The blueberries can be eaten straight from the bush, frozen, used in cakes and muffins or made into jam. Store bought blueberries are a wonderful way to get free plants and tons of them too! We also have an extensive article on how to grow blueberry bushes. It's best if it's planted in a pot where soil pH can be more easily controlled and good drainage achieved. For instance the US site has Toro Blueberry bushes, ‘Pink Lemonade’ blueberries, and Duke blueberry bushes, among others. 100% free blueberry plants! Blueberry Burst is an Australian bred dwarf blueberry variety. They also sell seeds. apart in well-drained soil amended with peat, compost, or sawdust. This compact semi- evergreen shrub is also the most tolerant of a higher pH, and is well suited to growing in pots. This low chill variety produces a heavy crop of mid-sized summer fruit in almost any climate. Find 130mm Blueberry - Vaccinium corymbosum - Twin Pack at Bunnings Warehouse. This mixture creates the perfect home for your baby blueberry plant. Make sure that it’s deep enough for the roots of the blueberry plant to fit in nicely. Visit your local store for the widest range of garden products. Once you’ve made a hole, mix in the fertilizer with a little bit of the ground soil. Poor fruit development may indicate insufficient pollination. Needing only 150 hours of winter chill, `Sunshine Blue' will fruit reliably even in the subtropics. Delicious Blueberries are easy to grow in your own garden so long as a few essential rules are followed: Soil: This is by far the most important piece of the puzzle. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cucurbita pepo CULTURE: Fertile, well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8–6.8 is best. Plastic mulch and fabric row covers (AG-19 grade) can aide plant establishment and exclude insect pests during the seedling stage. 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