How to GROW Blueberries in a RAISED Garden Bed

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  • In this video, I give you some tips on how to grow blueberries in a raised garden bed.
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  • @Selfsufficientme
    @Selfsufficientme  3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    G'day Everyone, please read down through the comments section as there are already lots of extra tips on growing blueberries by people with personal experience. Gleening information about a subject from several different sources is always a good idea. Thanks to all for your input and support! Cheers, Mark :)

    • @michaelconquer2851
      @michaelconquer2851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      can these berries grow in the tropics trinidad and Tobago to be precise

    • @tonymartino7892
      @tonymartino7892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      G’Day to you Mark! My wife and I have been enjoying your video’s greatly and it seems we share a similar climate. We are in Ventura County Southern California just north of LA. We’ve been watching on the TV and couldn’t leave comments from there but here on my phone we smashed the like button, joined your subscribers and notifications are on and excited for more good stuff! 👍😎
      Thank you sharing. All the best,
      Tony & Terrie

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@michaelconquer2851 I'm not sure... you would need to source a low chill variety suitable to your area. We are subtropical here so it is hot in summer but our winter can get reasonably cool. Frost is unusual but possible. Our varieties are suitable for a subtropical climate👍

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tonymartino7892 thanks guys! Yes we certainly do share a similar climate and just quietly it's pretty good for growing food all year round which is great! Cheers 👍🙂

    • @michaelconquer2851
      @michaelconquer2851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      can u do a vid of berries than can be grown in my climate

  • @Andrew-yl7lm
    @Andrew-yl7lm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    I don't even have a garden, I just watch these videos for your chill vibe.

    • @mariedeyo7399
      @mariedeyo7399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well just grow some in a windowbox 🙂

    • @Andrew-yl7lm
      @Andrew-yl7lm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mariedeyo7399 blueberries seem a bit picky for window box growing. Would strawberries work?

    • @mariedeyo7399
      @mariedeyo7399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Andrew-yl7lm both work, I grow berries in pots, hanging basket's and in windowboxes as well as raised beds. With good dirt/compost, love and water you can grow alot. Even my Acer was over 10 years in a windowbox. Today he is in a nice pot infront of the house. Windowboxes come also in big . You can grow carrets in a big tin .just remember dranage. Good compost, not to forget plantfood and lots of love and you will see little wonders growing. I live in germany and my berries made it even throu ice and snow. Just try it and have fun. 🙂

    • @cindyskillman544
      @cindyskillman544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😅🤣

    • @angelicaz1332
      @angelicaz1332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here

  • @Realdeal916
    @Realdeal916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    I require at least 3 dad jokes per video and Mark never disappoints. Keep up the great work!

  • @justindees16
    @justindees16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Really like how you usually put the inches for us Americans 🇺🇸 lots of love from the U.S.A

  • @rhonaannproxenos5243
    @rhonaannproxenos5243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Self sufficient me is fast becoming my favourite channel. A refreshing change from the negativity of current affairs . Thank you.

  • @joeblackman100
    @joeblackman100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    I love all the tropical animal noises from your garden.
    I spent a lot of time in Australia in the past and when you’re sitting in in your house on a damp November evening in the UK it brings all the memories of the warmth back. Cheers Mark

    • @trishthehomesteader9873
      @trishthehomesteader9873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've never been to Australia, but at this time of year especially in the US, I'd love to.
      Great idea about the special growing mix Mark! 👍 And thank you for reminding me about the berries sis and I picked last summer. They're in the freezer. Time to make jam! 💜

    • @charolettenorton7533
      @charolettenorton7533 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mike how do I ask you a question? I watched one of your videos where I believe it was your uncle had geckos and his beehives I've got geckos in my beehives but my bees have stingers still I'm wondering how can I get rid of the geckos

  • @stephenemerson9890
    @stephenemerson9890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    I have been busy this past week, weeding and mulching my blueberries. I am located in Mississippi, in the USA. I have been working the current blueberry patch for 32 years. I have picked up a little knowledge about blueberries. They do not like wet feet, and can stand drought conditions, and as birds and other animals are an issue, you plant at the ratio of one plant for you use and 10 plants for the birds and animals.
    And blueberries love mulch! In their natural setting, they are a woodland plant and are usually found in partial sun microclimates.

    • @travishartin2711
      @travishartin2711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Stephen, I'm also in MS (Northeastern part of the state), and I'm going to try growing blueberries from seed this year. In case you see this message, have you ever thought about offering a course given your experience?

