Buying Rabbiteye Blueberries Wholesale
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Rabbiteye Blueberry PH requirements
Comments (29)The pH of your municipal water is a crucial piece of information that will affect how your blueberry shrubs grow. If you use this water on your shrubs, you will be raising the pH every time you water. One solution would be to set up a rain barrel, and use water from the barrel on your shrubs. Here in Wisconsin, I am using between 100 and 200 gallons of water, per shrub, per year. I am guessing that in Dallas, your annual water per shrub would be higher, so this might not be a practical solution. Another solution would be to add some 5% white vinegar, the kind they sell in the grocery store, to your municipal water, before using this water on the shrubs. Here in Madison, I have found by trial and error, that 6 fluid ounces of 5% white vinegar per 4 gallons of tap water is the appropriate mixture for blueberry irrigation. However, the vinegar (acetic acid) is an organic compound that certain soil bacteria can use as a food source, so it disappears over time. That's why agricultural sulfur is needed. There are certain bacteria in the soil that consume sulfur as a food source, and eventually the sulfur is converted into sulfuric acid, which lowers soil pH more effectively than vinegar. In general, growing blueberries in an area with hard water will require knowledge and expertise of pH. The concept was invented by a chemist named Sorensen, in 1909, working in a laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark. He had to come up with a more precise way of measuring acidity, so he could make better beer. The lab was owned and operated by the Carlsberg Brewery. There is more to learn, but that will get you started....See MoreWhere to buy Titan, Vernon, and Ochlockonee Blueberry plants?
Comments (8)The only place that I could find Titans were 2 retail nurseries outside of Atlanta, and they don't do mail order. I got this info from the company that hybridized Titan. For me, that's a 7 hour round trip drive, so I passed....See MoreBest rabbiteye with pink lemonade
Comments (8)Shane, Yes, all my blueberries are grown in containers. The ideal size pots for blueberries would be 25 gallon though they will be really heavy to lift up but can be dragged or wheeled easily, if necessary. However, blueberries can be grown in 15 gallon nursery pots and majority of my blueberries are in 15 gallons pots. I found 20 gallons pots is better (a little bit bigger and still can be lifted easily) but they are hard to find. Nursery pots come in only black or dark green colors (that I know of) but that could be problem during summer as we easily get triple digits temperature for long period of time but I have been painting the outside of pots with white latex paint (pictures below) and that has been working fabulously. Since I do not grow them on the ground (as our soil has very high pH and clay soil is not good to grow blueberries), I can not compare if they will be as productive as if grown in a container (but I have posted a picture for you to give an idea how much does a 1 year and 3 years old plants produces). I have at least one unusual variety that blooms in November and berries are ripen by mid March but that must be protected from frost and planting in container enables me to drag those plants to protect from frost or ice. One another major advantage of growing blueberries in containers is you can control the medium and its pH easily as you might know already bb are kind of high maintenance plants unless you know exactly what makes them very happy. Good luck!...See MoreBlueberries in Containers? (Rabbiteyes, in Particular)
Comments (3)Any blueberry type can be grown in a container.....the restrictions of container growing will just tend to dwarf the larger growing types. Also the dangers of nitrate based ferts are grossly overstated!! Any water soluble fertilizer for acid loving plants will work (MG is just fine).....what they are sensitive to is over-fertilization! Until I moved to a different liquid fertilizer for my container plants, I used MG for acid lovers on my blueberries without ANY detrimental effect. This is also supported by the largest wholesale commercial grower of blueberries in the country - very likely the one that supplies your retail nursery..........they make NO mention of the supposed perils of nitrate based ferts :-)) Holly Tone or any other granular organics do not work efficiently in a container situation. They need the activities of soil organisms to break them down into plant usable forms and there tends to be very few, if any, of these creatures in a commercial potting mix. You may very well wind up starving your plants if you rely on these :-)...See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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