How to Grow a Blueberry Bush

[ronott1]

Ron, do you have a garden all year?

I did but now I have chickens!

Before chickens I was able to grow Chard through the winter.

If I get to it, I will plant some Winter Veggies soon. I do have a place in the front that the chickens can't get to.

 

[LindaB220]

In more temperate pats of the Country, you can do that with tomatoes! Just bend a stem down to the ground and cover it with dirt. In the Spring, a new tomato plant will grow up from the branch.

I have done that here Woodland before.

You can definitely do this with blackberries.

 

[ronott1]

You can definitely do this with blackberries.

It is a real trick with tomatoes because they are considered annuals in most places. The new plant that grows from the vine will produce a crop like the plant last year. The old plant will die though.

 

[LindaB220]

It is a real trick with tomatoes because they are considered annuals in most places. The new plant that grows from the vine will produce a crop like the plant last year. The old plant will die though.

Someone on youtube said to not tack them up, to let them sit on the ground and put straw under them. You get more tomatoes. I don't know. Never done it.

 

[lazy gardener]

I've also seen small plastic water bottles (or you could use a piece of plastic) used to propagate bushes that don't readily bend down to be pegged for propagation. You cut the bottom off the bottle, then slice it open the length of the bottle (unless the stem is thin enough to readily slip through the cap end) After the stem is prepared, you place the bottle around the stem, and use what ever means you choose to hold the cut closed and hold the bottle in place. You might need to use a stake to keep the weight of the set up from bending the branch down too far. Fill the bottle up with damp planting medium of choice, and keep it watered until you get good root growth.

Tomatoes can easily be propagated from cuttings, the same way you would a house plant.

My blueberries of choice are big, and sweet, and the plants must be on the short side: i've chosen varieties advertised to top out at 4' or less. I wouldn't call Chippewa a wild type.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: All my flower beds are reduced to dirt-- so I completely understand.

Figured you were warm enough to have fresh produce if you wanted and if you didnt have chooks, lol , all 4 seasons.

 

[Arielle]

I've also seen small plastic water bottles (or you could use a piece of plastic) used to propagate bushes that don't readily bend down to be pegged for propagation. You cut the bottom off the bottle, then slice it open the length of the bottle (unless the stem is thin enough to readily slip through the cap end) After the stem is prepared, you place the bottle around the stem, and use what ever means you choose to hold the cut closed and hold the bottle in place. You might need to use a stake to keep the weight of the set up from bending the branch down too far. Fill the bottle up with damp planting medium of choice, and keep it watered until you get good root growth.

Tomatoes can easily be propagated from cuttings, the same way you would a house plant.

My blueberries of choice are big, and sweet, and the plants must be on the short side: i've chosen varieties advertised to top out at 4' or less. I wouldn't call Chippewa a wild type.

HOw clever!!

I have been removing many of the shoots from the indeterminant type tomatos to keep the leader in the lead-- didn't realize I could actually plant these!!! I have a whole new jar of root tone that needs to be used !!!!!!!

 

[ronott1]

HOw clever!!

I have been removing many of the shoots from the indeterminant type tomatos to keep the leader in the lead-- didn't realize I could actually plant these!!! I have a whole new jar of root tone that needs to be used !!!!!!!

You do not need rootone for tomatoes!

 

[vehve]

Chicken proofing is a bit of a project. Next year I need cages for the beans and peas.



The thought of a four foot blueberry bush is weird to me, ours only grow about ten inches high, fifteen max.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Even better.

If I take the suckers and give them a clean cut, can I set them right into the soil??