    • @alejandromartinez3475
      @alejandromartinez3475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have started my plant yet but I have seen a few stores sell them for cheap after the starting season starts. I think home depot had bushes for like a dollar or two after a while.

    • @rustic35
      @rustic35 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CharlesNauck it probably only cost him around $50-$60 for the bags of soil mix so, not really expensive.

    • @rustic35
      @rustic35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@CharlesNauck you're forgetting that he's in Australia. Blue berries are about $45-$60 kg in the shops. Peat moss is about $7 a bag and it would take 5 bags to equal one bag of that potting mix which costs about $5 compared to $35 of peat moss. You really can't compare US costs with Australian costs.
      He isn't growing commercially and he isn't targeting commercial growers. He likes to experiment and show the results. He also grows way more of everything than he can possibly eat so, I think he does ok. Gardening is about the enjoyment and getting quality plant ripened food. You also have to remember that, if you're comparing prices etc then, you have to compare organically grown produce prices which, are far more expensive than run of the mill, low nutrient supermarket produce.
      The frame and netting would have cost very little actually. About $4 or less of irrigation pipe, some rebar which he would have had laying around and a few bucks for the netting.

    • @johnregan8796
      @johnregan8796 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am also from the south east USA what types of blueberries enjoy this climate the best from your experience Stephen

  • @cooljco
    @cooljco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    We've had great success growing them in pots, my daughter eats them all before they ever make it inside though

    • @AlphaQHard
      @AlphaQHard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You have an unfortunate last name sir, assuming thats your last name.

    • @davidmalka1693
      @davidmalka1693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AlphaQHard it would be so kool to make fun of him for it, jk I would aid the poor man

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you're a coward, and your child is a coward....but still we like you both.
      it's a good thing to have your child eating fruit instead of candy.

    • @breik8183
      @breik8183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My dog eats them right off the bush 🙄

  • @Liap
    @Liap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Mark, you could also do a video about pruning blueberries. How and when 🙂 just an idea 💡
    Thanks for this one 👍

    • @tikrslokis
      @tikrslokis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      prune in winter end spring start , if there are such in you area. prune weak,old and sick , leave strongest and tallest and newest, leave 6-9 . do this when bluebery is 4+old each year .

    • @sunflower6434
      @sunflower6434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tikrslokis , I was just about going to ask that question!but you have answered that for me, big thanks

    • @shannynwiggins8407
      @shannynwiggins8407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithrowell653 I had to do a search and I found this one. Perhaps it’s the one you were referring to. Lots of great diagrams.
      th-cam.com/video/E_fglEl9mVo/w-d-xo.html

  • @keenfire8151
    @keenfire8151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My great grandfather told me when I was young, that you ALWAYS need to plant 2 blueberry plants together. For some reason they share bonds more so than any other planet of its type. Happy plants produce better fruit.

  • @ronweldon5892
    @ronweldon5892 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm new to blueberry growing and have 6 plants. However one thing I learned is that they thrive in a ph of 4.5-5.5. Animal manure raises the ph of the soil and should never be used I was told, even though yours appear to be doing quite well. They may crash though. If you sprinkle sulphur pellets lightly around in there it will help lower the ph. They also say the reason you should keep them 4 feet apart is so they don't rob the soils nutrients from the other plants. I live in a cold climate where the growing season is much shorter than yours and I was told to only fertilyze once in the spring. If we fertilyze more than that the plants will try to continue to try and grow through the winter and could kill them. They need time to slowly settle down and go into sleep mode for the winter. Wher you live though you can grow year wide and get away with feeding them more often. Once again the key to having a continuously healthy plant was to grow them in a low ph soil. After a year I am still learning from people in my area that grow them. Next spring I'm going to make 6 square raised beds and transplant them further away from my fence and in a much more suitable soil that will be easier to control them in. I just planted them in a mix of top soil and pete moss. I wanna add in some pine mulch with that and mix it in all together with a layer of gravel at the bottom so the water can drain well. That was a tip a grower gave me that has had over 50 years experience in the next town over from me.

  • @AlexAnder-yj1qs
    @AlexAnder-yj1qs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    “It needn’t be scary, to grow a blue berry”. Chef John is tipping his tall white cap somewhere.

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      after all, you're the lord and warden, of your fruit garden.

