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Step 1
Contact your state agricultural experiment station for a blueberry variety recommendation. Bluecrop, for instance, is a mid-season bloomer which produces large, light blue berries and is quite hardy and drought resistant. This might be great in a dryer area.
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Step 2
Select a location. Blueberry bushes need acid soil with a high moisture retention. Be sure to check that the pH value is between 5 and 6. These bushes can thrive in partial shade, but do best in a sunny location.
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Step 3
Plant your blueberry bush in the fall or the spring when the soil is workable. Space them about 4 feet apart and 1 inch deeper in the soil than they were in the nursery. Plant 4 to 6 bushes for an averaged-sized family to enjoy fruit all season with some left over for canning and freezing.
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Step 4
Fertilize the blueberry bush in the late winter or early spring, about 1 month before growth starts to appear. In sandy soil, apply the fertilizer again 1 month later, after the first spring growth appears.
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Step 5
Mulch in the early summer with peat, leaf mold, compost or well-rotted manure. Place netting over the blueberry bushes to protect your berries from the birds.
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Step 6
Prune after the first 3 years of growth in the winter. Remember that the fruit will grow on last year's wood. Try cutting one or two of the oldest shoots back to a strong new shoot to promote new growth, which in turn will bear fruit the following year.













Comments
daizzie said
on 4/24/2009 Does anyone know if blueberry bushes spread as the grow? Like red rasberry bushes do. Im going to be planting them and need to know how much room to plan on.
ravethrill said
on 12/15/2008 anyone knows where can i buy blueberry seeds to grow them in Central Mexico??
vallain said
on 6/25/2008 This is very helpful. 5 stars