How to GROW Blueberries in a RAISED Garden Bed

[@Selfsufficientme]

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]

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

[@tonymartino7892]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

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

[@mariedeyo7399]

Well just grow some in a windowbox 🙂

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

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

[@mariedeyo7399]

@@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]

😂😅🤣

[@angelicaz1332]

Same here

[@Realdeal916]

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

[@justindees16]

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

[@rhonaannproxenos5243]

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

[@joeblackman100]

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]

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]

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

[@ronweldon5892]

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.

[@stephenemerson9890]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@rustic35]

@@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]

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

[@keenfire8151]

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.

[@Jess-ph2uw]

OH MY GOODNESS! Have you been stalking my google search history? I have been trying for the last week to find a good tutorial on how to grow blueberries and kept thinking I wish self sufficient me did a video. AMAZING!

[@joemccall8991]

I know how to grow blueberries but nothing will keep me from hearing Mark say g'day and giving that big blue thumbs up

[@abdalrhmanjarbou3858]

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

[@rexbarrow2064]

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

[@niftytwo]

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]

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

[@fransouthall1528]

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

[@cooljco]

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

[@AlphaQHard]

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

[@davidmalka1693]

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

[@sabin97]

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]

My dog eats them right off the bush 🙄

[@MashVB]

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 !!!

[@ninaberglund3976]

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

[@Liap]

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

[@tikrslokis]

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]

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

[@shannynwiggins8407]

@@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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5DJmJ97oZ6gjNE

[@Mccaid]

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

[@weibie]

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]

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]

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

[@N3yo100]

Thank you!

[@deehuckleberry3999]

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]

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

[@ianh7710]

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

[@stephaniejackson8555]

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!

[@Gunns57]

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.

[@keithwilson6060]

My earliest memories were of my German-immigrant grandmother growing blueberries at their summer cottage in Pennsylvania. Yes, they had to have a massive netting system over the whole grove of bushes. Even so, I remember when a bird somehow got inside the net house.

[@lancer525]

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]

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

[@AlexAnder-yj1qs]

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

[@sabin97]

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

[@mariannesouza8326]

@@sabin97 😂👍🏼🌶

[@mariannesouza8326]

Yes! 😀

[@scottroberts5033]

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.

[@etiennelouw9244]

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

[@ercumentsorusbay8032]

Adding Sulphur makes the soil acidic and blueberries benefits.

[@kralgrcan5318]

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

[@lucyjane103]

I've lived in my little house since 2005. I planted 3 blueberries in the back yard.. The first spring . They produced the first summer... they didn't survive the winter.... i live in Oregon... Not harsh weather... I planted more plants a year later... They died two years later.... Maybe I'll get a couple more plants and try again this Spring... I appreciate this episode !! Thanks Mark.

[@ddtnaturefarm0707]

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

[@rainbowvhs692]

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

[@chrispedersen6999]

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]

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]

Thank you! Great tips!

[@gnarlytreeman]

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.

[@cas1928]

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]

Please, which variety is it.

[@garyvee6023]

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.

[@nadineb2726]

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

[@paigegough6929]

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)

[@srisuminarsih]

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

[@cassienolan4553]

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 !

[@jmfineart2263]

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

[@Fink-Ployd]

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.

[@ruthannecoro6198]

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!

[@michelifig6356]

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

[@lspthrattan]

Good advice! I grew up in a part of the world where blueberries thrive easily; and yes, they do love acidic soil. Most folks where I'm from just mulch them with pine needles, which seems to keep the acidity level up. When you said to use Azalea potting mix, a bell went off for me. Of course! My town is also well known for its amazing azaleas and roses. Why didn't I make that connection myself? I live in an apartment now, and thanks to you I now know what bagged soil to use for a container blueberry. Thanks!

[@DirtBandit]

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!

[@degaboyz77]

Would love a 2022 update! Also, we roll pebbles in blue and purple paint to put around the beds; over the years the birds rarely go after our blueberries.

[@makdjukic5514]

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.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

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

[@anitaendinand]

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]

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

[@rachelclark6393]

@@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]

@@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]

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.

[@robinanderson8211]

Thanks for this video. I no longee live where I have access to wild blueberries and I have been contplating how to grow them in containers.

[@IronbirdAIT]

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.

[@trevormerivale6882]

That was a berry useful video Mark, cheers mate 🤙

[@Selfsufficientme]

LOL...

[@leonardpoulin3967]

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. ( :

[@healergeorge]

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]

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]

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.

[@DK-qx3lv]

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

[@Adam-vp4oe]

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]

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]

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

[@Mrbfgray]

@@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]

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.

[@RuffKutz]

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.

[@Hunter-ef2is]

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

[@PlatoonGoon]

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.

