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Blueberry
- Vaccinium coryombosum
Common Height: A mature rabbiteye blueberry plant can reach 12-15 ft in height with canes sprouting over an area 8-10 feet in diameter. Southern highbush plants tend to be less vigorous and smaller than rabbiteye blueberries. Plant size can be controlled to some degree by pruning. However, severe pruning will reduce yields the following spring. Allow at least a 7' x 7' area for rabbiteyes and a 4' x 4' area for southern highbush. Plants may be set 3 feet apart (southern highbush) or 5 feet apart (rabbiteye) for a hedgerow effect
Light Conditions: Full Sun
Soil Type: Very important - Both rabbiteye and southern highbush blueberries thrive on acid soils which contain more organic matter than is usually found in Florida's soils. If mulched, rabbiteye blueberries will usually grow satisfactorily on soils with 1% organic matter, but they do better with 2-3% organic-matter soils. Southern highbush blueberries are not recommended for soils with less than 3% organic matter and usually require mulching for optimum growth. Organic matter can be added to soils by incorporating peat moss prior to planting. Also, pine bark mulch will eventually decompose and add to the soil organic matter. Where blueberry plants have been heavily mulched for several years, it is not uncommon to observe most of the fibrous roots growing in the decomposed litter above the natural soil.
Use: & Comments: This last year I came upon a batch of Blueberries being grown in South Florida. The grower picked more blueberries then I could hold in my two hands off of one spot on one bush. They were so good. I became a believer in S Fl Blueberries. I recommend reading the complete papers on Blueberries that you'll find on the University of Florida link below.
(UF/IFAS)
Common Height: A mature rabbiteye blueberry plant can reach 12-15 ft in height with canes sprouting over an area 8-10 feet in diameter. Southern highbush plants tend to be less vigorous and smaller than rabbiteye blueberries. Plant size can be controlled to some degree by pruning. However, severe pruning will reduce yields the following spring. Allow at least a 7' x 7' area for rabbiteyes and a 4' x 4' area for southern highbush. Plants may be set 3 feet apart (southern highbush) or 5 feet apart (rabbiteye) for a hedgerow effect
Light Conditions: Full Sun
Soil Type: Very important - Both rabbiteye and southern highbush blueberries thrive on acid soils which contain more organic matter than is usually found in Florida's soils. If mulched, rabbiteye blueberries will usually grow satisfactorily on soils with 1% organic matter, but they do better with 2-3% organic-matter soils. Southern highbush blueberries are not recommended for soils with less than 3% organic matter and usually require mulching for optimum growth. Organic matter can be added to soils by incorporating peat moss prior to planting. Also, pine bark mulch will eventually decompose and add to the soil organic matter. Where blueberry plants have been heavily mulched for several years, it is not uncommon to observe most of the fibrous roots growing in the decomposed litter above the natural soil.
Use: & Comments: This last year I came upon a batch of Blueberries being grown in South Florida. The grower picked more blueberries then I could hold in my two hands off of one spot on one bush. They were so good. I became a believer in S Fl Blueberries. I recommend reading the complete papers on Blueberries that you'll find on the University of Florida link below.
(UF/IFAS)
