack of structural support. But it's a nice quick cheap solution if people want to have a go for pennies.
I also use them as the liner inside my Dutch buckets to make clean up way easier, though you need to poke a few holes in them because fish poo can coat a film on them.
Hey Brandon. Started off with the store bags here as well but found they broke down in he first season.
I like the Root Pouches as they will last for years + they're made from recycled water bottles. 👍 I was so happy with how they went I started to import them for sale here in Australia. 😉
Tend not to use the clips as a sales pitch though as I find it annoying when others do so.
Cheers & happy growing mate.
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics maybe I can refer you to my $37 E-book LOL
🤔😄
Why would I buy that when mine is only $9.95 😉
Brandon Carrion Not sure where you are but fabric pots can be purchased on Amazon (if US) or online for fairly inexpensive. They are 5-20x the price in stores I have seen.
Hi I have been growing the burst for about 5+ years mine are well over 5 foot high and still growing bigger, from 5 plants iv been getting 1.5KG twice a week. great variety mixed with the Nelly Kelly (late bloomer) I get fruit for months.
Thanks for the information Timmy. 👍🙂 Ours have put on a load of growth over summer here so am looking forward to the first harvest.
Are yours in the ground or have you got them in containers?
Cheers & have a top one.
Hey Rob, great vids man, nice channel to!
I recently read that...
Supposedly, blueberries do better in slightly higher PH ranges, contrary to popular belief, between 5.0 & 6.0 PH
Plants grown in soil with a PH of 6 produced fruit with higher brix levels than that of the conventional 4.5 to 5.5 PH range.
It had to do with better nutrient absorption of other nutrients at a PH of 6, without adversely affecting iron uptake.
When all is said and done though, I haven't tried raising the PH of my blueberry pots by 0.5 to see if there is any noticeable difference in growth and I use the same soil you feature in this vid and i have some pretty good blueberries.
Also not to Burst your bubble haha, but iv'e heard Blueberry Burst is a bland blueberry.
Usually when a plant has been bred for higher yeild, there will be a sacrifice on flavour. What are your thoughts on taste?
Revielle and PowderBlue have been the standouts in the flavour department for me, closely followed by Magnolia :)
I wish we had Lowbush types here though!
Thanks for the info on the pH Laughing Man. Will have to suss that out. 👍 I have only had a few small berries from them so far & found them sweet but they were no where near the size they are supposed to get to. Will be interesting to see how they go once they set fruit next season. The only other plants we have are powder blue (that really needs to be re potted & get some TLC) & the unknown highbush in the barrel at the start of the clip.
Hope you've continued to enjoy the clips & sorry it took so long to reply to you.
Cheers & happy growing mate.
plant popping technique,, Brilliant!
Cheers BJ. 👍
I'll be doing some ph checks tomorrow.
How did you go Andy?
Cheers mate.
good day! thank you from cali!
Cheers Teri.
Have a top one.
Neat! Blueberries are scrumptious!
Jeanette Waverly I
just bought some blueberry trees, gotta plant them sometime
Hope they grow well for you mate.
Cheers.
can't wait til the snow is gone :D great video
Hope you get a decent harvest CB.
Cheers.
I've given up on these fabric bags. I used to think they're the best because there's been youtube videos talking about how good they are, but my experience proved otherwise. The outer edges dries up extremely quickly that you need to water every day, and if it's summer, you need to water it twice a day to keep the edges moist. Extremely time consuming if you have to water manually as well as extremely wasteful of water.
Once these bags becomes too dry, it becomes almost impossible to re-wet the growing medium thoroughly. My plants never thrive in these bags. I prefer the green woven bags because it doesn't dry out that quickly but still allow for air pruning of the roots so the plant can never be root-bound no matter how many years you keep it in without re-potting.
I think it depends on how you water them. I've found that treating them as a wicking bed works really well.
