It is getting close to blueberry time so I figured a video about some of the more common eastern species was in order! There are around 22 species of blueberry in eastern NA and I cover 9 of them in this video, along with some facts about blueberries.

Hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think!

Thanks for watching, Anthony

Your videos are extending the life of my plants. Funny how it’s easier to watch your videos than read the paperwork that comes with the plants. lol

Great video.

Nice video Anthony. I would mention that sulfur is often used to bring pH levels down to acceptable levels for blueberries. I know of folks successfully growing vaccinium in the 5.5 range out here but agree that 4-5 is preferred.

Hobbie Trapper - Awesome! Glad you are finding the videos useful!

Thanks Boco!

beaverpeeler - sulfur, pine bark and pine needles are the most common ways to get the pH down. They will grow in pH up into the 5s but the berry production does suffer from it.

Thank you Anthony for another good informative video. Didn’t know there are so many types of them .

Sounds like you know quite a bit about blueberries. Any tips for managing a wild patch of lowbush blueberry in Northern MN to increase production?

I've got a soil question.
I want to plant some blueberries. I assume the area I'd like to plant them is acidic. It is a black muck with a covering of buttercups. It is not well drained.
Would it be possible to mound up the area around each plant with sand mixed with the black muck? I'm guessing planting directly in the black muck would not go well.

walleye101 - About all you can control on a wild patch is how thick it is getting. You maybe able to prune it to help increase production, but beyond that it is in natures hands for the most part.

waggler - planting them in a mound should work, and adding some sand will help with the drainage. Most species of blueberries like well drained soil. It can be moist, but it can't be soggy

Excellent video by the way.

How would I use the sulfur to bring my PH down on present plants?

Where would I get it and how to apply?

Thanks

speaking of blue berries Jim Gibb has a good clip out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liiJBjekXy4

Walleye101 one time I thought that my bushes were to low and needed some fertilizer, so a ice cream pail worth went on a 100 foot patch. Wow did they take off and grew 3 feet height that summer. Well the deer sure cued in and mowed them down to the ground. Every year the same happens on the patch. But the fall the grouse bud mid day on them, so over the years many have been harvested there

I did a similar test plot (don't recall the fertilizer formulation) and the plot seemed to produce berries somewhat earlier, but not sure it produced any more than unfertilized. The best results I seem to be getting is opening up the canopy for more sunlight, and trimming back underbrush to reduce competition.

You can get either granulated or powder forms of elemental sulfur in an ag store and scratch it in around your plants. Look at a chart to see how much sulfur per sq foot you need. It will depend on your soil type and what your starting point is.

It is actually microbial break down of the sulfur that produces sulfuric acid as a bi-product that brings pH down. This will happen during the warmer months when the microbes are active. Figure it takes at least one year to make any significant progress.