    • @mariannesouza8326
      @mariannesouza8326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sabin97 😂👍🏼🌶

    • @mariannesouza8326
      @mariannesouza8326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! 😀

  • @weibie
    @weibie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Something else to remember is your climate. Blueberries are a northern climate plant. It you live in areas which get little to no winter, at or below freezing, that is probably another reason your blueberries will fail. The good news is there are 3 types of blueberry bushes; low bush for the far north, or in Australia's case south, high bush for mid latitudes which still get winter freezing, and southern types are called rabbit eye blueberries. Rabbit eyes are much larger than high bush varieties but they can take the warmer climate conditions. So in areas where you live the best bet is to get a rabbit eye variety and make sure you amend the soil to and acidic value between 4.5 and 5.5. You should have much better success with this sort of setup.

    • @goto8438
      @goto8438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes, especially large commercial growers will have farms with different varieties in different climates so they have produce for a good part of the year.
      Blueberries are produced in the full tropics to the cooler south in Australia.

    • @carlramirez6339
      @carlramirez6339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christinefrankewich3496 I am surprised that any blueberries can grow at all in Las Vegas' heat and low humidity.

    • @N3yo100
      @N3yo100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @deehuckleberry3999
      @deehuckleberry3999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Test your water ph as well, does no good to amend soil to 4 just to water it with 8. Our well water is pretty alkaline, 7.5, so I water my raised acid beds with a neutral ph bottle water with a smidge of sulphur in it.

    • @mewarnai.sambil.bercerita
      @mewarnai.sambil.bercerita 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow..thank you for your information. I am in indonesia and i really want to have blueberries on my garden

  • @niftytwo
    @niftytwo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    G’day Mate. I’m laughing my head off just now. I’ve been following you for a few months and loving every video. We have been trying to be successful with Blueberries in the largest Bunnings raised bed, but it’s been bloody slow and inconsistent. I save all of your videos and certainly follow your every move. ( well, some of them). I enjoy your sense of humour as only Aussies can do. Thank you very much for all you do. We are with you all the way. Stay safe. Nifty.

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      G'day Nifty, thanks mate and good on ya for getting into it! Cheers :)

  • @abdalrhmanjarbou3858
    @abdalrhmanjarbou3858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This guy changed the way I plant everything
    Thank you sir you are a real teacher we never thought we needed

  • @ninaberglund3976
    @ninaberglund3976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Hi from Spain. We are swedish family just moved to a finca in south of Spain to start a more selfsufficient lifestyle. Just started subscribing a week ago but already watch a lot. Thanks for your time and efforts on your channel! /Nina

  • @MashVB
    @MashVB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes, you do not pack mulch around stems/bark because of rotting issues, HOWEVER, it is NOT the case with blueberries. You DO want to pack mulch and mount it an inch or two a year as the new shoots come from that area. You learned that yourself just by observing. Great job !!!

  • @ercumentsorusbay8032
    @ercumentsorusbay8032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Adding Sulphur makes the soil acidic and blueberries benefits.

  • @etiennelouw9244
    @etiennelouw9244 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I thought that they only grew in cold places, now I am going to give it a go.

  • @fransouthall1528
    @fransouthall1528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From Worcestershire England , love your videos , finding them helpful even though we are the other side the world , thank you.

  • @lancer525
    @lancer525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Mark: I grew blueberries at the park I used to work at, and the Master Gardener who volunteered for us (it was an heirloom garden, for educational purposes) said that it was imperative to plant different varieties in order to get them to cross-pollinate to produce fruit. This is the absolute best blueberry video I've seen yet. Well done you.

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Lancer that's interesting to know! Cheers :)

  • @garyvee6023
    @garyvee6023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I let my chickens out from their coop..., within minutes they found the blueberries and cleaned them up in no time. I use Lucerne hay in my nesting boxes (a bail lasts a very long time) which after it's soiled goes into my compost tumbler, then around my blueberries, as well as at the start of summer when its putting on its new growth I give it a small amount of Azalia food and garden sulphur..., I get masses of berries and mine are about the same age/size as yours.

  • @kralgrcan5318
    @kralgrcan5318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "The pros might say... " brother you ARE a pro! Lol

  • @tigrisend
    @tigrisend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    This is what it would look like if Maximus Decimus Meridius decided to become a farmer instead of avenging the emperor

    • @bryans6539
      @bryans6539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Dude I finally figured out who he reminded me of. A slightly chunkier older Maximus. With really crappy puns! Hahah

    • @tigrisend
      @tigrisend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@bryans6539 dude take a look at Russell Crowe. Our man here is younger and fitter ;)

    • @The_Reviewist
      @The_Reviewist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Maximus WAS a farmer though...