Cheers & happy growing QC. 🌱🌱
Wow, the ending! thats what those things are lol im in Melbourne i got bored in lockdown grew a blueberry plant in a pot it looks like the one that native bee is in, so im guessing its doing good! i just dont know when to check the PH level.
You can check the pH at any time Mimi Mi. 👍 I wouldn't worry too much about it if the plant is growing well & looking healthy though.
Happy growing.
PH is very important for plants care .thank you for learned us this great information,and please tell us about another plants like banana,papaya,passion fruit...👍🏽❤️
I have since done a clip on Papaya if you're interested Mohsen
czcams.com/video/3ah9UPsY1IU/video.html
Sorry for taking so long to respond too you as well.
Cheers & have a top one.
Great video Rob! Gonna try your techniques here in the Pacific Northwest, cheers!
Nice one Fred. Hope you get a great harvest from the bushes. 👍
Cheers & happy growing Fred.
Awesome video !! Fantastic advice and information !! Thanks for sharing
I've tried growing blueberries and every single time they decide they would rather drop dead than grow for me. Funny how that goes. I had the growing wild at my former property but the moment I tried growing them they died. Your blueberry green thumb is a bit greener than mine. :)
That's sad to hear Ray. 😕 Have you tried them in containers so you can give them a more suitable pH ? That's probably a silly question to ask you.
Sorry for taking so long to respond too mate.
Hope you're all doing well.
Cheers.
G'day Rob, I'm back (using a different name but still watching). Bruno from Western Cape, South Africa.
Essjay and I just love the look of those blueberries. We will look around to see if there are any available locally - have not had much success with the normal variety. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your video!
Good day!
Hi Tammy. 👋
i like the potting mix recommendation, i only used the azalia/camilia mix with added cocopeat. next time ill be adding pinebark.
I'm not sure the pine back has done too much Shane other than keeping the mix nice & light.
@@RobsAquaponics wouldnt the pinebark breaking down use up nitrogen in the soil...i used the same mix and have mixed results
@@simonchidgey5870 It would from what I have been taught. I was following the recommendations of the plant breeders themselves in this clip.
thanks for sharing have a blessed day
Thanks for your info.
Cheers Lynn 👍👍
Another Fantastic video my friend! I have been considering doing blueberries here on the Daddykirbs Farm as well. They will need to be in pots because our soil is not good for these acid loving plants. I just need to do a bit of research to discover which variety plant would do best in my climate. Thanks!
Hey Blake. Sorry I missed this mate. 😕
You have a few on the go now don't you or have I confused you with another homesteader? The plans in the 15 gal pouches have taken right off here through summer. 👍
Cheers mate & have a top one.
Nice
Thanks 👍
I bought a bag of SCOTT Azalea, Gardenia potting mix and when I checked the PH I found it was neutral (7 to 8). According to Scott, the PH is between 4.8 to 5.8. When I brought this to their attention they denied it saying that to test the PH of a soil, we need highly sophisticated and expensive equipment. I reported this to the Office of Fair Trading but no action has been taken. I request you to kindly check for yourself and post a video of your report. Thanking you
The soil in the pouches is very aged now so I couldn't do an accurate test as it wouldn't be accurate unfortunately Max.
Thats exactly what i did...i tested it and it was 7 also.....what a load of bull.
ive been trying all sorts to get the PH down and its a slow journey i can tell you.
amazing info and videos! Hard worker.... keeps you fit!
Thanks Susan.
Think I could be working a bit harder at getting back ion shape though. 😕
Cheers & all the best.
Rob.
Looking forward to seeing how you go with these. I got one from Bunnings a year ago and I've been struggling to keep it alive in the original pot. The leaves keep going brown from the tips and I'm not sure why - first I thought I was under watering it so I gave it more water and seaweed fertiliser 2-3 times a week and that brought it back, even though it seemed a bit too much water/fertiliser, but now after getting fruit set the same thing is happening and cutting back the watering doesn't seem to make a difference. Still trying to figure out what the issue is so I'll be looking closely to see how you manage yours!
