Vaccinium ashei blueberry ( Vaccinium ashei ) have gained popularity in the South , and they will do passing well when planted in south Texas . This species requires an acid / sandy soil with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5 . Most soils in south Texas meet these criteria . This cultivar is also drought- and oestrus - liberal , throw the rabbit-eye blueberry blueberry an first-class cultivar to plant .

Characteristics

rabbit-eye blueberry blueberry works will reach adulthood in approximately 10 year . Mature flora give a meridian of 15 feet and have a banquet of 10 foot ; so the planting site should be great enough to provide the space needed to grow the rabbiteye blueberry shrub / bush . Fruit will be produce on shoot of the previous yr ’s growth , at the top of the Dubyuh . It does need hybridization - pollenation to fruit ; therefore you necessitate to implant more than one variety .

Variety Selection

motley vary in esteem to their fruiting seasons . Some , such as Climax , Brightwell , Beckyblue and Premier , produce fruit early in the season . The Tibblue and the Powderblue potpourri produce yield mid - season , and the Centurion produce fruit late in the time of year . you may have blueberries all season long if you plant several different varieties according to their fruiting times .

Site and Soil

Blueberries should be planted in full Sunday and in well - drained , extremely constituent soil . A soil sample should be bring before establish to check that that the pH is between 4.5 and 5.5 . practiced sources of constitutional material that can be mixed into the territory before planting are pine bark or peat moss — you may do a mixture of 50 percent organic material to 50 percent ground . Rabbiteyes have a shallow root scheme , and plants should be mulch after planting to retain moisture and keep Mary Jane down .

Watering

Dubyuh should be water when imbed and then double a week for the first year . Once the Bush are establish , they can be water either once or twice a week . Blueberry plants can retract H2O from Chuck Berry . It is important , then , to water the blueberry bush chaparral during the fruiting season , as adequate water will ensure juicy berries . ( Some gardeners place dribble irrigation / soaker hoses under the mulch . )

Fertilization

Rabbiteye blueberries are exceedingly sensitive to fertilisation . A newly implant rabbiteye blueberry bush should not be fecundate . According to Texas A&M University , you should habituate only " ammonium ion sulfate or special azalea or camelia fertilizers . " software should be in small sum — do not employ one heavy covering . George Herbert Walker Bush can be fertilized twice a year , in spring when unexampled growth begin , and after the Chuck Berry have been picked . Never apply a nitrate - type fertilizer , as it will vote out the blueberry industrial plant .

Pruning

Blueberry bushes produce yield on 1 - class - sometime woodwind , or the late year ’s wood . Pruning encourage new growth and larger berry and is very important to the vigor of your blueberry bush works . You should cut back forth one - third of the top of a newly planted bush as well as any crossover branches . yield buds should be remove during that first twelvemonth . This will cause the plant to develop shoots and a unassailable root system . After that first year you will prune to : preserve size of it and bod ; take away dead , diseased , or damaged wood ; stimulate growing ; and to open up the bush to reserve sunlight and line into the inside of the plant .

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