I’m glad you are enjoying them. I love to help fellow growers. Hit me up when you come visit and I’ll give you a tour of what we have going on.

I sure will. Thank you again.

We are going to spray next year to get control of it.

@@SeedsofPromise , Sounds super. May I ask how many acres you have planted in blueberries? How many plants? How many per acre? Enjoy your channel and content.

I suggest 15 feet between rows. I have 10 feet and wish I had more.

I'm in 7B as well. They should do just fine.

Sphagnum Peat Moss and Perlite. 50/50 Mix

it all depends on the variety that you have. Do you know the name of the bush you have?

One the the best purchases I've made for the farm. May your hands rest for evermore!😀

Glad you like it!

I use a sphagnum peat moss and perlite mix. 50/50. I find it works best for propagation. Once we transplant into pots I use a promix potting soil, compost and pine bark fines mixture. 1/3 of each.

@@SeedsofPromise Thank you!

@@SeedsofPromisehave you personally tried using any worm castings in the mix at all? Thank you for any reply!

@@NorthFLWormWorks yes, I have about 50 pots that I added worm castings too. Testing to see if results are any different. Will probably do a video on it at some point.

I glad that you enjoyed the video. I generally start right after fruiting has ended. You will see an increase in growth shortly after fruiting. this is a great time to get cuttings. I will do a summer pruning around this time and take those cuttings to propagate. I will definitely do a video on that late summer.

Yes please do a video about summer pruning.

@@rmwrmw4906 I will. It will be late July when I post it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

It was In an earlier video “How to propagate blueberries”

When the plants are young I would leave a small gap, maybe a couple of inches. Actually my row spacing needs to be about 5 ' more than what I have them. I have them about 10' apart and they need to be about 15'. It is very tight to get a mower through the rows when your bushes are mature. If you have a small amount of bushes you will need to net them with insect netting. (not bird netting, birds will get caught up in the bird netting. If you have a large number of bushes as we do there really isn't a problem that is noticeable. Hope this helps and I'm happy to have you subscribed to our channel.

They should do well there as long as you have enough chill hours. I'm sure there are varieties that do well there. I'd go for it.

No, it would be interesting to try. I may try late summer and see how they do.

We have around 630 bushes, we are planning on adding this fall another 400 or so.

@@SeedsofPromise - Great! I have 300 rabbiteyes (Climax, Premier, TifBlue) in Moravian Falls, which is located in Wilkes County. I am hoping to plant another 1,000 this Autumn. I really enjoy your channel for learning more about blueberries.

Late Summer after fruiting is done.

Thanks for the information. We may have to spray. the mulch and the landscape fabric help but did not mitigate the problem

Thanks!

It could be either. When planting blueberries they need a lot of organic matter in the soil. You want your pH between 4.5 and 5.5. Normally you would fertilize around late February or Early March in your area or when you buds are breaking. I would check your pH first. Do a soil test to make sure the bushes have what they need. If it is fungi you could spray with Captan. It treats most fungi on blueberries.

@@SeedsofPromise thank you so much

Yes, they do very well as a hedge. There is a home near us that has bushes as a hedge and they have a very nice looking hedge of blueberry bushes and they are full of berries every year. Plant them 3 feet apart for a thick hedge.

Thank you

I have to stay on top of the ants because my wife is also allergic to them.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. That's the nice thing about blueberries, they do very well in pots.

Thanks for watching and the feed back. I will definitely do that.

Thank you

I had to drive a couple of hours away to get it. I purchased a half pallet when I purchased it so it has lasted me for some time. It was a wholesale store near the Virginia line. I’ll post it when I find it. Where are you located?

You can order it from tractor supply. They should have free shipping to a local store.

@@SeedsofPromise We're in the central part of NC, in Alamance County.

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I’ve never tried it but my concern would be drainage. You could add some perlite in with it to help drainage. I have seen blue berry bushes planted in pine bark fines only and they did fine.

​​@@SeedsofPromiseyou might have mentioned it in the video, but what kind of mulch can you use for blueberries?

I’m using wood chips that I get for free from arborist. I have 3 or 4 arborists that drop all their chips on my property. You can use hard wood or pine for mulch. Both are fine.

I fertilize in the spring just before bud break with an organic fertilizer. I did soil test originally but now I only test for pH levels. I add elemental Sulfur as needed to adjust pH levels. I use Tiger 90cr. I add 4-5 inches of mulch to help keep roots cool and to help keep soil moist. Hope this helps

Thanks for watching.

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Thank you 😋

Thank you for watching, I’m going to be adding more videos on propagating soon. It’s going to be on the equipment that I’m using.

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+@ExoticORnotIT Thank you

It can be done most any time you can cut soft wood from the bush but I usually wait until the fruit has all been harvested. For us this is early August.

I prune twice a year. Right after fruiting and just before spring (around February in western North Carolina) I will prune late summer to get my cuttings for propagation and to promote new growth.

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Thank you so much!