Hi Vink & sorry I missed your post. How are your plants going now? Are they still struggling a bit? O=IU got some tip burn on ours which I think was from over watering. Have laid right off the water & they have picked up & put on some fantastic growth over summer.
Cheers,
Rob.
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing
Hi Rob! Thanx so much for this video! Love the energy! You fondly refer to the plant to your left (at the start of the video) as "the grand old lady". I have 2 similar looking plants... my question is... are they supposed to be so sparse in leaves (ie more woody than leafy)? Im at my wits end to get mine to grow more leaves... Im not sure of their ages, as I bought them online, but I suspect they're about 18-24 months.... Perhaps Im being impatient, or killing them with kindness?
Hi Malika. They do respond well to a pruning back of some of the older dead wood we've found. Once we nipped off some of the dead stems after fruiting we had a nice flush of new growth.
I also like to feed the trees a few times a year with a top dress of compost as well.
Hope that helps some.
Thanks for the tips my young blueberry is flowering it supposed to fruit in January it is healthy it's got very young leaves growing everywhere and has very young shoots coming up, should I just leave it, I gave it a feed nearly 2 weeks ago thank you
Hi lea & sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
Did you leave the flowers on or take them off?
I haven't noticed a difference between plants I took them off & the ones I left them on personally.
@@RobsAquaponics
Hi Rob I have left the flowers on and hopefully they will be beautiful blueberries, I got another blueberry the other day and it has blueberries on it same variety also, thanks for getting back to me.
I watch this video when it first came out and I've been wondering how the blueberry bursts have been holding up since you purchased them. Do you think you can do an update video?
They are looking a bit scruffy at the moment as we're in winter so might leave an update on them until next spring. 😉
I did post this harvest video last season if you wanted to check it out to give you some idea, czcams.com/video/YL-zTSbcO6E/video.html
Cheers & have a great one Sandrea. 😁👍
Hey Rob! Love the vids :)
Hi there & thanks. 🙂
Cheers & have a top one. 👍
Rob, have you had any problem with fruitfly in your blueberries. I didn't have a problem for most of last season (or previous 2), but for a couple of weeks I had probably ½ of them with grubs in - I stopped eating them off the bush for a while as a result.
Hey Alan. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.
I did have issues a few seasons ago so have started to drape insect netting over the plants when they fruit now. That does the trick against the QLD fruit flies for us. 👍
Sorry again for being so slack.
Cheers & happy growing
I've subscribed and like. Thanks so much for the tips. Will give this a try!
Hope the bushes grow well for you Linda.
Happy growing.
Thanks for the tips on the bag hopefully I got the right ones for the states. How are the bags holding up it has been 5 years now?
They're still holding up well Jim. I think I did put a cut in one with the line trimmer but that's not an issue with the bag, just my poor aim.
@@RobsAquaponics I believe I was able to source the bags that you have here in the states, thanks a lot.
Brilliant!
Thanks for this video! Can I use cedar mulch instead pine mulch?
Probably would be fine on the soil surface as a mulch. I'm not convinced that the pine bark lowered the pH by much myself. I was just following the advice given by the folks that developed this variety.
Cheers.
Hi Rob , you mentioned a slow release pellets, are you able to advice which particularl it was? I am in Victoria so hope to use the same amd hoping for good yields. Thanks, Tiffany
I like the Rooster booster brand Tiffany. 👍 Aussie made & owned last time I checked.
