Fruits and Nuts: growing blueberries by the veggie garden, 1 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
Blueberries are pretty easy if you have acid soil. You want a pH of 4.5 -5.5 so no lime anywhere near them. I would think that in your zone you would want to plant rabbiteyes or southern highbush. Rabbiteyes are the easier to grow. The Northern Highbush does not do well in with warm summers. Won't grow here at all. They don't need a whole lot of water, so I suspect that either you planted northern highbush or your soils was not acidic enought for them. If your soil conditions are marginal, you can use a soil acidifier available at most nurseries. Follow the directions on the bottle. A good mulch of pine straw or oakleaves, sometimes with a little boost from MirAcid, will usually keep them going.