How to Remove Crabgrass from Blueberry Plants

Do you have problems with crabgrass control around your blueberry plants? Maintaining good crabgrass control around blueberry plants is essential to keeping healthy blueberry plants established and productive. You’ll find that you end up with healthier blueberry plants with good crabgrass control. Use the following steps to assure high-quality and productive blueberry plants for your home garden.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Gardening Gloves
• Water Pitcher
• Water
• Black Planting Cloth
• Scissors

1. Examine the base of each of the blueberry plants you are growing. Use a watering pitcher to pour water directly on unwanted crabgrass. This will loosen the soil around the crabgrass. Go down the entire row and water the crabgrass that is near the blueberry plants in the row.

2. Put on a pair of gardening gloves. Pull up the unwanted crabgrass by hand and make certain to get the roots as well to prevent it from coming back as quickly around your blueberry plants in the row.

3. Cut several squares of black, planting cloth. Cut a hole in the center and slit on one edge. Slide the cloth around the base of each of the blueberry plants in the row.

4. Cover the cloth around the base of the blueberry plants with 2 inches of organic mulch material.

5. Water the blueberry plants well. Repeat for each row of blueberry plants you are growing.

Tips & Warnings

• Check your blueberry plants monthly to assure no new crabgrass has appeared.
• Keep crabgrass out of your lawn to prevent it from creeping into your blueberry plant rows.
• Avoid weed control chemicals around the blueberry plants you grow.

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[rakhib]

on 11/10/2009 gr8 tips and very well written.5 * and a rec

[mvalora]

on 10/21/2009 Good tips on protecting blueberry plants from crabgrass.