Hi Rob, I'd love to see a follow up video showing how the blueberrie bushes are progressing in the root pouches. Any suggestions where I can purchase root pouches in Australia? Thanks love the channel
Hi there Michael. Sorry I missed this. I just filmed a short on the berries on the weekend. They're a bit beaten around at the moment as they had a 4½hour drive north to our new farm on the back of a trailer a few months back.
czcams.com/users/shortslWAgJduoBfY
Rob, Great video. I'm in Melbourne and have some blueberry plants in pots that I bought in winter with berries already on them. I am not sure if that has messed up the grow cycle but my blueberries just stay green. They never even look like turning blue. I water them regularly, keep them in filtered sun (the sun in Melbourne is too strong currently to risk putting them in the full sun), and use seasol every week or so. What can I do to get them to ripen? I have a birds net over them by the way but that shouldn't make any difference.
Hi there & sorry I missed this post. Did the fruit end up ripening for you?
I give ours a bit of a feed with potassium rich kelp powder to help the fruit develop. Eco Seaweed has about 16% potassium so may be better than some of the other seaweed fertilisers in that respect.
Cheers & happy growing
Rob.
Hi Rob, Thanks for your reply. They eventually ripened in January after I kept fertilising them with Sudden Impact for Roses which is potassium rich. However as it was so hot with very hot sun much of the time I kept them on a covered terrace most of the time and with the bird net on. Now the two containers are growing away with fresh growth and I am wondering what to with them. I have a lot of choices. I have raised garden beds on a high rockery in the back yard, an open garden veggie patch on a northern fence that is very sunny in summer but shaded from around March till September, and containers of various sizes on the terrace. I could also plant them in the front yard in a sunny garden bed. If you look at the videos of shasta daisies and butterfly on my channel you can see that garden bed. What do you recommend? Should I be tip pruning, repotting, or do I have some time to ponder?
I guess I had a lot of time to ponder - 4 months! :) It's now June and the plants are still in the same pots with flowers and some fruit setting, thanks to a very keen lone bee! See: czcams.com/video/7VSwENQMvX0/video.html I guess I will now wait until January when the blueberries have been picked then repot them and prune before they start growing again. Any thoughts?
Hi Rob.
Any updates on how your Bursts have grown over the years?
They're still growing & I've shown them in other updates over the years. They didn't handle the move 4 hours north too well but are still growing & lost most of their leaves but they're slowly bouncing back.
Hello . Instead of pine bark can I use spruce saw dust to get the same effect? Thanks
I'm not sure I would bother using anything but low pH soils in any new blueberry container plants Overrider as out soil only plant is growing just as well as these. I was just following the recommendations that came from the growers to see how it would go.
I think the bark helped with drainage but am not convinced that it lowered the pH.
Hope the helps some.
Hello, thanks for the content! I just potted some in potting mix without mixing in bark, will they be ok or should I re-do it
I wouldn't worry about adding it in Bronson. I was only following the recommendations of the growers that sold the plants. Our other B Berry is doing fine in plain old soil in it's pot. 👍
@@RobsAquaponics Thanks bud
How.long would those recyclable bags long? Do they have to be transplanted after some time? Thanks in advance for the reply
These plants have been in the pouches for almost 4 years now & the pouches are holding up well. The colour fades a bit but that's about it. I have had some pouches for well over 5 years now that are still doing well.
Hope that helps some.
Ive got two of those bags and u inspired me to plant blueberries!
@@mayocheng1927 me too!
I’ve got about 35 of these bags sized from 3gal to 25gal and have been using them for years. No issues at all, they work great and show much less wear than I thought they would.
as far as I understood the order for planting is this: plant, pine bark, seaweed fertilizer, fertilizer pellets, compost and pine bark again. Correct? Why put the pine bark mulch twice?
The top layer of bark is to act as a mulch to help stop the soil from drying out. 👍
Cheers.
Thanks for information, great site ... Just starting out, so need good information , as want grow fruit. Have liver problems so blueberries great for help on liver. But lost two blueberry plants this year already, and not cheap.
Want two bushes, planted acidic soil, bigger pot, only couple size bigger.
Do same both bush, but keep dyeing. Where can get these Blue Burst? Thanks
Hey Julie.
Here's the link I have in the description for the supplier.
