Things Needed
grow top hat blueberries allows you to have impudent blueberries no matter where you exist . The top lid blueberry bushis a dwarf loanblend that is 18 inches tall and wide when fully matured . Its little size is everlasting for growing in a container . longanimity is key when set and handle for blueberries , because they take three years to produce yield . you could skip the wait time by purchase a top lid blueberry bush that is two or three years old . This bush is self - pollinating , but if you want a bigger fruit yield , grow one or two other half - gamy varieties of blueberries .
Planting
Step 1
Fill the container about three - quarters full with 50 percent pot soil and 50 percent sphagnum peat moss and fuse well .
Step 2
Remove the gunny , ties or other wrap from the root ball of the blueberry bush . If the bush is in a container , foreshorten it down the side and off it . Break up the soil around the root .
Step 3
Dig a hole in the heart of the soil . Place the top hat blueberry bush into the hole at the depth it was planted in the nursery or as deep as it posture in the shipping container . Look for a chocolate-brown soil line just above the root for a gunny - wrap up blueberry bush .
Step 4
satiate in the hole around the flora . tamp down the turd mildly to get rid of air pocket .
Step 5
irrigate the blueberry bush soil until moist and the ground feels like a damp sponge .
Care
Place the container in an domain that receives sun for at least six hours a 24-hour interval with afternoon tad .
Put the blueberry bush in an enclosed terrace , garage or throw off during cold weather to protect the root and stems from being damage .
Water blueberry bushes regularly , maintain the soil moist at all times .
Prune only dead , discredited or diseased wood during the first three days . Cut off one to two of the quondam cane ( base ) each year for blueberry bushes three years and older . stay on to crop dead , damaged or morbid stem as call for .
Tip
Place a firearm of screen in the bottom of the container , or line the sides , to keep the grunge from washing out of the drainage holes . For top hat blueberry bushes that are two age previous , prune only dead , discredited or pathological wood for one year .
