Questions & Answers: Blueberry Plants In Containers
“Hi,
I got a blueberry plant for Christmas and was hoping to buy a second plant to cross-pollinate. However, I live in an apartment and have
very limited space, so I need to grow in containers. I was wondering what size container you would recommend for your bare root blueberry
varieties? I can repot later on, but how much growth would you expect in the first year?
Thanks!
Simone”
Hi Simone,
Here’s some good planting info for container blueberries:
http://www.davewilson.com/homegrown/promotion/bluecontainer.html
You’d start in a 2 to 5 Gallon container, then transplant into a 16 to 20 inch. I’d estimate that you’d get 6-8 inches of growth per year. They reach mature height after about six years, usually reaching six feet high and wide, but in a container probably smaller (maybe four feet). You can, however, prune them to whatever size you want.
Hope that helps and thank you for growing organically!
Amber
Tags: apartment, bare roots, blueberries, container, container gardening., planting, urban
January 18th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Thanks to Amber for posting this and to Simone for asking the same question I had! Amber, is there any PVFS blueberry variety that’s better-suited than others for container growing?