PlantNet's Blueberry page
goo.gl/X1guxv
They are based in Australia & am not sure if they;'re available over seas as of yet.
Hope that helps.
Cheers.
sir where will i can buy like those cute bags for blueberries to grow. plant bags
They're called Root Pouches & are sold around the world.👍
I have some listed on my Amazon page if you're in the US & are interested.
www.amazon.com/shop/bnbob01?listId=6UUB60EC5W7I
I will get a commission if you use my link just to let you know. 😉👍
Does the chlorine in tap water affect the blueberries grown in pots? I have read that blueberries are sensitive to chlorine. Do you have problems with birds eating the blueberries ?
I have never had any chlorine issues with ours GS. We do have to net them from the birds & the Queensland fruit flies though. 😕
Cheers.
Hi Rob... am in Northern NSW.. wondering how your blueberries in root pouches have grown.would like to do this too. I like the idea of air-pruning.. but a couple of questions. Can I do it now as my plants have been pollinated with fruit just forming now. Should theyeventually be potted up to larger pots or go into ground?
Hi River. Ours are not doing the best but in saying that, I haven't kept on top of their feeding or pruning requirements. They're still fruiting, but not as well as they have in the past.
I wouldn't re pot them until they stop fruiting or you may lose a lot of the crop.
I plan to remove ours from the pouches, pop them in fresh soil the. plant them back in them. I would like to take them when we move from here & so far the root pruning/entrapment appears to be keeping them healthy despite my neglect.
I hope that helps some.
Done all this and tried adding liquid sulfur to get pH down.. but I can never get the pH low. How can I get the pH down? I have had a blueberry burst plant in a large container, bigger than the ones you have. We used the Gardenia potting mix as recommended and all that.. but even after a year the plant has barely grown and looks half dead.. this year we got maybe 20 buds in total and so far have harvested 2 blueberries and the rest remain small green spheres for weeks.
What are we doing wrong?
I’ve read to fertilize blueberries with higher nitrogen. The ecoseaweed you said has higher potassium that you give every 2 weeks or so. I’m also doing into a pot. So do I do higher nitrogen or higher potassium? And when do I fertilize, I read only once a year but since it’s in a pot maybe once a month is ok
The eco seaweed only used regularly through the flowering & fruiting phase as that's when potassium is needed the most.
Otherwise, I tend to use a compost or slow release organic pellet to provide the nitrogen & other elements required. 👍 A liquid feed with a fertiliser monthly couldn't hurt if that's the main way you'll be feeding the soil.
Hope that helps some.
I recently brought a young blueberry plant, when should i prune, if just a little, as it's growing up, but not out ? Thank you
Sorry for missing your question. With ours, I removed any vertical shoots coming from the main stem that didn't have any branches on them. That limited the vertical growth & I found the plants became a bit more bushy. I'm not sure that's how the pro's would do it but it worked for me.
Hope that helps some.
That's a nice video Rob, could you please tell if this can be grown from runners too ?
They don't send out runners like strawberries but can be propagated by cuttings. 👍
video after video of people creating soils with no sand silt or clay. Loam is usually ideal: 40% sand 30% silt 20% clay and 10% organic matter like humus. That soil will be garbage after a few years. The loam triangle is different depending on the plant.
I beg to differ. Have grown in post with garden soil that contains clay then added sand for drainage as well as some chook based compost & still had all sorts of issues when I first started to grow on a budget.
Those posts & boxes still needed to be emptied & re filled every 12-18 months just like the potting mix ones.
Keep in mind that not everyone has access to the raw ingredients to make up their own soil blends due to availability of different ingredients or even contamination of urban soils to name a few reasons.
Sweeping statements tend to put more folks off from trying to grow their own as does misinformation. You could film your own clip that explains the chart & also go into what plants suit which mixes.
Cheers & have a top one.