    • @mariedeyo7399
      @mariedeyo7399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good gravy, we are talking here about growing blueberry and not about fantasy movies. Remember what is realy importent thinking about these days.

    • @tamra9396
      @tamra9396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I love to watch him and his gardening. I learn so much!

  • @gnarlytreeman
    @gnarlytreeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Blueberries grow fine in sandy soil with bit of clay, they don't grow a deep root system, so you only need a top 6 inches of soil. Organic matter is a bonus for them.

  • @IronbirdAIT
    @IronbirdAIT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We have wild blueberries here, I have a small spot of them. They mostly grow by themselves but to get a better crop I hit them with the weedwacker after harvest and they come back every other year. Best tasting blueberries are wild IMO.

  • @rexbarrow2064
    @rexbarrow2064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been watching many how to grow videos by many people and have found that they a waste of time as you give very down to earth practical information without the hype that they seam to add. I hope you do many more videos and have a super successful site for many years

  • @scottroberts5033
    @scottroberts5033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I read that a 50:50 mix of rose potting mix and coarse pine mulch was the trick. I have two in pots with that mix and they have doubled in size in a little over a year and haven't stopped producing fruit the past couple of months.

  • @ddtnaturefarm0707
    @ddtnaturefarm0707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much self sufficient, I am amaze even before of your videos, I am also started to have a farm inspired by your videos, thank you so much

  • @Adam-vp4oe
    @Adam-vp4oe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I didn’t know it was supposedly difficult. I bought a home with 3 huge blueberry bushes. I’ve slightly pruned them once. Had thousands of berries grow several years.

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Depends on your climate and soil, I have to do some special tricks to my soil in farther North California but they are worth it.

    • @deltadaun8300
      @deltadaun8300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mrbfgray but will you share your blueberry tricks for us northern Cali folks?😆

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@deltadaun8300 I'm still working on them, only ONE has really done well but I have about 8 more young ones. No secrets just acidify the soil some and don't let them dry out even once during the hot summer months.

    • @duanecato5100
      @duanecato5100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most likely the past home owner did their job to keep the berries in good condition. Keeping the acidity right is super important. Blueberries require work for most of is who don't have the ideal conditions. Make sure to learn how to grow them and they will continue to produce for you for years to come. Good luck.

  • @stephaniejackson8555
    @stephaniejackson8555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Getting festive, I buy colored tinsel garlands, (dollars store). It has a wire center so I cut into about 12 in. sections. Wrap & twist around various branches. Sun will reflect off it, any breeze moves it & birds are kept away. Win -Win!

  • @Mccaid
    @Mccaid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This has got to be one of the top 10 best channels on youtube

  • @Gunns57
    @Gunns57 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I transplanted my blueberries into Birdie beds last fall. Filled it like you did and tested the PH. Added amendments per the test and they did much better. Got to take a soil sample and get it tested this fall and amend accordingly. PS: Brown pine needles are not acidic. They are neutral PH. Green ones are acidic but once they go brown they are not.

  • @jmfineart2263
    @jmfineart2263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At last, a video on blueberries !!! Love it!!! ❤❤❤

  • @Hunter-ef2is
    @Hunter-ef2is หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I’ve learnt pretty much everything about gardening and my plants just because of watching your videos 👍

  • @srisuminarsih
    @srisuminarsih 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing,,you are great ,, and inspire many people,, God bless you Mr...👍

  • @chrispedersen6999
    @chrispedersen6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video.
    I grow mine in raised beds similar to Mark's. A tip I can give is when pruning, very early in the spring when the new leaves come out. Cut back to tidy as they can be quite straggly. I then poke some four inch cuttings around the edge of pot

    • @chrispedersen6999
      @chrispedersen6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have had great success increasing my plantings. In the late summer I lift them and pot them into their new containers. Keeping three plants to a large pot. They enjoy coffee grounds as a dressing.

    • @maralfniqle5092
      @maralfniqle5092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Great tips!

  • @georgmettmann5722
    @georgmettmann5722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks very good. i got 7 different strains of blueberries :) if you can get a hand on it, try "pink lemonade". as the name says it, it will give you pink berries, but honestly i never tasted a better blueberry. and i have 6 different "blue" blueberrys. when ever i can get a new strain, i buy it.

