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What do I need to do to help my blueberry bushes produce fruit?
I have 2 good sized blueberry bushes that made very little fruit this year (my first year in the house)
They get sun most of the day, get watered by the lawn sprinklers 3 times a week and are in good oregon topsoil. Do I need to firtilize? what kind and when?
2 Answers
- fair2midlynnLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Blueberries are picky about the soil. I use a combination of:
•1/3 Pathway bark (1/4 inch)
•1/3 Peat Moss (coarse, if you can find it)
•1/3 Leaf Mold or Forest Humus based potting soil.
•Mix together and add 2 tablespoons of Soil Sulfur
This is recommended by Dave Wilson Nursery-who is highly reputable - and my results have been amazing. I usually put a handful of azalea food on each of my eight plants every couple of months and dump leftover, cold black coffee on them every couple days because they are acid loving.
- 9 years ago
They may need a good trimming back to get the dead / over grown limbs gone. This will not help you for the next season as they need a chance to re-grow, but the year after....watch out! Also, bone-meal is used for bushes like this as good fertilizer. You-tube a good video of how to trim blueberry bushes, tho. There is a right way and a WRONG way to do it. It's not just as simple as clipping the limbs off with pruning shears.