Thanks for information will contact. Love site
Hi can i use bananna peel instead of seaweed fertilizer
Yes you can but it won't have as much potassium as the fertilisers.
Happy growing.
gday rob
Howdy Ariff 👋
early in the video you mention you're using a 56L or 15 gallon pot but then you say it's recommended to use a 50-60cm pot. What size in liters or gallons is 50-60cm?
50-60cm is the diameter of the top opening.
Sorry it took sop long to get back to you.
sir is this the variety from australia.. is this possible to tropical coubtry like philippines. im interested sir to grow it.. is there any website ordering seeds of these.. thanks. hoping for reply sir
I think they only sell the plants sorry Karen. This is their website,
www.plantnet.com.au/category/blueberries/
I just saw that you're in the Philippines so please disregard the Amazon link I added to the other comment.
Cheers.
How long can they stay in the pot? I am in US Arizon.
From what I've seen you can get 3-4 years in the same container before it's a good idea to repot them.
I live in the states and have cold cold winters.... how would you winter potted blueberries?
Hi Liz.
I'd move them in doors if I had the room or set them up in a southerly facing position that gets the most of your winter sun. 👍 Some blueberries can handle temps as low as -5 °F to -13°F. Would be worth checking which varieties do though before buying. I'd also enquire how well the roots of the variety you choose can handle the cold as they will be more exposed to the cold than plants in the earth.
Hope that helps you out some Liz & you're able to get a few plants.
Happy growing.
Rob
Hi Rob, I'm in New Zealand and because of your video, I bought 2 of these plants. I payed a big shipping cost for them, when they arrive in the label says "medium size berries" Does the label of yours says something different?
Hey Dario.
On their site it says they have a large fruit & am sure that the merchandising material I got at the time said their fruit could grow up to the size of an Aussie $1 coin.
I can't find the info sheet I got but they do say this,
"If all our recommendations on the blueberry plant care page are followed carefully, you can produce fruit up to three times larger than current blueberry varieties available to the home gardener."
www.plantnet.com.au/shop/blueberries/blueberry-burst/
It might pay for you to email them & see why the label only says medium-size fruit.
Cheers.
Is these blueberry burst seeds to be bought online? great channel.
Hi Bob & sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. You can get them from a few places here in Australia.
www.plantnet.com.au/blueberry-burst/
www.daleysfruit.com.au/buy/blueberry-burst-plant.htm
Not sure if you can get them over seas though. I'd check with the Plant Net folks if you are OS as they developed them. 👍
Sorry again for taking so long to reply.
Cheers & have a top one.
Hi, I am wanting to get two types of dwarf BB plants, one being the Sun Shine and I am wanting to plant once and let go. I read where a man put his out and it is still doing fine after 10 years in one of the heavy duty smart pots and that is what I want to do. Can you tell me what size in gallons you think I would need for them in order to accomplish this? Thank you, love your channel!
i popped these into a 15 gal pouch Kathy. 👍 They are only small bushing varieties so should do reasonably well in them.
Hope your plants do well for you.
Cheers.
Since blueberry has shallow roots, why wasn’t it planted in a pot/ container that is more shallow? Is it because pots that size has a standard height?
They're roots will go down quite a ways. They do have a lot of shallow "feeder" roots though.
How do you think the blueberries would go in the aquaponics with a duel root zone pouch ?
Probably really well if you can keep the pH at the right level in the soil. Would be interesting to see someone have a crack at it.
Hi Rob Bob im a new subscriber, i live in the far south coast NSW.
my zone is temperate and i have one blueberry that produces assome fruit every year with minimal maintenance ( light feed twice a year) have you ever taken cuttings from your blueberry's and had any success ?
The only time I tried was when I pruned back some branches & popped a few small sections into the aquaponics. It was the wrong time of year & they died off very quickly. I do know folks that have struck quite a few from cuttings & they used some of the rooting hormone gel to get a good success rate.
Sorry it took so log to get back to you.
