Blueberry Plant Care: Prune, Fertilize, Soil, Harvest, Water, & Pests

The COMPLETE blueberry growing guide! Get growing tips and plant care info including how to prune, fertilize, mulch, harvest, store, water, amend and acidify soil, and deal with birds, pests, & diseases on your blueberry bushes.

Big thanks to ‪@edgeright‬ for sponsoring this video and adding EVEN MORE bling to my garden! 🤩

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Planting
0:54 - Weeds & Edging
2:54 - Mulch
3:28 - Soil Amendments
4:41 - Fertilizer
6:07 - Watering
7:06 - Pruning
7:45 - Pests & Diseases
8:42 - Birds
11:03 - Harvesting
12:10 - Storing

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🤩 EDGING
• Edge Right – https://resprout.com/go/edge-right/
• Edge Right 8x48” edging – https://resprout.com/go/edge-right-8/
• Edge Right 8x24” edging – https://resprout.com/go/edge-right-8x...
• Edge Right corner connectors – https://resprout.com/go/edge-right-co...
• Installation kit – https://resprout.com/go/edge-right-in...

🫐 OUR FAVORITE BLUEBERRY VARIETIES
• Sweetheart blueberry – https://resprout.com/go/sweetheart-bl...
• Patriot blueberry – https://resprout.com/go/patriot-blueb...
• Chandler blueberry – https://resprout.com/go/chandler-blue...
• Darrow blueberry – https://resprout.com/go/darrow-bluebe...
• Stark Bro’s, my go-to online nursery – https://resprout.com/go/stark-bros/

💪 BLUEBERRY AMENDMENTS
• Jobe’s soil acidifier – https://resprout.com/go/jobes-soil-ac...
• Espoma soil acidifier – https://resprout.com/go/espoma-soil-a...
• Stark soil acidifier – https://resprout.com/go/stark-soil-ac...
• 4-4-4 vegetable fertilizer – https://resprout.com/go/444-fertilizer/
• Sulfur – https://resprout.com/go/down-to-earth...
• Espoma Berry-Tone fertilizer – https://resprout.com/go/berry-tone/
• Espoma fertilizer – https://resprout.com/go/espoma-garden...
• Stark blueberry special fertilizer – https://resprout.com/go/stark-blueber...

🛒 BLUEBERRY MUST-HAVES
• Digital pH Meter – https://resprout.com/go/ph-meter/
• Soaker hose irrigation system – https://resprout.com/go/soaker-row/
• Berry rake – https://resprout.com/go/berry-rake
• Weeding & harvest apron – https://resprout.com/go/roo-joey-apron/ (Use RESPROUT for 10% off)

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🤓 SOURCES
Our garden information comes exclusively from university extensions, nurseries, government agencies and personal experiences. See our full list of sources for this video here:
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🙏 CREDITS
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• Japanese beetle - Bruce Marlin via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...
• Bird netting - Doug Beckers via Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbec...
• Bird netting - Phil Roeder via Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-r...
• Mosquito netting - Forest and Kim Starr via Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/forest-...
• Music - Epidemic Sound - https://resprout.com/go/epidemic-sound/
• Thumbnail blueberries – Ailev Aceron via Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-and-...
• University of Michigan factsheet – https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/mi...

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