  • @Eric-gi9kg
    @Eric-gi9kg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Coffee grounds will help a lot to keep up the acidity of the soil.

    • @anitaendinand
      @anitaendinand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Absolutely...i have 4 plants of bleuberries in one big pot....they get once a week coffeeground and sometimes the ash of a woodfire.... they have lots of berries every year..😀💪💪

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anitaendinand Ash tends to do the opposite, aka., alkaline. But whatever works for you.

    • @rachelclark6393
      @rachelclark6393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mrbfgray if the ash hasn't been leached it should contain potaassium though. So maybe the consistent application of coffee grounds offsets the alkalininity of the ashes enough not to bother the blueberries?

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rachelclark6393 A lite dusting of ash is good for the minerals in general and probably fine for bberries too. I've used coffee grounds and it SEEMED to work tho many say it doesn't do much for PH. I switched to sulfur and other acidifires more recently. Bberries are the one of the trickiest things in my yard but I find them worth it.

    • @David-by8wt
      @David-by8wt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coffee ground is good but not too much. I use grass as mulch which I find to work well. Also I have position the blue berry next to my lime tree which have benefited both plants really well. consistance lime as well as much more growth for the blueberry after the reposition.

  • @RuffKutz
    @RuffKutz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bought a blue Berry plant in a pot from Bunnings last year. Had berries pretty soon after. Here in Sydney the plant is still going fine and in a bigger pot now. The plant has double with shuts and almost 2' tall.

  • @christianerardt3705
    @christianerardt3705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The berry eating birds remember me when I had a garden ones. It was full of snails. So I got lend 3 ducks from a farmers wife. That worked greatly ... first. They ate all the snails ... when my strawberries got red ... while the number of snails went down ... the ducks found out how tasty red strawberries are. So I had to be faster than them 😉 ... that worked quitely ... until they found out: the green strawberries are eatable as well ... I had no chance. 😞 Later I changed to high beds. 👍So the ducks were no more the problem - and the snails couldn't climb into the beds so easily.

  • @trevormerivale6882
    @trevormerivale6882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That was a berry useful video Mark, cheers mate 🤙

  • @cas1928
    @cas1928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I’ve had one in the same large pot for 7 years & it produces heaps of fruit each season. I found it likes a mulch of pine needles & a handful of camellia fertiliser twice a year. I’m in a temperate zone (Newcastle NSW) 😊

    • @beachman8106
      @beachman8106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please, which variety is it.

  • @terry6131
    @terry6131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "Still here?" some of us never left!

  • @ianh7710
    @ianh7710 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    G'day from Mackay Queensland Australia 🇦🇺 mate I watched your video 6 months ago now I am raising 8 blueberry plants

  • @bettytroyer6665
    @bettytroyer6665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here in Pennsylvania we have to build complete cages over our plants. A frame that the bird netting can be put on as the berries begin to ripen...

  • @paigegough6929
    @paigegough6929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have 14 blueberries plants in 51cm wide × 50cm deep pots filled with pine wood chips cheap soil worm castings. I top lasagne style with worm castings, sugar cane mulch and pine wood chips. I used the frames of gazebos to put up bird netting and shade cloth and this is the best harvest in the 2 year's I've had them (I lost all the berries last year to birds too)

  • @rainbowvhs692
    @rainbowvhs692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching from Montana, USA. This is one of the best channels on TH-cam, thanks for sharing.

  • @cathymadsen2930
    @cathymadsen2930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's a fig bird! I couldn't get why my panama berry tree was not ripening then my bird watching neighbour told me she caught the fig birds stealing the fruit. I now net half the tree.
    I'm going to plant blueberries this year... thanks Mark

  • @PlatoonGoon
    @PlatoonGoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This year my garden was really dreadful. Woodchucks ate 75% of the ripe veg. Snails ate the rest. Did everything imaginable, having captured and killed many after no option they still never let up. Just really bad. I'm glad you don't have woodchucks in aus at all, and I'm glad your garden is well. Take care.