Cheers & happy growing.
Blueberry BURST is very prone to decease in Sydney region. From my experience, the Blueberry SUNSHINEBLUE is far better to grow in pots, and if you do not want to spray chemicals.
Thanks for the feedback. 👍 Have seen others say it grows fine there but it was developed with warmer climates in mind from what I've read.
Cheers & have a top one.
You'll need to give it a spray every few weeks with Kocide (copper) during the warm/rainy season, but apart from rust I have had no problems. I have never achieved the large fruit size in the promo material though.
My plant adjusted to the chill hour requirements over three seasons, it is now flowering late winter/early spring as opposed to at the beginning of winter. Don't ask me how it figured this out
I have two plants that are now going into their 3rd year, just over a meter high and my fruit are small. I did email plantnet and they said that i didnt fertilise it enough. All my blueberries get the same and my other varieties produce heaps. Very dissappointed with average size fruit around 5mm in diameter. I have 9 different varieties. The Sharpe and Northland produces larger and sweeter fruit for me.
Have you got a link to where you buy the root pouches? I have used some of the green harvest grow bags for bb which are poly-pro so which do you think are better?
Hi Morgan & I'm so sorry I missed your post. I sell the Root pouches if you're still interested. You can find more information on them on this page from our site
► bitsouttheback.com/root-pouch/
My contact email for ordering is also on the page. 👍
Am happy to give you a small discount as way to apologise for missing your question.
Cheers & happy growing.
I live in Orange County, California, USA.
I am interested in buying a few plants or seeds.
Do you sell it?
No sorry. There may be a few local retailers that sell this variety now as this video is a few years old now.
Seems like the tray is necessary. It's so hard to keep the right moisture balance for potted blueberries. I've killed them with too little water and too much! I'll try to follow your example. Wish those cloth pots were cheaper. They probably cost 30 cents to make.
Hey Andrea. I think the bush down the back has done so well because it's in the self watering barrel. 👍
It's been my experience that most things made from a recycled material cost a bit more unfortunatley.
If it's the Aussie prices you mean, a lot of the increase is due to them costing me more in freight & govenment charges to bring the pouches into Australia than the pouches are to buy from the manufacturer up until now. I'm hoping a new arrangement will bring the price down a bit & will see with a new order that's due in the next few weeks.
Cheers & have a top one.
Andrea Wisner i kmow right ive killed 4 now but im going to try again
R U sure it wasnt your PH level? that killed mine 😬
Fabric pots plants are inexpensive online in the US. Not sure your location. They are 5-20x more expensive in the store here
Is peat moss an acceptable growing medium for blueberries?
I have seen folks add a bit into the soil mix Albert. Not something I've tried here as of yet.
Hi Rob,
Quick question, In the the other video you referenced that using pine bark to lower Ph was a myth. Just wondering, using the pine bark and Azealia as suggested by PlantNet, (mix 50/50) is this still recommended?
Cheers and thanks
The plants are still producing well (have noticed they crop better when I feed them, funny that....) so I can't say it's hurt them much.
I would still start off with the Azealia mix but think I would skip the bark next time round. Sorry it took so lone to respond.
Can you grows them in the north USA and are those self pollinators
Blue berries come from North America but I'm unsure of this variety being available there. They do have "perfect flowers" so will self pollinate. They do d better if there are bees & other pollinators around through.
hi, I was wondering I am planning on doing this with my blueberries plants(in 5gal buckets 1st year for all of them) and have catawba grapes, would this be good for grapes? and if so what size root pouch would you suggest? thank you in advance.
Hi Shawn & I'm so sorry I missed your question.
I haven't grown grapes myself but from what I've seen 5gal might be a bit small as they may become root bound. I have seen Root pouch say that the 5gal pouch is the smallest pouch they recommend but you also get the benefit of the roots being air pruned which creates a healthier root system for the plant.
Sorry again for taking so long to get back to you.
