Planting Blueberries near Citrus

I am a seasoned gardener, (for want of a better name),gardening for 60+ yrs, but have never grown citrus or blueberries together.I am starting a new fruit and veg side garden,and have picked,
1.Improved Meyer Lemon, 2. Bearss Lime, 3.Satsuma Mandarin Orange,that will be planted about three feet out against a fence, they are all dwarf varieties,but methinks I will have to prune eventually,
I also have a 'Sunshine Blue' Blueberry,a gift last year that had abundant fruit,and I just got a 'Jewel' Blueberry that I am thinking of putting along the adjacent fence.The area gets full sun 5hrs a day,and I live in Ripon,Ca
the Almond Capital,and am fortunate enough to have wonderful sandy loam soil.As the blueberries require acidic soil and they will be at least 8ft away from the nearest citrus,does anyone foresee any problems,and /or can give advice on things to look out for.All comments are welcome.Thank you

this is going to sound like a stupid question...: does the citrus fruit help acidify the soil. lol its just somewhat funny that the blueberries acid soil and the citrus acidic fruits.. :)

Well that was a surprise response,LOL too.Dont think the citrus trees acidify the soil,but dont know.What prompted the question was at one of the nurseries that sell blueberries here they recommend keeping the blueberries in containers specifically to control the acid requirements, but I'm a firm believer in everything grows better in the ground with a few exceptions like Orchid
type plants.Sooo I'm going to proceed as planned and the proof will be in the pudding.Thank you for commenting, I was beginning to think no-one was interested.Have a great rest of the day.Kim

aw your welcome Kim :) i believe in that too, the in-ground planting thing. but with plants that are picky, i like to confine them to controlled areas or potd. i hope your bushes give you tons of berries and you get loads of citrus. - my pink lemon died this past spring :(

Citrus love sandy loam and adding lots of fine or partially decomposed pine bark is a good growing medium for blueberries.

Thanks flsusie, had not heard or read about the pine bark,its good to know.What they recommend at that nursery is amending the soil when planting with peat and I purchased a small bag,and plan on a spring feeding for acid lovers.

Blueberries in fact do really well in containers, plus it is easier to acidify the soil for them, when grown in one. Very few plants will tolerate the acidic soil that blueberries require, so I would not recommend planting them together. Hope this helps!
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John F.
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Don't know anything about blueberries, but I have a meyer lemon in a pot (too cold in winter here and needs to be brought in-doors)
They recommended using miracid fertilizer and this is for acid loving plants, so wouldn't blueberry and lemon in close proximity be fine?

I have 2 Sunshine Blue blueberry bushes out of a total of 6 blueberry plants (here in Sonoma County, CA) and Sunshine Blue is by far my favorite overall. All of my blueberries are in containers and extremely productive every year. I love the growth habit of Sunshine in that is simply like a 3 foot evergreen hedge type bush where my other varieties are more cane like and sprawling. I enjoy blending edible landscape amongst traditional landscaping plants and Sunshine is perfect for this! Also, the size & growth habit are perfect for my 2 young grandchildren to walk "all around the blueberry bush" (hear the music?) and munch away to their hearts content! I feed my containerized blueberry plants with E.B. Stone's organic blends. Their citrus & fruit tree food (7-3-3) includes berries on it's list so have used this & at other times their organic product for the acid loving plants (as blueberries are)... E.B. Stone's Azalea, Camillia & Gardenia food (5-5-3). They thrive amazingly on both products. I've recently purchased 2 Sharpblue blueberry bushes as an adventure... supposedly they are "almost ever-bearing"... thus far this winter they are simply evergreen now with flower buds. I look forward to finding out if they'll really produce "almost ever-bearing" once they're more established and mature! Have fun!