Growing blueberries is no different and getting a blueberry bush to fruit comes with its own hurdles. Blueberries are native to North America and grow best in higher temperatures where they get ...

To prune blueberry bushes effectively, gather sharp pruning shears and long-handled loppers. Sharp tools make clean cuts and ...

Peru’s blueberry harvest is just beginning, and Ivan Jauregui, an agronomist, looks excited. At a farm he oversees about ...

Growing blueberries in your own backyard is not only rewarding, but it also supplies you with a plentiful harvest of tasty ...

Utilize organic materials such as pine needles, shredded leaves, or bark chips as mulch around your blueberry plants. Spread ...

PLANT MORE: Fall is an excellent time to plant blueberry bushes, especially after recent rains have softened up the soil a bit. If you are new to blueberries and want to get going, consider the ...

In the garden, when a melon harvest was complete at the end of August and potatoes dug in early September, the bare ground ...

The bushes can be evergreen or deciduous and usually ... For the first two or three years of a blueberry's life it's not necessary to prune it much, apart from keeping the plant tidy.

Blueberry bushes are grown inside them, taking root in coco coir - a coconut-based compost - imported from Sri Lanka. "If we want good quality blueberries we need a place where roots can grow with ...