413 - Growing Blueberries: A Starter Guide
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
4.4 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Want to grow sweet, homegrown blueberries? In this episode, we’re diving into everything you need to know about planting, caring for, and harvesting blueberries. Whether you’re growing them for the first time or looking to boost your current harvest, I’ll cover:
🌱 How to pick the perfect variety for your region
🌍 Why planting multiple varieties improves yield
🫐 The importance of soil acidity and how to adjust pH
☀️ Where to plant for the best results
Plus, I’ll share my favorite tips from over a decade of growing blueberries!
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| 0:00.8 | Welcome to the Beginners Garden Podcast. Today we're going to be talking about growing blueberries. |
| 0:06.7 | This is a subject that is near and dear to me because I first started growing blueberries |
| 0:11.4 | my very first season as a beginning gardener in 2013 and it has become one of my most treasured crops. |
| 0:20.2 | Whether you are growing blueberries for the first time, |
| 0:23.1 | you want to add more, |
| 0:24.7 | or you want to learn more about the blueberry bushes |
| 0:27.3 | you're already growing, this episode is for you. |
| 0:30.8 | We'll be talking about how to pick the perfect variety |
| 0:34.2 | for your garden and where to plant it in your space, |
| 0:37.3 | why planting at least two varieties |
| 0:39.7 | can increase your harvest and which combinations work the best, and how to keep your soil |
| 0:45.6 | acidic enough for blueberries and simple ways to adjust your pH if it's too high and so much |
| 0:53.1 | more. I would on a deep dive into this topic and even though I have |
| 0:56.9 | grown blueberries for what 12 years, I learned so much that I didn't know as a beginning |
| 1:03.0 | gardener and I'm learning more about the blueberries I do have. I can't wait to talk to you all about |
| 1:09.2 | my favorite fruit to grow. |
| 1:13.2 | This episode is brought to you in part by heirloom roses. |
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| 1:31.3 | Plus get expert garden tips and videos on their website. |
| 1:40.1 | Also, you can use code beginner 20 to get 20% off of any rose order from March 1st to September 30th, 2025. Shop now at heirloom roses.com. Also happening tonight, March 18th at 7 p.m. Central is our spring |
| 1:50.6 | gardening workshop called ready set plant. In this workshop, you will learn how to prepare your space, |
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