How to Grow Blueberries
In recent years blueberries has been an important crop to grow. Perhaps because blueberries are naturally sweet, this is why so many people love growing them. But there are many possibilities for growing blueberries also. Whether you want to make blueberry jelly, blueberry pie, or some other food that involves blueberries, these are the perfect type of plant that you can grow for all sorts of reasons. However, learning to grow blueberries should almost be considered a carefully crafted art simply because it takes so much time to bear good and healthy fruit. Expert blueberry growers have said that a healthy, full, and strong blueberry plant will take up to four or five years to grow the first successfully blueberry patch. However, this is not to say that the first season that the blueberry plant is grown it won’t bear fruit, because it certainly will. But the biggest and most productive blueberry plant will end up appearing after several years.
The first thing that you should know when learning how to grow blueberries is where you will plant them. Many backyard soils are simply not acidic enough to grow blueberry plants the first time. Because blueberry plants require very acidic soil to grow in, a blueberry plant grower will more than likely need to invest in some organic matter and other types of peat moss in order to be able to plant blueberry patches. This should not be too hard to do and many local greenhouses will advise you on the best way to go about doing this. But acidity is a crucial aspect of growing blueberry patches and the acidic soil must be kept to a certain pH level throughout the entire growing season that you have the blueberries. (Learn how to test soil ph level)
When you’re ready to start planting your blueberries there are some things you should do in order to prepare the plants. Before you venture out with your blueberry plant, the roots of the blueberry plant must be soaked for a few hours before it’s left in the ground. This is not only to ensure that the blueberry plant has enough water to feed off of but it will also give it a good head start before the actual growing begins. The next thing you’ll want to do is dig a big enough hole for the peat moss and the blueberry plant itself. After you have the peat moss settled you can set the blueberry plant on top and then cover it with the rest of the peat moss that you have. After you’ve planted them you want to make sure that you have the blueberry plants properly watered so that the plant will be able to take strength enough to grow the blueberries. Another simple tip when growing blueberries is to make sure that you don’t use any fertilizers at least in the first year. Because expert blueberry growers have said that strong blueberry plants will not flourish until four or five years, the first year of the blueberry plant will be especially sensitive.
All in all, growing blueberries takes quite some time and dedication to be able to bring them to full bearing fruit. Even though you may not even find blueberry fruits during the first year and a half, rest assured that the blueberry plants are preparing themselves to have a full year in the fourth of fifth year of growing. Blueberry plants will definitely not fail you, but you need to take care to make sure they are property tended to.