How to Plant Healthy Blueberry Plants in ANY Soil

Blueberries are one of the most challenging edible plants to grow successfully for us home gardeners. They require a ridiculously acidic soil, they’re prone to both heat and cold damage, and they don’t set fruit very well in isolation. Additionally, their roots are shallow, bad at taking up water, and not very good at penetrating dirt. You know, the things we normally associate with roots! And a lot of that is simply because wild blueberries (and there are many different species) that were cultivated into modern varieties originally evolved to thrive in places like dense woody thickets, swampy bogs and rocky barrens....

May 16, 2023 · 12 min · Nextdoor Homestead