  • @garyvee6023
    @garyvee6023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Planted 4 Blueberry plants into a small raised (Birdies) gdn bed last year..., what a huge success. We have been eating berries for months now. 1 of the plants just dropped dead?? for no apparent reason after months of producing lovely berries. The other plants are fine so I have no idea what caused it's death. I put lots of organic sulphur into the original soil..., one of the plants puts out hundreds of tiny berries, so I will probably get rid of this plant this year. One of the other varieties puts out lots of huge berries (I can't remember the name and it's dark so I am not going out to have a look) so I will replace the small berries plant with one of these.
    Fun fact..., if you feed to many blue berries to your chickens (or they get into your blue berries)..., their poop turns blue. ha ha

    • @tinnerste2507
      @tinnerste2507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You need different polinators to get berries, id keep the tiny berry plant with lots of flowers! Blueberries have shallow roots, maybe something dug on the roots of the one that died? My chicken scratched around one of mine and killed it

    • @tinnerste2507
      @tinnerste2507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We have wild bilberries here in the forest and i know they are fully ripe when the birds droppings go purple/blue.

    • @bbtruth2161
      @bbtruth2161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a fun fact. I heard they really like mulberries too.

    • @tinnerste2507
      @tinnerste2507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bbtruth2161 there are non wild here, but i planted one z few years ago. Its knee height now and still no berries. But i think il have to net it to get any when it starts producing

    • @bbtruth2161
      @bbtruth2161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tinnerste2507 You may need to plant another. Some are monoecious and some are dioecious.

  • @makdjukic5514
    @makdjukic5514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Mark it's perfect timing every bloody time! Here I am trying to decide on which blueberry variety to try and how many I need, whether I keep them in a raised bed or a pot and here we are! Love the content mate! Love from SA.

  • @nadineb2726
    @nadineb2726 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Starting my blueberries tomorrow...
    My orchard and veggie garden is coming along one seed at a time. I needed to own my own property to put this type of work in and now that I do I am so very excited and I watch regularly. I trust what you're saying is true and your disposition is enjoyable.
    Thank you so much

  • @bluebowser3121
    @bluebowser3121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    teabags are good for composting to make acidic soil. You can spread old teabags on your beds as mulch.

  • @DK-qx3lv
    @DK-qx3lv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just bought blueberries and found your video...thank you!!!!!

  • @healergeorge
    @healergeorge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Even though I had used ericaceous compost for my Blueberries - The leave still went yellow and the plants where not thriving. I put some garden Sulphur around them and they immediately looked healthier and got strong green leaves and new shoots.

    • @howardl8530
      @howardl8530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sulfur can sometimes take many months to fully oxidize into acid form. It may take up to a year or more to bring pH down to desired level using sulfur, especially if the soil is highly alkaline-buffered and lots of sulfur needs to be added on an ongoing basis. Unless the temperatures are quite high and your sulfur was extremely finely powdered, I doubt the change was due to the sulfur.

    • @lagoya
      @lagoya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That works for me, too. The soil in my garden is slightly acidic already but not enough for blueberries. A spoonful or two of powdered sulfur around the roots every now and then really makes the difference between dead blueberries and thriving blueberries 👍 Contrary to popular belief, pine needle mulch doesn't raise acidity (it is one of my favorite garden mulches, however, and great for potatoes). I learned the hard way: ya gotta supplement blueberries.

  • @Fink-Ployd
    @Fink-Ployd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have 8 bushes planted this past Spring using 25 gallon grow bags in pure sphagnum peat moss. They performed amazingly well over the Summer and are now standing about 1.5 meters tall with many new canes.

  • @kentrumschlag5456
    @kentrumschlag5456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love freshly grown blueberries also they taste so much better than the ones you buy at the store.

  • @michelifig6356
    @michelifig6356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm quite surprised how many plants you were able to pot in together, will be good to see the update in yrs to come. Thanx Mark

  • @DirtBandit
    @DirtBandit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As always I love your videos. I enjoy your videos because you seem like a genuine guy and not fake like a lot of other youtubers out there. Thanks for the great content!

  • @adamt7367
    @adamt7367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandad has great success with growing blueberries here in the UK, he has 2 plants which always crop well!

  • @leonardpoulin3967
    @leonardpoulin3967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every year I remove the dead, diseased, damage. No pruning for 20 years! BUT, this year, the heavily loaded branches are hanging on the ground and all tangled. Time for serious pruning after the abundant harvest. I have 35 bushes to do.I’ll look for your how to prune video. I like the waterline bird netting frame idea. I’m trying it. Maybe I can keep most of the blueberries for us, and scale back on how many bushes we’ll need. ( :

  • @ruthannecoro6198
    @ruthannecoro6198 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m in Maine, 5b and just purchased a property with wild maine blueberry bushes! I’m learning all the things I can to help them along and propagate them!