[@lobo0354]

Recently my mom and dad have been thinking about getting raised garden beds because they are getting on in years. And my mom is really wanting to grow blueberries. This is the perfect video. It’s like you knew what we were thinking and decided to drop this vid! Cheers, Mark! 🍻

[@duanecato5100]

I like the raised beds during the summer months when I'm on the road. Load it with a heavy amount of pine mulch to make sure they hold water.

[@luvlyf2ful11]

Lol, same here. Bought a little blueberry plant from Woolies 2 months ago, still sitting in pot cos afraid of mis-stepping planting process. Decided this Easter weekend break I would plant it out then this video popped up on my KZbin home page. Great timing, even a year after your comment here.

[@lobo0354]

@@luvlyf2ful11 I’m going to buy some more bushes today! Another 2, maybe 3!

[@TheTrock121]

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.

[@bettytroyer6665]

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...

[@TheSanctuarySpace]

Hi Mark. Can we have an update on your blueberries please. Love your work

[@natalietrembath9269]

Great idea on how to do the bird netting.

[@debihediger4760]

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

[@Baxxunderslash24]

Finally something that grows better where I live! Growing up we had maybe ten bushes that grew up to seven feet (a couple meters I guess?) tall. We'd get a couple gallons (eight liters?) every couple of days in the height of the season.

[@Frank-bh3cm]

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

[@ryanlove8242]

Blueberry bushes seem to really love fresh rabbit poop as fertilizer. It even works great with potted ones like with what u have. Every time I've done it the plants stayed healthy and looked like they were on steroids. Cheers and happy gardening!

[@mrron3]

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.

[@adamt7367]

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

[@garyvee6023]

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]

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]

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

[@bbtruth2161]

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

[@tinnerste2507]

@@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]

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

[@michaelmakridakis9546]

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

[@1cspringer]

Mark, great tips. thanks. My soil immediately starting sinking. After watching your video I added more soil and soil acidifier. You're the best.

[@richardlove4287]

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.

[@briananger5190]

See here in Ontario Canada there’s a marsh between Welland and Port Colborne the blue berrys grow wild only thing is that the marsh is full of rattle snakes 🐍. Me my mom and uncle went picking we had boots on and chain that butchers use so you don’t get cut but there’s lots of rattle snakes back there

[@starjasmine1260]

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!

[@secretshaman189]

Thanks for sharing your tips! I had one blueberry plant that didn't make it, I was so sad!

[@bluebowser3121]

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

[@mystylangston4803]

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

[@MrEsnyders]

Nice one on the Blue Berry tree, I have a little baby one will definitely apply the top-ups & manure thanks again for a well informed video Mark, thumbs up for you all the way Mate. Brian and Merise Victoria AU

[@deannastevens1217]

I think we have the same issues (besides more birds on your end). I need to try this. Because I have been unsuccessful in Northern Northern California. UGH. so much money lost. Thank you for a great and informative video.

[@believeinthedream]

good job self-sufficient you've reached 1 million

[@christianerardt3705]

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.

[@TheAfroNoah]

Please make an update video on your watering system for your raised beds. I've been looking for ways to improve my own watering system and think I could gain great insight from yours.

[@catslife5501]

Hi Mark, our blueberries have been feeding us for a few weeks already. Have two large pots with three mixed bushes in each (two cultivar), Biloxi and Legacy. I agree - birds LOVE berries so we had to put netting up as well. Another great video, thanks. Brian & Essjay Western Cape

[@thestorygarden4157]

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

[@matthewstephenson7929]

Had my first home grown blueberry yesterday... burst variety from plant net.

[@wendybeach1036]

I have Burst, Kisses, and Sunshine Blue in Perth and they are all doing well :)

[@gerardhavercroft5148]

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

[@justbob333]

small maine wild blueberries are the best kind. Grew up where across the street there were thousands of em growing wild (now its a giant sand pit :/) would go out and come back with buckets of them.

[@lindaparker4950]

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

[@isabellaabruzzi9611]

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

[@chrisannm5240]

I have had 20 blueberry bushes grieing in very large it's for 4 years, but a few died during a bad winter and the rest are not looking as happy as the ones I grew in the ground years ago, so will plant them out next spring...I usually snack on them when I putter around the garden, so good!

[@cathymadsen2930]

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

[@ShaggyDogg0128]

I'm in 9b Florida and I have 6 different types. Three years old and they are in 15 inch black culvert pipe. I have huge pine trees and I use the bark to mulch them. They love it. Down to earth acid loving fertilizer mix every month.

[@emmataylor2748]

I a beginner gardener and just planted my first blueberry plant in a pot. I used a mix of pine mulch and azalea soil, I’m hoping it grows well! Thanks for your great videos it’s inspired me to get gardening and growing some veg!

[@qbeard1]

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.

[@rumpelstilzchen9876]

The birds know what's good :^

[@dannychaddock1438]

I mixed up compost that I made and 19 months later blueberries growing on all 18 plants. Netted to keep bird's out.thank you for you're vital info