I am keeping with my spring theme of WFMW’s and this week is a hot tip for those with blueberry bushes.
Blueberry bushes are acid loving plants and most soils (unless you have properly amended yours) do not have enough acidity in them
An easy way to help your blueberries grow and be very fruitfull is coffee grounds. Blueberry bushes love coffee grounds! Just take a cupful of coffee grounds, and it can be the ones you have already used in your coffee pot, and spread it around the drip line of your bush.
!Jargon alert!- a drip line is the ground area underneath the branches of a plant. Feeder roots are spread all throughout that area.
You can gently work the coffee grounds in the soil or just mulch over the top of them and water in. The acidity will leach down and the bush will soak it up.
I hope this tip helps somebody out there in bloggyland!
Have a blessed week and a great spring!
~Rhen
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Posted by Sonshine on March 26, 2008 at 10:47 am
I love blueberries! But I can’t seem to grow them well! Thanks for the tip!
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Posted by Kandy on March 26, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I live in the blueberry capital of Mississippi (we have an annual “blueberry festival” in town every summer) and I tried growing blueberries once and gave up. My daughter LOVES blueberries (Katie, the oldest) and they’re super expensive, so I think this will make a great project for her and me to try out now that I’m home alone all day…and since my hubby drinks coffee, I have plenty of grounds
Thanks for the tip!
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Posted by Nic on March 26, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I don’t believe blueberries will do well where I live (the Netherlands) but I guess i could try the coffee grounds.
This blog makes me feel like gardening again. Spring, hurry up!
Posted by mamacita on March 26, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Great idea! Were your blueberry bushes already at your house, or did you plant them yourself? If you did, where do you buy blueberry bushes?
By Rhen~ I bought them at Lowe’s and planted them myself. Lowe’s has a one year plant warranty!
Posted by Laura@HeavenlyHomeMakers on March 26, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I SO want to try to grow blueberries. Thanks!
Posted by Laane on March 26, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Does it help other berries too?
I have red berries and blackberries.
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Have a great week and an amazing spring!!!
Posted by domesticallyblissed on March 26, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Oh I love Blueberries, and so does the Munchkin! Maybe next year we’ll have to give it a go! Take care, Gypsy xx
Posted by Beth on March 26, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Well, we don’t have blueberry bushes around here – though I’d so love to have them! But I am tucking away the ear infection idea for the next go-around (maybe there won’t be one!)
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Posted by Gettysburg Mom on March 27, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Hmmm. So you can GROW blueberry bushes? I always encountered them in the wild form in upstate new york and maine- truly never thought about planting them in the yard until just now! Thank you!
Posted by Mary Jones on June 3, 2008 at 4:42 am
Great info! Gotta keep this in mind for my blueberry plant that’s coming in the mail soon!
Posted by Alex T on June 15, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Yes, you can grow blueberry bushes in northern Vermont and upstate New York. I’m not so sure about places down south — I always thought blueberries need some cold weather over the winter.
One of the lovely things about blueberry bushes is their reddish foliage in the fall. When you plant them, don’t plant them too close to your house because, over time, they can grow as high as 8 feet or more and be quite large around.
We have a number of plants, some I got at our local supermarket when they had some; others a neighbor passed on to us, and about five we got from a pick-your-own blueberry farm in Danby orDorset, Vermont. The folks there advised to thin out 1/3 of the old wood each year to keep the plants growing well. They also recommended cutting off the blooms for the first couple of years so the blueberry plants’ energy goes into establishing the plant, not producing fruit. Truthfully, we couldn’t bear to do this for more that one season. All are producing, and getting taller every year. Probably the tallest is now about 4 feet tall.
We freeze the berries and use them all winter and spring long, in smoothies, in pancakes, and, I discovered, frozen blueberries are lovely in tunafish salad! For sure, grow them if you can!
Posted by gary w peek sr on May 16, 2009 at 7:04 am
thanks alex t/ i planted a little over 200, two year old plants this spring. there are so much i dont know about b/berries, prunning a third of the limbs at what time of the year? my plants have blueberries all over them, should i go ahead and remove them? the coffee ground tip is great but where would i find that much!
thanks again/pete
Posted by Devon Jackson on June 7, 2009 at 10:58 am
You could get grounds from a local coffee/espresso shop
Posted by morgan on May 28, 2009 at 11:05 pm
What a great tip! I’m glad I found your blog! My husband just planted several blueberry bushes a week ago. I will have to tell him about using the coffee grounds. Thanks! : )
Posted by Abie on September 19, 2009 at 7:05 am
Thanks for the tip! I drink plenty of coffee, so this should work great!