  • @debihediger4760
    @debihediger4760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great idea on how to use the PVC to cover it and hold up the net!

  • @terrim.602
    @terrim.602 ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew you would have the info I needed! I bought 3 large plants this year. I have bought so many small ones that died over the years, I decided no more! On the coast of Washington state where I grew up, blue berries thrived. Our back yard was lined with them as shrubs. We never bothered eating them. Can you believe that?! What a waste!
    Now I live in a much different climate, where it's insane cold in the winter, and summer feels good when it's only 100° 🙄. I am trying to find a good place to plant them, and now I think I'll plant them in my raised beds! I have to bird net everything due to chickens, hawks and my dang cats and dogs! 😍

  • @michaelmakridakis9546
    @michaelmakridakis9546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Mark
    I've been watching your excellent content for about 6 months now. You really are an inspiration. I have a house in the northside of Brisbane, so our climate and soil seems to be broadly similar. Recently I have suffered a bout of avocado psychosis - I am about to plant a bunch of them. I have taken all of your advice into account, as well as the advice of others. I think your followers would really like to see an avocado update from you including varieties, cropping, growth, ages, best varieties, taste, etc etc. Anyway, keep up the excellent work mate!
    Michael

  • @melvanini
    @melvanini 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I did this two years ago and then this summer the chooks got into them and dug them up. Time to buy some more plants!

  • @rumpelstilzchen9876
    @rumpelstilzchen9876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The birds know what's good :^

  • @TheTrock121
    @TheTrock121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have Britewells and Poweder Blues too. Fortunately the birds leave them alone, but I had to cage them because the deer love the twigs. I used a lot of Sulphur to lower the Ph, and am top dressing them w/ chicken manure. A very strange fungus loves the chicken manure and will bloom overnight looking just like someone sprayed Expanding Foam near the bushes.

  • @starjasmine1260
    @starjasmine1260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks a lot! Now I have some confidence in raising blueberries and tomorrow, I shall be the 1st customer of Home Depot. They better have some blueberry seedlings or I'll pout!

  • @gerardhavercroft5148
    @gerardhavercroft5148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw a video this morning where people cut those new shoots from undergroung off at the roots for replanting. Done during winter dormancy

  • @kfox9650
    @kfox9650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned that birds love berries to much when I was a kid. I climbed my great grandmother’s cherry trees and got attacked by ravens. I fell out of the tree into the blueberry bushes and got some massive bruises.
    I’m still growing my own now.

  • @respecthumankind333
    @respecthumankind333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mark😂❤️ I love your videos, your charismatic personality always puts a smile on my face. Also I can always rely on you for tons of practical knowledge and experience✨

  • @believeinthedream
    @believeinthedream 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    good job self-sufficient you've reached 1 million

  • @qbeard1
    @qbeard1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good timing. I am about to perform a second funeral for my blueberries. I will be putting them in pots this time and watering more frequently. Mine have a terrible case of leaf rust.

  • @cassienolan4553
    @cassienolan4553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had an idea to plant blueberries in my garden bed where my camellias are, after seeing this I just might seeing as they like the same soil !

  • @climbingbro
    @climbingbro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hey Marc, great video. Just one thing, organic fertilizers like chicken manure aren’t very well suited for blueberries as they are the wrong pH for those plants. You might want to check out alternative forms of commercial fertilizers that are better suited for blueberries. Cheers!

    • @ridin_low193
      @ridin_low193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I used down to earth acidic mix with my potting mix. Just planted one yesterday so will see how it goes.

  • @stuartmccloud307
    @stuartmccloud307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bloody hell, those birds are murder, its easy to see now how all my Raspberrys get decimated. Great video Mark, loving the fact that its warm and lovely over there while its getting dark and dismal in the UK.

  • @TMFXLLC
    @TMFXLLC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They love a lot of sawdust and wood chips, rotting down. Great plant to grow if you're a woodworker, or have clean sawdust around otherwise for bedding animals or leftover from tree trimming or firewood.

  • @natalietrembath9269
    @natalietrembath9269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great idea on how to do the bird netting.