Cheers.
Hey Rob, I'm planning to have grow blueberries in grow bag this year, however, I live in Minnesota with zone 4B. How should I protect the roots of blueberries in grow bags?
Huddling them together might be on option. Popping them in a small greenhouse would probably be the best way to go though I think.
You always used the blue wicking drums, do you still use these ? Are the pouches better or is it that you get commission, not meaning to sound harsh but I am looking at more containers and want to get the best I can
Hi Mark & sorry for taking so long to get back to you.
I still use the wicking barrels but not so much for perennials any more. I think perennials are better off in an air pruning container like the barrel I made up for the papaya or the Root Pouches that I have our coffee tree & new blueberries in. I have found that the air pruning containers do a great job at air pruning the roots of plants helping them to grow a lot healthier.
This is the air prunig wicking barrel I made up for the papaya ► czcams.com/video/VPxj8e2r7H0/video.html
& here's the page from our site with more root pouch information ► bitsouttheback.com/root-pouch/
Sorry again for taking so long to reply.
Rob.
pls list all type of the soil you used to plant blueberries... it will be very helpful
I showed them in the clip👍.
The best bagged soil to use is azalea mix as it needs to be more acidic which blueberries prefer. Other than that a top dress of compost to feed the soil every 3-4 months will help the plants & soil stay healthy.
Hope that helps some.
How did these blueberries go Rob? I am about to pot some up too thanks to your video.
Hi Patrick.
They have been neglected a bit over the past 8+ months as we had to move out while the hose is being renovated. Will include an update on them once we move home & sort ourselves out.
Cheers.
PERHAPS, ONE MIGHT USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF "CLAY", AND "SAND" IN YOUR POTTING MIX, TO PROVIDE SOME "FINES" THAT WILL HELP TINY ROOTS TO GET A BETTER CONNECTION TO THE MIX....(?)... HOW IS THE "pH" (test with a pH meter??...).WHAT ABOUT USING A SMALL AQUARIUM, WATER PUMP, AND "DRIP IRRIGATION" SYSTEM"??!!!....
So far the plants have been growing fine as is sitting in their tray of water that gets filled a few time s a week & getting fed compost. 👍
What sort of position have you put them in? I've had to put mine on the patio so it only gets about 4 hours morning sun but come every winter where the patio gets a lot more sun the leaves get burnt off and I have to cut it back hard every year! I'm hoping when we move I can find a better position for it. (I'm in Rockhampton Queensland so I know I'm probably pushing it trying to grow them so far north, but apparently others in the area have had success.)
Some varieties are deciduous so the leaf drop may be due to that Bluefrogs. Do you know what variety you have?
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics The variety is 'Sharpblue.' At my last place it was in a better position; morning summer sun and late afternoon winter sun and it didn't lose its leaves then. I think i need to find a tree to put it under. 🤔
Daleys page say that it's "Partly Deciduous" so the change in position may have triggered the leaf drop.
Hanging so shade cloth may help you out some. 👍
Rob just wondering how blueberries would go growing in an IBC Wicking Bed? Cheers Max
They'd do really well in one I think Thomas. 👍 Have tossed around the idea of popping our large one into an IBC bed.
Cheers & have a top one.
How are the plants now rob?
Doing really well & are full of green fruit. Really should net them soon or the birds will start knocking them off as they ripen up.
I showed them briefly in a recent clip & this link will take you right to where I showed them,
czcams.com/video/0J1u1s5_Lz0/video.htmlm20s
Cheers.
How are these blueberries doing today? Did you have great success with this potting soil recipe
They've just started to flower again & are doing well. I don't think I'd use the pine bark again that the plant growers suggested & I used in this video. I think a good low pH potting soil would have been enough. 👍
He's a look at our most recent harvest we got from the plants if you're interested,
czcams.com/video/DFJC9IhCzBc/video.html
Cheers & have a top one.