Comments on: what should I do with my blueberry plants this winter? http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-should-i-do-with-my-blueberry-plants-this-winter/ Garden Tips Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glennis Dobrzykowski http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-should-i-do-with-my-blueberry-plants-this-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-4374 Glennis Dobrzykowski Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:04:57 +0000 http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-should-i-do-with-my-blueberry-plants-this-winter/#comment-4374 Strange this post is totaly unrelated to what I was searching google for, but it was listed on the first page. I guess your doing something right if Google likes you enough to put you on the first page of a non related search. :) Strange this post is totaly unrelated to what I was searching google for, but it was listed on the first page. I guess your doing something right if Google likes you enough to put you on the first page of a non related search. :)

]]> By: Plant Fan http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-should-i-do-with-my-blueberry-plants-this-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Plant Fan Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:58:34 +0000 http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/what-should-i-do-with-my-blueberry-plants-this-winter/#comment-628 Most Blueberries shrubs are cold hardy and should do well in pots over the winter. Keep them in a sunny place. You can wrap burlap around the plants to keep frost on them, but most blueberries do well in the winter. Only extreme colds may kill off outer branches. Keep the top soil mulched with pine needles. Blueberries love acidic soil (in fact they often don't produce berries if the soil is too alkaline) and the acids from the pine needles is enough to keep the plants happy. You can prune the shrubs in early spring, removing any dead branches just before buds break. The plants will grow back vigorously with new stems. Most blueberries don't produce fruit the first few years as they are too busy growing vegetatively to concentrate on fruit produciton. I have three Blueray blueberry plants in containers that I mulch with pine needles. I also pout old, cold coffee on the soil for added nitrogen and more acid. The plants will stay outside in a sunny location. But in AZ's extreme summers I move them in a shadier location. Most Blueberries shrubs are cold hardy and should do well in pots over the winter. Keep them in a sunny place. You can wrap burlap around the plants to keep frost on them, but most blueberries do well in the winter. Only extreme colds may kill off outer branches.

Keep the top soil mulched with pine needles. Blueberries love acidic soil (in fact they often don’t produce berries if the soil is too alkaline) and the acids from the pine needles is enough to keep the plants happy.

You can prune the shrubs in early spring, removing any dead branches just before buds break. The plants will grow back vigorously with new stems.

Most blueberries don’t produce fruit the first few years as they are too busy growing vegetatively to concentrate on fruit produciton.

I have three Blueray blueberry plants in containers that I mulch with pine needles. I also pout old, cold coffee on the soil for added nitrogen and more acid. The plants will stay outside in a sunny location. But in AZ’s extreme summers I move them in a shadier location.

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