  • @Chaotic-Cacti
    @Chaotic-Cacti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ur so lucky mark I wish I could start some plants already But in my area, zone 6b its awful in the winter, At least I still have you & ur videos to keep me busy till next spring tho.🤟🏻

  • @richardlove4287
    @richardlove4287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blueberries need an acidic soil to thrive…..we’re lucky on our farm here in Bundaberg , it has just the perfect soil. I chucked a blueberry bush straight into the ground and it’s producing like crazy. Love your vids, cheers mate.

  • @amandaburger2506
    @amandaburger2506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't tried to grow blueberries yet, but I do live in Canada and know of a couple places to forage wild blueberries in the summertime.

  • @datteslatho8264
    @datteslatho8264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Peat moss or coco fiber and pine mulch chips will create an easy soil that allows the correct ph without sulfur

  • @MakieKimae
    @MakieKimae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sir i have some experience of growing blueberries, dont forget to condition ur water around pH 6.0 and use
    acidic fertilizers, dont use organic fertilizer they gonna make ur soil alkaline. Good luck :)

    • @0ctatr0n
      @0ctatr0n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would adding white vinegar to the watering can help with acidifcation? Or occasionally using powdered iron sulfate?

    • @howardl8530
      @howardl8530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@0ctatr0nWhite vinegar works. Google “Matt Gadient pH”

    • @MakieKimae
      @MakieKimae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@0ctatr0n yes it does, u can use apple cider vinegar

  • @Frank-bh3cm
    @Frank-bh3cm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One million subscribers. Congratulations on this big milestone Mark. Who'd have thought this channel takes off like a rocket!!!

  • @mrron3
    @mrron3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Mark. Love your content and I wouldn't miss a video. I am wondering how these berries are going. Could you perhaps give us a short update? Greetings from the Netherlands.

  • @rhianneculmer6417
    @rhianneculmer6417 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am about to buy a blueberry bush so this is PERFECT timing!

  • @isabellaabruzzi9611
    @isabellaabruzzi9611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    G'day Mark, your videos always make me smile!

  • @mystylangston4803
    @mystylangston4803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for this one. You might also try watering with used coffee grounds most videos that I watch for blueberries supported that to replace the acidity just something to look into and try

  • @josephconroy8531
    @josephconroy8531 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    50 fruits every year chef 38 years farmer 12,the last couple years no bug problems,i came to discover a flock or barn swallows circle my back yard every nite,dusk,over a 100 in a big tornado,and slowley disappear in to a old chimeny,but my blue berries grow the slowest allways try to fix soil ,have 25 raised beds gonna move them in a bed or two,ty watched all your videos for as long as i can remember

  • @lindaparker4950
    @lindaparker4950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Blueberries are a superfood & very delicious cooked Or uncooked ! Great tutorial !

  • @xora7490
    @xora7490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mark got more sunlight on him in 10 seconds than I did all week here in Buffalo NY, so jealous! Loved the vid btw :)

    • @Liz-in8lu
      @Liz-in8lu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha I hear that. That’s why I had to move out of Buffalo. Moved to Arlington VA. So much better with the sun and SAD.

  • @kellysoo
    @kellysoo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark, This is an amazing video. You truly covered all the essential and important steps and tips. Thank you so much.

  • @thestorygarden4157
    @thestorygarden4157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We've had a bumper crop this year even enough to bake them into muffins! I did kill my previous blue berry bush but have had success with now 7 plants potted out and going strong for 2 yrs so far. I used the same commercial potting mix but did 50:50 of azalea mix and COURSE PINE BARK. This has ensured the roots don't get water logged

  • @sasohristoski223
    @sasohristoski223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the tip on bird netting
    👍🏻

  • @erikisenbert3033
    @erikisenbert3033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whenever this guy says “Let’s get into it“ it makes me want to get into it….

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Among the many things I nearly never purchase, bberries are on top of the list, I can only harvest my own for a few months per yr so far but attempting to expand that. I have had more issues with them then most things too but at least one bush has been prolific.

  • @JustinH1979
    @JustinH1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We had good success growing blueberries in fairly poor sandy soil conditions in Cape Town (South Africa) by feeding them used coffee grounds from time to time.

  • @robynparkin4324
    @robynparkin4324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I transplanted my five plants out of the garden and into grow bags using a similar potting mix and I have only lost one plant. I had 3 different varieties but the labels have faded. They have all produced lots of delicious fruit. The birds don’t eat them but the fruit flys have moved in so now the fruit goes in the bin.