All About Growing Blueberries

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Start growing blueberries and you'll be rewarded with delicious, healthy berries, as well as stunning red and orange fall foliage.
Start growing blueberries and you'll be rewarded with delicious, healthy berries, as well as stunning red and orange fall foliage.
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All types of blueberries make an excellent pie, full of antioxidants and brimming with flavor.
All types of blueberries make an excellent pie, full of antioxidants and brimming with flavor.

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Long-lived and dependable, blueberries are among the easiest fruits to grow organically. Different species are native to various regions of North America, but you can grow some type of blueberry bush almost anywhere. The limiting factor is soil acidity: Except for saskatoons, blueberries require acidic soil with a pH below 5.0. Blueberries can also be grown in containers filled with an acidic, bark-based planting mix.

Types of Blueberries to Try

Lowbush blueberries are native to colder parts of North America. The compact bushes can be grown as an edible hedge or ground cover, even in partial shade, and they bear delicious berries that hold on the plants for a long time.

Northern highbush blueberries grow wild in the Eastern mountains of the United States. Cultivated strains grow into 6-foot-tall bushes that bear for many years, with bright red or orange fall foliage.

  • Published on Feb 21, 2012
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