Don't just think spring when planting blueberry bushes in your garden, fall is also an ideal time to plant blueberry plants in your garden. When planting blueberry plants in the fall make sure that you are planting container grown plants and not bare root plants. Container grown blueberry plants are already well established and will take off once in the ground.

Blueberry plants not only provide pounds of delicious blueberries in the summer, but blueberry bushes also put on a show in the fall, with vibrant foliage colors that range from yellow to orange, to fire-red.



You can plant blueberry bushes in a vegetable garden, in a landscape, or plant three feet apart to form a hedge. Shop for blueberry plants..

Blueberries have gained a reputation as being hard to grow, picky plants, when nothing could be further from the truth. Here are a few helpful tips to keep in mind when planting your blueberry plants:

1. Southern Highbush Blueberry vs. Northern Highbush Blueberry: There are two main categories of blueberries: Southern Highbush which thrive in Southern California, Florida and the sunbelt where winters are non-existent, and Northern Highbush which excel in the remaining parts of the United States. At our farm in Eastern Oregon, we grow 10 varieties of the Northern Highbush Blueberries. Browse our blueberry varieties...


2. How Many Blueberry Plants Do I Need: An easy rule-of-thumb is to calculate 2 blueberry plants per person in your household for fresh eating, and some baking. If you are going to freeze blueberries or make jam, you would double the amount of blueberry plants that you need. 
   


3. Where to Plant Blueberry Plants: Blueberries do best when planted in a full sun location with well-drained soil. Blueberries have shallow roots that require frequent, and regular irrigation. Plant blueberry plants away from large trees, and shrubs which can compete with water and nutrients in the soil.
   


4. Blueberry Plants Thrive in Acid Soil: Blueberries prefer soil with a pH in the range of 4.5 - 5.5 to produce the maximum crop year after year. Most garden soil tends to be more alkaline than that which blueberry plants prefer. Many gardeners whose soil is on the alkaline side of the scale, choose to plant blueberry plants in raised beds where they can control the pH level of the soil.
   


5. Planting Your Blueberry Bush: Once your soil has been prepared, dig a hole slightly larger than the pot that your blueberry plant was grown in. At Farm Fresh Living we grow and ship our blueberry plants in 1 gallon pots, which are easy to plant, and produce blueberry plants that will thrive in your garden. Remove the plant from the pot, and lightly fluff the roots. Set the blueberry plant in the ground with the top of soil line equal to the ground level. Back-fill with existing soil, and fertilize with an organic acid fertilizer such as Down to Earth Acid Fertilizer.


6. Plant More Than One Variety for Maximum Crop Yield: While most Northern Highbush blueberries are self-pollinating, you will realize high blueberry yields if you plant more than one variety.